Contact: Sara Tamez at stamez@purdue.edu
The Events Coordinator is an office added in Fall 2009. This person has the responsibility of organizing events that BGI is the Primary Coordinator of.
Want to keep up on all of the BGI/Sustainability Events on Campus? Check out our Events Calendar, or join our Facebook Group, Boiler Green Initiative.
Planning is Currently Underway for:
Earth Day/Arbor Day Events
If you are interested in being part of Purdue's Earth Day Bonanza please contact us!
Past Events:
RecycleMania, Adpot-A-Week, Jan 17th-Jan 23rd
Jan 17th- Clean Up Recyclables Makey
Jan 19th - Free Coffee when you bring your own mug
Jan 20th - Complete the cycle. What products use recycled materials
Jan 21st - Free Reusable Bags and education on the environmental impact of disposable bags
Jan 22nd - Free Water Bottles and education on the environmental impact of disposable bottles
Jan 23rd - Clean up Recyclables in Makey
Dec 2nd Operation Free, Americans for Alternative Energy in Stewart 214 at 3:30pm
Student Conservation Association Guest Speaker, October 5th, 7pm
Power Shift in Carmel Indiana Oct 10th and 11th (contact Katie Jones , kmjones@purdue.edu)
Green Concert in Wiley Hall Oct 17th 5pm
Energy/Water Conservation in Purdue Residence Halls
This is for students in Earhart, Shreve, Harrison, and McCucheon, and First Street Towers
Green Week Energy Competition. Sept 23rd 2009.
Shreve won with 5% reduction!
The competition was April 8th at 12:01am - April 19th at 11:59pm.
Results:
|
Residence
Hall
|
Electric
consumption
|
Water
consumption
consumed/person/daily |
Total
competition impact
|
Savings
|
| McCutcheon
|
20.4%
reduction
|
3%
increase-59.3 gals
|
17.4%
reduction
|
$491
|
| Harrison
|
10.6%
reduction
|
3.6%
reduction-58.2 gals
|
14.2%
reduction
|
$436
|
| Earhart
|
4.2%
reduction
|
3.6%
increase-85.9 gals
|
0.6%
reduction
|
--
|
| Shreve
|
2%
increase
|
9.2%
increase-58.1 gals
|
11.2%
increase
|
--
|
*dining court water consumption not removed
Check out the weekly information at Purdue's University Residence Green Site
Spring Fest: April 18-19 2009
This year we were able to educate children and parents
alike about why bottled water has an adverse affect on the
environment. We also spoke about out other activities such
as our Town Hall Meeting, our
Green Roof,
and Green Week next year. We also had a contest to see
who could guess how many plastic bottle caps were in a
jar. The answer was
303.
PSUB
Earth Day Event
April
22nd, 11am-1pm Union Front Lawn
PSUB provided plants and potting materials for visitors to
take a plant home. They also provided canvas bags and tools
to decorate them. BGI and Go Green Commission joined in
educating the community and students on what is going on in
the area related to sustainability.
Spring
Fest 2008
Events
consisted of:
*Fishing for tips where the kids used a magnet to pick a
green tip out of a pool
*Displayed the new recycling bins
*Did face painting as a fund raiser