1. Promoting Sustainable Living at Lafayette
ECOreps 2014
Promoting Sustainable Living at Lafayette

2. Who are ECOreps?
Representatives promoting sustainable living within dorms
Promotion through monitoring, education, and programming
Collaborate with Reslife and Plant-Ops
Rachel

3. Who has an ECOreps program?
Derek

4. Example Initiative: Dickinson Energy Challenge

5. Example Initiative: RecycleMania (Lehigh)
Rachel

6. What are the responsibilities of an ECOrep?
Advocate for sustainable practices on campus
Educate students on green living and sustainable initiatives at Lafayette
Monitor waste, electricity, and water usage
Plan events to raise awareness and promote green living
Help freshman transition into dorm life
Shawn

7. Our Pilot Program
ECOreps will attend an orientation over move-in weekend
Attend weekly or monthly meetings to coordinate programing
Hold two events/month within assigned dorm
Hold at least one joint dorm or campus-wide competition/program
Rachel

8. Example Responsibilities
Weekly/monthly bulletins
Keep dorm updated on sustainable events on campus
Battery/electronics recycling
Recycling enforcement
Signage
CFL exchange
Dorm competitions with prizes
Green move in and move out
Derek

9. How do I become an ECOrep?
Fill out an application found at sites.lafayette.edu/leap/eco-reps
Due via by: Monday May 5, 2014
Direct questions to or stop by our table in Lower over lunch next week (Mon 4/28/14; Wed 4/30/14 and Fri 5/2/14)
Rachel

10. What’s next?
The Eco-Reps planning committee meets Thursdays, 7-8 in Pardee 201
Outlining initiatives and establishing training program in the coming weeks
Shawn