Palm Beach Atlantic University

Community Service (Workship)
Gleaning Project

President Clark joined other Christian college and university presidents in signing the Evangelical Climate Initiative (http://evangelicalclimateinitiative.org)

Student Green Week Dorm Competition organized by SIFE students to promote water, electricity conservation and recycling
Green Day 2009, Earth day, organized to educate students about the environment

The main building at Hillcrest is being designed to attain a LEED certification level of silver

We encourage all PBA employees to use the Tri-Rail train system for their daily commutes to avoid high gas use and wear and tear on their cars
We encourage employees to utilize electronic Direct Deposit of their paychecks instead of paper

converted our textbook requisition forms from paper to electronic forms in October, 2007, saving thousands of sheets of paper each term
offer used books for sale whenever possible
sell a variety of supplies made from recycled materials

The Student Accountability department uses a paperless accountability tracking software that has resulted in a 70-75% net reduction in paper usage

"Coastal/Beach Clean" with "Keep America Beautiful" (a branch of the Solid Waste Authority)
"Paint Your Heart Out" project in association with the Sold Waste Authority to use recycled paint
"Treasure the Children", which recycles old blue jeans by turning them into quilts for children with AIDS
Our Spring Break trip helps maintain the Appalachian trail; we created a new section of trail to reroute hikers away from the river to minimize the negative effects of camping near the river, like erosion and water contamination
"Gleaning": we pick crops by hand to hand out to families in need instead of using machines, which uses less gas and creates less pollution (view our photo gallery)
We volunteer in multiple projects with local area parks and non-profit organizations to remove invasive, non-native plants. This allows our natural Florida plants to thrive and return the environment to its natural state.
We work with Resource Depot to distribute safe and reusable materials to the local community for creative learning experiences while at the same time preserving the environment

View more of our environmental activities in our photo galleries:
Wildlife Refuge Work Day Photo Gallery
Real Life Children's Ranch
Native Plants Project
Painting Project

We stopped the practice of printing out our academic catalogs for all students; instead, we encourage everyone to view our electronic online catalog located here: http://www.pba.edu/catalogs/

We utilize recycling bins for papers, magazines and plastic bottles
Our air-conditioning is shut off on weekends and at other times when the buildings will not be in use
Our professors are encouraged to load documents into eCollege instead of printing or passing out paper files to students
We shut off the majority of office lighting after we close for the day
We utilizing scanning instead of faxing whenever possible

Reuses and recycles used campus furniture while taking into consideration the environmental impact of furnishings and construction materials
PBA follows voluntary national standards for building sustainability and requires that contractors sign on to the same principles. Read more...

"Dining in the dark" to conserve energy, for one week, the cafeteria shuts off lights, does not offer to go boxes, offers an Earth day menu and organizes activities to promote environmental awareness and to reduce their carbon footprint.
Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich Days in the Cafeteria to highlight the environmental impacts of a meatless meal
Ecolab Apex Warewashing Program
Sodexo Supply Management, in collaboration with Campus Services, has made the decision to transition to Ecolab's New APEX Warewashing Program. This program will provide Sodexo with a sustainable warewashing solution that will benefit Sodexo, our clients, our customers and the environment. This decision was made to improve our efficiency to decrease water and energy consumption and to move toward more environmentally friendly, sustainable and non-caustic formulation.
Xpressnap Recycled Paper Program
Proving that simple acts can have a big impact, Sodexo announced that after only one year, its switch to recycled napkins in 1,300 food service operations nationwide has resulted in saving nearly ten million gallons of water, more than 23,000 trees, half a million gallons of oil and five and a half million kilowatts of energy. The company began using two types of recycled napkins last year as part of a commitment to leadership in sustainability and to providing environment-friendly practices.

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