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3100 Imperial Way, Apt 10
Carson City NV 89706-0809
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Note: ROEE is an informal organization without a single point of contact, but Dan is providing an initial contact point.

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Residential Outdoor Environmental Education by Dan Allison is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Sustainable: Brainstorm at ROEE

This information is the result of a brainstorming session at the ROEE Conference in February 2002 at Camp Waskowitz in Washington. The purpose of the brainstorm was to determine concerns in developing sustainable programs and practices, and to prioritize the actions that might make the greatest difference. There was a lot of valuable discussion not captured here. The numbers at the beginning of some items indicate "votes" for the most important issues. The categories were developed after the fact, and it is obvious that there is overlap in categories.

kitchen

  • 5 composting in bear country
  • food sources, growing, packaging, food waste, state requirements, organic

office

  • office products: plastic objects, quantity, office staff practices
  • marketing materials
  • 11 consumables: paper, lamination, office products

building practice into the program

  • 8 feedback to students
  • meal time curriculum (Northwest Environmental Watch)
  • where it comes from, where it goes (material flow)
  • kid involvement in practices and projects
  • role modeling by the site - inform students, clients; visibility (LEEDS)

energy

  • 5 lights: turning off, learning, energy awards, light zoning and adjustment
  • power systems: source, fuel cells
  • research on cost vs. return; energy savings, R value
  • motion detectors (+/-)

site managment

  • 10 erosion: trails, footprint
  • 10 toxics: cooking fat, paint, cleaning supplies, industrial products/green products, collect and dispose
  • 10 easy recycling: placement, bright colors, sorting and separation, where it goes, how waste management can support you, what is most important, labor to help you, Job Corps, etc.
  • 9 water use: aerators (home type), showers, timers
  • 8 gaining support by saving the property owner money
  • 4 roads, landscaping, surfaces, machinery
  • 4 LEEDS: award system, green building, ideas
  • updating sites while retaining historical value
  • septic systems
  • weekend groups: deposit, supervision, walk around, the bottom line
  • burn piles (organic material): why is stuff burned?
  • degradable garbage bags
  • connection between the bottom line and environment
  • recycling

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