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__**Pilot Sustainability Initiative Proposal Program**__
The Kendall Green Council is testing a process for gaining input from Kendall students, faculty, staff and administration to better the schools sustainability initiatives. This Wiki is the first step in presenting proposals.

Sample proposals are included for your review and students are available to help you in developing your proposals. Just ask!

Some proposals are in process. Follow them on this site.

As this process is in pilot phase - we welcome suggestions for improvement!

//__Process Outline__//:
1. Proposals are submitted to the Kendall Green Council wiki and reviewed by members of the Green Council. 2. Proposals are approved and presented to the Student Leadership Committee 3. The Student Leadership Committee [Nicole DeKraker] reviews and forwards onto the Supportive Department for review. Student Leadership meets on the first and third Mondays of the month. Reviews are managed electronically through email. 4. The Supportive Department reviews, comments, and forwards to the Dean's Council 5. The Dean's Council reviews and if approved forwards onto the President of the College with recommendations. The Dean's Council meets on the second Wednesday of each month. Proposals up for Dean's Council review will be added to the agenda by the President of the college. 6. The President is the final step in the approval process and engages implementation.
 * Proposals that are not approved are returned with feedback and justification.
 * Proposals that are not approved are returned with feedback and justification.
 * Proposals that have worked collaborative with the supportive [affected] departments in the proposal will find greater success.
 * Proposals that are not approved are returned with feedback and justification.
 * Proposals that are not approved are returned with feedback and justification
 * Proposals that affect curriculum will be forwarded onto the Senate.

The Kendall Green Council serves to manage, oversee, assists people with preparing the proposals and revisions. We are also available to help with proposals returned for revision.

__//Proposal Content://__

Name[s]: Contact information: email and phone Affiliation with the college: e.g. Student, Faculty, Staff, Administration

1. Describe the idea in detail- Provide a need statement / design brief

2. Financial Benefits

3. Social Benefits

4. Environmental Benefits

5. Measurement tools - how will we measure the success of the idea?

Thank you for your interest improving our college.

=Plastic and Tin Recycling Proposal= Proposal number 121509

Emily Davison 734.735.1413 emilydavison@davisonbuilding.com

Plastic and Tin Recycling Proposal

Proposal Setting up a organized effort at Kendall using existing sources and suppliers to better recycle materials summarized in the matrix like plastic, tin, cardboard and paper. Campaigning this new system we will use vivid communication tools the most important being informational signage. Providing access in all departments by reusing existing bins in new ways and providing instructional sessions for faculty to educate students on properly disposing of all material will help communicate the process. Having appropriate access is important, but without several forms of appropriate communication the process will be lost. Utilizing tools such as the website, posters, and electronic handouts will help.

Financial benefits Kendall’s dumpster is picked up 5 times weekly which generates 72 tons of trash, the recycle container is picked up once per week 5.72 tons of recycled material. It costs Kendall more to send solid waste to the energy facility than to be recycled. If the 6 yard cardboard dumpster included commingled with plastic, tin and other recyclables (see matrix) and picked up more often then the trash dumpster then the trash would need to picked up less often.

Environmental Benefits One bottle makes a difference. Changing the behaviors and minds of thousands of students who walk through the doors of our school every day is the most important lesson that will be taught.

Social Benefits Thru our recent student survey we have seen that most responses from Kendall students and Ferris students alike reflect concerns around recycling and what we were doing about that. We know that recycling does not solve our climate issue, but it’s a start and it changes minds. Example statement: “At least at Kendall, we need to get more recycling bins from all types of recycling. As far as I know, there are pretty much only paper recycling bins, and maybe 2 bins for deposit pop bottles. I’d like to see recycling for all other plastics, glass and metal. And more places for deposit bottles and paper.”

Measurement Measurement will be through our amount of solid waste over recycled waste. We will measure this over a period of time in which Green Council would like to assist with. Students would also like to participate in Recycle Mania, a Nation wide College Recycling Contest that will also influence the recycling efforts. _

Proposal to Kendall College of Art and Design IT Department. Submitted by The Collaborative Design Team 12/1/2009 Proposal Number 120809 The Collaborative Design class would like to propose having the 4th floor computer lab printer “Leonardo” be set to print double-sided (duplex printing) as a default setting. Having Leonardo set to print double-sided pages by default will not only reduce the school consumption of paper but will also save the school money by having to purchase less reams of printer paper, thus having both economical and environmental benefits.
 * Double-Sided Printing Proposal for Leonardo **

Other universities such as Western Michigan University and Michigan State University have already adopted this policy and have been successful. When the University of Washington decided to implement a duplex printing policy, they reduced paper printing volumes by 35% (Doughman). Michigan State University also came to realize that duplex printing would save them $22,000 in a 5 year span (Shaufique ). In the month of November of 2009, Leonardo printed a total of 18,000 single-sided pages and 600,000 single-sided pages since it began use in January of 2007. Duplex Printing’s environmental benefit will result from reduced resource use, energy savings and lower pollutant emissions including greenhouse gas emissions (Shaufique).

In order to start this, there would have to be a “grace period” to allow students to learn about Leonardo’s ability to print double-sided. This will be accomplished with small flyers that will be displayed on the sides of the schools computer monitors which will read that Leonardo will be set to print double-sided as default in two weeks, and the method of printing double sided. After the two week grace period when Leonardo has be set, the flyers will be replaced with other flyers that will say that Leonardo has been set to print double sided by default, and the method of printing single sided if needed.

We believe that due to the success that other schools have had with this policy and the current interest of Kendall’s students that having a double-sided printing policy will be a great benefit to our college and environment.

-The Collaborative Design Team end