President Michael Bennie '10
Vice President Maggie Delano '10
Treasurer Alex Dehnert '12
Secretary General Liz Denys '11
Speaker of the Senate Paul Baranay '11
Vice-Chair of the Senate Tim Stumbaugh '12
UA Committee on Sustainability
The MIT Undergraduate Association Committee on Sustainability is charged with galvanizing passion, energy, and interest in sustainability on campus. This committee interfaces with other student advocacy and policy groups, facilitating communication to induce change. This committee also identifies and addresses needs within the undergraduate sustainability community.
Contact the Committee on Sustainability at ua-sustainability@mit.edu
- Committee Officers
- Chair: Alexandra Jordan
Vice-Chair: Ying Lucy Fan - Committee Members
- Elizabeth Maroon
- Lily Xu
- Yangbo Du
- Corinne Carland
- Ying Lucy Fan
- Raimundo Krishna Esteva
- UA Senate Affiliates
- Jonte Craighead
Committee News
- Next meeting: December 2, 2009
- All committee meetings are open to undergraduates
- Committee on Sustainability Fall 2009 Budget
- Dining Halls now advertising Eco Clamshells--Reusable Takeout Containers
- Plastic bag recycling bins now available in all undergraduate and graduate dormitories
Meeting Agendas and Minutes
- October 7, 2009
- Agenda 10.07.09
- Minutes 10.07.09
- October 14, 2009
- Agenda 10.14.09
- Minutes 10.14.09
- October 21, 2009
- Agenda 10.21.09
- Minutes 10.21.09
- October 28, 2009
- Agenda 10.28.09
- Minutes 10.28.09
- November 4, 2009
- Agenda 11.04.09
- Minutes 11.04.09
- November 18, 2009
- Minutes 11.18.09
Current Projects
- Reusable Grocery Bags in Dorms
- Point person: Krishna Esteva
- Status: Pilot program beginning late-November in Burton Conner
- Paperless Registration and Add/Drop Forms
- Point person: Alex Jordan
- Status: Working with Special Projects Committee
- Stop Printing Course Catalogues and Telephone Directories
- Point person: Alex Jordan
- Status: Exploring options for an online opt-in/opt-out system
- Composting
- Point people: Lily Xu and Lucy Fan
- Status: In contact with the Facilities Department, the Office of Campus Dining and EHS
- Utilities Metering in Dorms
- Point person: Alex Jordan
- Status: Waiting on final Task Force Recommendations (late November)
- Motion-sensored Lighting on Campus [ON HOLD]
- Point people: Yangbo Du and Lucy Fan
- Status: Lack of funding to expand, but Administration has solid plans to expand once funds available
- FSILG Recycling Program Expansion
- Point person: Alex Jordan
- Status: Currently in 26 FSILGs
- Technocycle Revival and Expansion
- Point people: Corinne Carland and Jonte Craighead
- Status: Initial contact phase
- Compile all Course Readers into PDFs on Stellar
- Point person: Krishna Esteva and Yangbo Du
- Status: Initial phase
Completed Projects
- Plastic Bag Recycling in Dorms
- Expanding Reusable Takeout Containers (Eco-Clamshells) in Dorm Dining Halls
- 2009 Guide to Sustainability at MIT
- 2008 Guide to Sustainability at MIT
- ua-sustainability-announce mailing list
- Dorm Sustainability Coordinators
- IAP Class
- Discover Energy and Environment FPOP
- FSILG Recycling
- Recyclemania
- Plastic Bags Recycling - Now available in the Student Center!
Dorm Sustainability Coordinators (2009-2010)
- To be determined