Welcome Back, Auraria!

Fall 2019 | September: Welcome Back

Welcome back students, faculty, and staff to the Fall 2019 Semester!

Our Annual Report is here!

We have worked hard this summer on delivering our Annual Report for the 2018-19 Academic Calendar Year. We have focused on expanding and stabilizing our impact by building staff capacity, launching exciting new programs, and aggressively tackling long-standing sustainability challenges. From an impact perspective, it was one of our most productive years on record! Thank you to all who made this past year a huge success!

Click Here to Read our 2018-19 Annual Report

EXCITING NEWS! The Auraria Library Solar Array installation has begun! Namaste is currently installing the racking--the structure on which the panels will be fastened. The panels should be installed in a few weeks. We will provide photos and updates whenever we have them! Once the 753 kW array is up and running, it should offset over 2/3 of the library's electricity needs, reduce energy costs by about $45,000 a year and prevent 1.2 million lbs of CO2e from entering the atmosphere.

COMPOST UPDATE: Los Molinos is now participating in our compost program! If and when you eat there, you can now compost their paper plates, napkins and any food scraps. Please recycle coffee cups or any clean tin foil (if it's dirty, throw it out). They are also composting kitchen scraps produced during food prep. Based on initial weights, Los Molinos is producing over 300 lbs of compost a week! Thank you to owners Ivy, Diego and Sergio for helping increase our waste diversion efforts and keep food out of the landfill.

AURARIA FACULTY/STAFF SUSTAINABILITY COALITION : We held our first fall meeting last Thursday and will be meeting monthly on Thursdays in Tivoli 329 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM during the fall semester. We now have a page on our website dedicated to housing info, sign-up, meeting times and meeting minutes for the coalition. Check it out to learn what our subcommittees are focusing on this semester and how to join the calendar invite! An archive of meeting minutes coming soon.

CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS--FIRST ECO-REP MEETING: Are you a student (or faculty or staff, for that matter) looking to volunteer with the ASCP's sustainability initiatives on campus? Come learn what the volunteer Eco-Rep program is all about and ways you can plug in this semester! We will be holding our first fall Eco-Rep meeting on Tuesday Sept 17th, from 2-3 PM in Tivoli 329 (Senate Chambers). Can't make the meeting in person? We will have a zoom video conference option, as well. Sign up with the button below to join the Eco-Rep mailing list. We will send out a welcome email later this week!

Inquire about becoming an Eco-Rep here!

5 Welcome Back Sustainability Tips and Tricks

Lock your bike properly to avoid bike theft!
Check out this visual to learn how.
Register your bike with the Auraria Police Department.
Sign up to access the covered and secure bike parking in the Tivoli garage by coming to Tivoli 325 to have your card encoded.

Use alternative transportation whenever possible!
If you take classes on campus, your student fees cover a discounted RTD pass. Make use of it! For no additional cost, you can use the light rail, bus or commuter rail (free train to the airport!). Need help planning your route? Check out RTD's Route Planner.

Bring your reusable water bottle to reduce waste and your reusable coffee mug for discounts!
Starbucks offers a 20 cent discount and the iLoveit Market only charges $1 for coffee when you bring a reusable mug!

Learn how to sort your waste properly and read all the sorting signage!
Access our Comprehensive Waste Sorting Guide here, and teach your friends!!

Buy local--shop at the farmer's markets for the remainder of the season
Check out all the venues, dates, and times below

Cherry Creek Fresh Market

Saturdays 8am-1pm, Wednesdays 9am-1pm – E. 1 ^st ave and University Blvd.

City Park Fresh Market

Sundays 9am-1pm – 2551 E. Colfax Ave.

Highlands Square Farmers Market

Sundays 9am-1pm – 32 ^nd ave. and Lowell Blvd.

Rino Fresh Market

Saturdays 9am-1pm – 2502 N. Broadway

Rino Farmers Market

Sundays 9am-2pm – EXDO Event Center

Golden Triangle Farmers Market

Sundays 9am-1pm – North Side of 11 ^th ave. between Lincoln st. and Broadway

Stapleton Fresh Market

Sundays 8:30am-12:30pm – E. 29 ^th Ave. and Roslyn St.

Union Station Farmers Market

Saturdays 9am-2pm – Denver Union Station Plaza

South Pearl Street Farmers Market

Sundays 9am-1pm – On the 1500 block of Old South Pearl st. between Florida Ave. and Iowa Ave.

Highlands Ranch Farmers and Street Market

Sundays 10am – 2pm – 9288 Dorchester st.

Littleton Farmers Market

Wednesdays 10am – 2pm – 7301 S. Santa Fe Dr.

Four Seasons Farmers and Artisans Market

Saturdays 9am-2pm – 7043 W. 38 ^th Ave.

Southwest Plaza Farmers Market

Saturdays 8am-2pm – Southeast Parking lot at Wadsworth and Bowles

Lakewood Farmers Market

Saturdays 10am-2pm – Mile Hi Church, Alameda Ave. and Garrison st.

Golden Farmers Market

Saturdays 8am-1pm – Golden Public Library Parking Lot 10 ^th and Illinois

Jobs Corner

Check out a few sweet jobs below that we've been made aware of!

Climate Change and Commercial and Multifamily Buildings Internship - Denver's Department of Health and Environment
Environmental Land Use and Planning Internship - Denver's Department of Public Health and Environment

Every year, the ASCP reviews or drafts dozens of proposals brought to us by students, staff, and faculty. Do you have an idea that could make the Auraria Campus more sustainable? Let us know!

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