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Sustainability and Benchmarking to Host Activities, Events during October

The Office of Sustainability and Benchmarking will sponsor the annual “SLUstainability Month” during the month of October.

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This year, Sustainability and Benchmarking will focus on three themes, with each theme representing a different aspect of sustainability.

The SLU community is encouraged to adopt one sustainable practice for each of the three themes in the “Do One Thing” (DOT) campaign, where a list of actionable items can be found. Participants can share their DOT action on social media by using the hashtag #SLUgreen16 or via this online form.

Upcoming Events:

Oct. 2 - Social Action Women’s Soccer Game
Oct. 3 - Green Billiken Spirit Day - Show support for SLUstainability Month by wearing something green like a green shirt or polo.
Oct. 3 - SLU Energy Madness Competition begins - a tournament-style competition between residence halls to see who can reduce the most energy over an eight-week period
Oct. 4 - Energy Expressions - Members of the Green Billiken student group will encourage the SLU community to express how they save energy in their lives or why saving energy is important on a chalkboard display. Participants will then be asked to post a picture of their written idea to social media, from noon to 2 p.m. outside of Griesedieck Hall along West Pine Mall
Oct. 6 - Care About Climate Presentation, featuring guest speaker Natalie Lucas, 4 p.m. in Busch Student Center 253C
Oct. 7- Sparky Earth Hour - an energy reduction hour
Oct. 8 - Webster Sustainability Conference, focusing on regional sustainability impacts. This year’s theme is "Demystifying Sustainability: The Impact of the Individual," and is $20 or $15 for students.
Oct. 11 - RideFinders 'Lunch and Learn,' noon, Busch Student Center 253.

For all other events, visit greenbilliken.slu.edu or sign up for the SLUstainability newsletter for a details about each theme.

Groups are encouraged to make their events “green” throughout the month or host a sustainable event focusing on one of the three themes. Email the greenbilliken@slu.edu for questions or to share plans.

Follow Sustainability and Benchmarking on social media via Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest.