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Campus Initiatives

Campus Initiatives

The Sustainability Council has committed to pursuing the below on-campus initiatives that promote a healthy community and interaction with nature. 

 

Tree Campus, USA

campus_fountain.jpegThe Tree Campus, USA initiative created by the Arbor Day Foundation will help maintain and improve the health of all trees on the College of Southern Idaho Campus and to identify which tree care practices would be best for our trees. Whether pruning, irrigating, feeding, planting, pest control or sometimes even removal of certain trees to help maintain the health of our trees on campus. This initiative also facilitates future developments through tree protection, installation and care guidelines for CSI. 

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Bee Campus, USA

flowersBee Campus, USA hosted by Bee City, USA is a commitment to help conserve and protect Southern Idaho's native bees and pollinators. Our conservation efforts for Idaho's pollinators will consist of planting more native plants, provide better nesting sites along with reducing the College of Southern Idaho's use of harmful pesticides. Students along with Faculty & Staff will work together to help carry out the CSI's commitment to the conservation of our native pollinators and plants.

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Recycling

The College of Southern Idaho has collected and recycled many different types of materials including markers, pens, plastic bags & bottles, yougurt containers, drink can tops, tin & tin cans, aluminum, cardboard, batteries, and paper.

In 2010 the Maintenance Department and the Sustainability Council announced approximately 18,070 lbs (based on 30lbs per cubic yard, the most conservative equivalent) of cardboard were recycled from the CSI campus in 2010.

Western Waste Service estimates they pick up 48 cubic yards of cardboard each month from CSI. According to the University of Oregon, recycling one ton of cardboard saves the equivalent of 3,000 kilowatt hours of the energy needed to process one ton of corrugated cardboard from fresh pulp. 10,010 pounds of newspaper were turned in for recycling from October 2009-November 2010 by CSI. This newspaper may be turned into various paper products such as newspapers, egg cartons, and cellulose based insulation which is blown into attics or walls to reduce energy costs.