Peer to Peer Sustainability Outreach Campaigns
The following directory includes student peer to peer sustainability outreach programs (often known as Eco-Reps). Generally, these programs work in the residential areas of campus and are sponsored by a campus department (such as Recycling, Residential Life, or the campus sustainability office).
The goals of this list are to: 1) provide an accurate accounting of the number of schools that have such programs, and 2) connect program coordinators with each other to facilitate sharing of knowledge and resources. Others may use this list to contact program coordinators about establishing such a program on their own campuses, or to get advice on particular initiatives.
You may also join a listserv for program coordinators by sending a message with “subscribe” in the subject or text to eco-rep-list-request@lists.hcs.harvard.edu
Another resource is a dissertation written by Christina Erickson, titled “Peer to Peer Sustainability Outreach Programs: The interface of education and behavior change”. This dissertation can be found on the Student Research Page or directly on the University of Vermont Eco-Reps Website.
Please send additions, updates, and suggestions for improving this resource to resources@aashe.org
Allegheny College
EcoReps Program
Contact 1: Amara Geffen, Director of the Center for Economic & Environmental Development
Contact 2: Kritika Kapadia, EcoRep Program Intern
Contact 3: Marla Sacks, EcoRep Program Intern
Auburn University
Res Life Eco-Reps
Contact 1: Mike Kensler, Director Office of Sustainability
Contact 2: Matt Williams, Program Manager, Office of Sustainability
American University
Green Eagle Program
Contact 1: Emily Curley, Sustainability Coordinator
Babson College
Peer to Peer Sustainability Outreach Campaigns
Eco-Reps
Contact 1: Dallase Scott, Sustainability Program Manager
Bard College
Bard Environmental Resource People (BERPs)
Contact 1: Laurie Husted
Barnard College
Eco-Reps
Contact 1: barnardecoreps@gmail.com
Bowdoin College
ECO-Reps
Contact 1: Keisha Payson, Coordinator for a Sustainable Bowdoin
Contact 2: Katherine Creswell, Sustainable Bowdoin Intern
Brandeis University
Campus Sustainability Initiative Eco-Reps
Contact 1: Janna Cohen-Rosenthal, Coordinator
Brown University
Eco-Reps
Contact 1: Kurt Teichert
Contact 2: Laura Dee, Eco-Reps Student Coordinator
California State University, Chico
Environmental Ambassadors
Contact 1: Jillian Buckholz , Campus Sustainability Coordinator
Carnegie Mellon University
Eco-Reps
Contact 1: Aya Chaoka and Andrea Tan, Eco-Reps Coordinators
Contact 2: M. Shernell Smith and Barb Kviz, Eco-Rep Advisors
Champlain College
EcoReps Program
Contact 1: Christina Erickson, Sustainability Director
Clark University
Eco-Reps
Contact 1: Emily Sturdivant
Contact 2: Liz Redlich
Coastal Carolina University
Eco-Reps
Contact 1: Jennifer Sellers, Sustainability Coordinator
Columbia University
Eco-Reps
Contact 1: Aida Conroy, Co-Captain
Contact 2: Louis Smith, Co-Captain
Contact 3: ecoreps@columbia.edu, Board and general info
Connecticut College
House Environmental Representatives (HERs)
Contact 1: Josh Stoffel, Sustainability Coordinator
Dartmouth College
ECO Reps
Contact 1: Dominic Winksi
DePauw University
Eco-Reps
Contact 1: Taylor Cantril
Dickinson College
Eco Reps Program
Contact 1: Lindsey Lyons, Assistant Director
Duke University
Students for Sustainable Living
Contact 1: Tavey McDaniel Capps, Environmental Sustainability Coordinator
Elon University
Eco-Reps
Contact 1: Elaine Durr, Sustainability Coordinator
Green Mountain College
GMC Eco-Reps Program
Contact 1: Nathaniel Steinrueck
Harvard University
Resource Efficiency Program
Contact 1: Brandon Geller, Coordinator
Harvard University (Business School)
Business School Green Living Program
Contact 1: Carol Healy, Coordinator
Harvard University (Law School)
Harvard Law Green Living Program
Contact 1: Kate Cosgrove, Coordinator
Ithaca College
Resource Representatives Program
Contact 1: Mark Darling, Recycling Coordinator
Johns Hopkins University
ECO-Reps
Contact 1: Davis Bookhart, Manager of Energy and Environmental Stewardship
Johnson State College
Eco-Reps (No website)
Contact 1: Russel Weis, Eco-Rep faculty Coordinator
Contact 2: Jaci Laroque, Eco-Rep Student Coordinator
Keene State College
Eco-Reps
Contact 1: Mary Jensen, Sustainability Coordinator
Middlebury College
Residential Sustainability Coordinators
Contact 1: Clare Crosby, Sustainability Communication and Outreach Coordinator
Mount Holyoke College
Eco-Reps
Contact 1: Nancy Apple
North Carolina State University
Generating Residential Environmental Education Now (GREEN)
Contact 1: Lindsay Batchelor, Sustainability Office Program Coordinator
Pennsylvania State University
Eco-Reps
Contact 1: Milea Perry, Coordinator
Philips Exeter
Environmental Proctors (E-Proctors)
Contact 1: Jennifer Wilhelm, Sustainability Coordinator
Portland State University
EcoReps
Contact 1: Heather Spalding, Sustainability Leadership and Outreach Coordinator
Princeton University
Eco-Reps
Contact 1: Bing Chiu, Eco-Reps Co-Coordinator
Contact 2: Karen Kreib, Eco-Reps Co-Coordinator
Ramapo College
Sustainable Living Facilities
Contact: Emma Rainforth, Director of the Sharp Sustainability Education Center
Rice University
EcoRep Program
Contact 1: Richard Johnson, Director of Sustainability
Contact 2: Jeremy Caves, Student Eco-Reps Coordinator
Seattle University
Sustainability Education and Engagement Delegates (SEED)
Contact 1: Adam Serafin, Coordinator, SEED**
Sewanee: University of the South
Environmental Resident Program (PDF)
Contact 1: Rocco Calandruccio, Assistant Director of Residential Life for Sustainability and Facilities
Skidmore College
ECO-REP Program
Contact 1: Erica Fuller, Campus Sustainability Coordinator
Smith College
Earth Reps
Contact 1: Bob Lesko, Associate Director, Physical Plant
Contact 2: Hannah Hitchner, Environmental Sustainability Intern
Contact 3: Monique Gagne, Environmental Sustainability Intern
Stanford University
Dorm Environmental Representatives
Contact 1: Carolyn Mansfield
Tufts University
Eco-Representatives
Contact 1: Tina Woolston
University at Albany
Sustainability Council
Contact 1: Mary Ellen Mallia, Director of Environmental Sustainability
University of Arizona
Eco-Reps
Contact 1: Liz Zavodsky, Coordinator of Sustainability Education
University of British Columbia
Sustainability Reps Program
Contact 1: sustainability.reps@ubc.ca
University of California, Berkeley
Residential Sustainability Education Coordinators (RSECs)
Contact 1: Lisa Bauer, Recycling & Refuse Manager
University of California, Davis
Positive Impact, Sustainability Interns
Contact 1: Richard Ronquillo, Assistant Director, Leadership Development & Programs
University of California, San Diego
Econauts
Contact 1: Maggie Souder, Campus Sustainability Coordinator
University of Colorado at Boulder
Green Teams
Contact 1: Marianne Moulton, Associate Director of the Environmental Center**
University of Kentucky
Eco-Rep Program
Contact 1: Elaine Alvey
Contact 2: Shane Tedder
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Eco-Rep Program
Contact 1: Nell Finnigan, Program Manager
University of Michigan
Planet Blue Student Ambassador Program
Contact 1: Mike Shriberg, Education Director, Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute
Contact 2: Lydia McMullen-Laird, PBSA Student Coordinator
University of Missouri
Sustainability Peer Resource Outreach (SPROUT)
Contact 1: Steven Burdic, Sustainability Coordinator
Contact 2: Jessi Gordon
University of New Hampshire
Energy Waste Watch Challenge
Contact 1: Sara Cleaves, Coordinator
University of New Mexico
Eco-Reps
Contact 1: Elyse Jalbert, Co-Director of Programming
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Residential Green Games
Contact 1: Amy Preble
Contact 2: Sara Rafalson
University of Northern Iowa
UNI Energy Team
Contact 1: Carole Yates
Contact 2: Jack Yates
University of Pennsylvania
Eco-Reps Program
Contact 1: Julian Goresko
University of South Carolina, Columbia
Eco-Reps Program
Contact 1: Margaret Bounds
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Eco-Vols
Contact 1: Courtney Washburn, Sustainability Outreach Coordinator
Contact 2: Gordie Bennett, Sustainability Manager
University of Vermont
Eco-Reps Program
Contact 1: Kyle Brown
University of Virginia
Sustainability Advocacy Program
Contact 1: Sustainability Outreach Coordinator
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Student Sustainability Coordinator
Contact 1: Lauren Oas
Western Washington University
Residence Hall Sustainability Program and Eco-Reps
Contact 1: Rebekah Hook, Coordinator ResRAP (Resource Awareness Program)
Yale University
Student Taskforce for Environmental Partnership (STEP)
Contact 1: Jess Bolhack, STEP Student Director
Contact 2: Sophie Wolfram, STEP Student Director
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