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SUSTAINABILITY

The Max Fees Executive Ticket understands that sustainability is something that needs to be integrated within all aspects of USG. ASU cannot live up to its name as a “Global Institute of Sustainability” without civic engagement or without providing equitable access to healthcare/mental health care for its students. As a ticket we believe in the past USG has tried to separate sustainability from things. USG ought to recognize that pillars of sustainability must be incorporated into civic engagement events, health, and wellness, as well as their biggest programs and concerts.

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Our 5 pillars of sustainability include:

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  • Locally, Sustainably Sourced Food on Campus

  • Sustainability Education for ALL 

  • Encouraging Sustainable Transportation

  • Clean Energy

  • Better Waste Management at ASU Events

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Locally, Sustainably Sourced Food on Campus

 

  • We want to further develop USG’s existing partnerships with the School of Sustainability, Sun Devil Dining, and Aramark to make future investments into locally grown food.​

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  • Engrained, located on the second floor of the MU, is by far the best-tasting meal on campus. It's no wonder that their produce comes from 17 different locally sourced farms! We will advocate on your behalf for not only more sustainable but also better tasting food in the dining halls on campus! 

 

  • We will support and promote the ASU Pitchfork Pantry! â€‹ASU Pitchfork Pantry is a food bank dedicated to students struggling with food insecurity (which is actually a lot more than expected). There is one downtown and in Tempe but many students don't even know about it. Because it is not being utilized they are contemplating shutting it down, which would hurt the students that are actually using it. 

 

  • Currently, all ASU dining halls promote "Meatless Mondays," however, they still serve meat. Even worse, not eating the meat they serve would be such a waste! As part of our Student Satisfaction Survey each semester, we would like to ask students if they would be willing to reduce ASU’s carbon footprint by giving up meat just once a week.

 

  • Expand The Campus Harvest Program by increasing the funding toward student gardening clubs that volunteer their time and effort to keep ASU green.

 

  • There are two main harvests on campus, the sour oranges in January-March and the dates in September-November.  These two crops help fund the Arboretum Volunteer program, plant signage, new garden construction and the purchase of tools, supplies, annual flowers, shrubs and trees for the Arboretum.

 

  • Student gardening clubs help maintain the Herb Garden and put their knowledge of organic gardening to use. The Herb and Community Gardens are part of the Campus Harvest tour lead by Arboretum volunteers for local school groups and community organizations.

  • Learn more: https://cfo.asu.edu/arboretum-campusharvest

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  • Advocate for the inclusion of small-scale sustainable farming in dormant space, available on and around the ASU campuses for which could benefit the education and nutritional needs of students while averting food import costs for the university.

    • The Polytechnic campus already has a great community garden. We would like to introduce a similar garden to the Tempe campus using this proven model!

    • To learn more about the Polytechnic Garden Commons check out: https://cfo.asu.edu/Garden-commons

 

  • Encourage Aramark to create partnerships with already established local farms.

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Sustainability Education for ALL: 

 

  • Curate an official USG Sustainability Education Resource in collaboration with the 55 sustainability clubs and organizations on campus.

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Encouraging Sustainable Transportation:

 

  • Bike Co-Op “Pop-up” Shop

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  • Coming to Barrett, Manzanita, Tooker, Hassayampa, and the GLV (to name a few)  

    • Further marketing this amazing service to off-campus students within biking distance. 

 

Clean Energy:

 

  • USG is lucky to be in the Student Pavilion, the only Net Zero building on campus.

    • We will require Seeds of Sustainability training for all USG members next year.

    • We will recommend Seeds of Sustainability training for all organizations that are located in the student pavilion.

    • We will propose a partnership with RHA to regulate energy usage in residential halls. I.e. incentivize new students on campus to lower their carbon footprint by introducing certain practices in their dorms like setting the thermostat to 78, etc.

 

  • Since we can’t convert buildings to net zero, as the largest developer in the state of Arizona, we want to see ASU invest in future net-zero building projects.

 

  • In 2009, ASU pledged to be carbon neutral by 2025. At the current moment, we are very off track. We will advocate for necessary actions to get back on track and meet this goal and keep the administration accountable. We will be YOUR voice, advocating on behalf of future Net Zero projects.

 

  • On behalf of the student body, we will advocate for more solar panels to be installed around campus. It's a shame that the Tempe campus is not already 100% powered by solar. We want to see a more carbon-neutral campus!

 

Waste Management:

 

  • As we host bigger events, such as Devilpalooza, FYG-U Fest, etc. manage waste in the best way possible. Although difficult, we will make strides trying to make them zero-waste events. 

 

  • We believe that any event USG hosts should always adhere to Zero Waste Guidelines.


We encourage sustainability-focused organizations to follow the model of ASUCSSI! They helped at M3F and are proud of it.

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