Class Presentation by Sandy Bauman, MS, MPA, Sustainability Coordinator, UNT Health Science Center

The final Presentation to our class was made by Sandy Bauman, the Sustainability Coordinator at UNT Health Science Center.  She is a one person team, in charge of all the sustainability initiatives at the school.  Since this is the first time the school has had someone in charge of sustainability, she has been free to build the strategic framework of the position.

Sandy started her education with bachelors in Wildlife and Fishery science, but later added two masters degrees as her interests narrowed to the sustainability field.  Now she gets to work on a med-school campus that is embracing sustainability, and focus on her passion!

Since taking the position, she has had successfully completely several awareness campaign that have had incredible attendance by students and faculty.  She ran a zero-waste event, where they gave away reusable cutlery, and used compostable plates, paper and bags.  Then they composted all the waste from the event.  She also ran a very successful Earth-day, with nearly a third of the students and staff at the school in attendance.

Recycling centers at UNTHSC accept ink cartridges, cells phones and batteries to keep these items out of landfills and so they can be properly recycled.

Earth-day electronics recycling project.  Over 5000 lbs of electronics were recycled.

Winner of the Earth-day recycled/ re-purposed photo contest!

A new Bike Share program launched April 22nd this year.

UNTHSC Sustainability Committee is comprises of students, faculty and staff and helps make decisions on which events to do.

If your interested in learning more about the UNT Health Science Center, I recommend liking them on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/sustainableUNTHSC