CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE | SALEM OR
ABOUT CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE • • Total FTE 2015-2016: 11,130.76 Applied Associates Oregon • Annual Headcount 2015-2016: Transfer Degree • 29,802 Career and Technical Education • Future Hispanic Serving Institution programs include Fire • Campuses/Centers: 7 Protection Technology, Human • Large rural district Services/ Addiction Studies, • Median student age: 22 Horticulture, Nursing, and • Non-residental Visual Communications • Community Education • High School Partnerships
CHEMEKETA WASTE PREVENTION PROGRAM • Bottle bill state Student activities vary from • Started in the 1980’s promoting the recycling • Collection stretches across four program, to helping upcycle plastic bags into sleeping bags haulers, three custodial services, for the homeless. and two community partnerships • We collect cardboard, cans, electronics, paper, plastics, scrap metal, waste cooking oil, freon, dental amalgam, construction waste, and wood
► Learn Skills ► Reduce Waste ► Connect ► Save Money
PROCESS
PLANNING MAKES PERFECT
CHEMEKETA • Parking/Transportation • Good, accessible space • Included students in planning • Utilized skills • Live music • Food FIND A HOST
FIX•PERT /fiksˌ spərt/ noun 1. a person who has a comprehensive knowledge and skill in repairing items.
CONNECT WITH FIXPERTS
ITEMS
PROMOTIONS
EVENTS Fall 2015, Oct. 21 Chemeketa 28 tickets, 16 repairs, 3 items in process Community College 30 tickets, 25 repairs, 4 non-repairable items, Summer 2016, Jun. 22 Heritage Center 1 in process, 20 volunteers 61 tickets, 49 repairs, 7 non-repairable and 5 in Winter 2017, Jan. 14 process, 20 fixperts/volunteers, food truck and Bike Repair Non-profit brewing company
FUTURE EVENTS • Host the event close to mass transit • Host it at resident halls with live in students • Host at hardware store • Find partners to help spread the word • Keep it festive
BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES AT CHEMEKETA • • 100% of students are Event is still growing • commuters Sponsorship • • Students live an average of 12.5 Peer to peer education miles from campus • College is located outside of city limits • No night time/weekend public transit
IDEAS FOR COLLEGE CAMPUSES • • Work towards zero waste goals Create collaborative town/gown • Promote campus recycling learning experiences with programs and waste reduction community partners • efforts Partnering with like-minded • Work towards zero waste goals campus activities and • Start a conversation the use of organizations, e.g. craft center, quality materials versus tool library, bike repair shop • disposable goods Promote lifelong learning and • Tie into discussions around confidence in manual skills • globalization Promote end of the year programs
FUTURE GOALS WEB RESOURCES • Obtain a grant • Increase outreach for youth, college Instructables students, and seniors • Make the event bilingual I Fixit • Create a local repair guide Repair Fair & Share • Sponsorship from local repair, hardware, and craft stores Repair Fair on KMUZ Radio • Provide a buyers guide to reuse and repair
CONTACTS Jessica Ramey Stephania Fregosi Marion County Chemeketa Environmental Services Community College Waste Reduction Sustainability Coordinator Coordinator 503.584.7262 503.365.3180 steph.fregosi@chemeketa.edu jsramey@co.marion.or.us
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