Green Leaf LodgingA Umass Dartmouth Student Initiative

Introduction

Individual Roles

Mission Statement Goals

Community Partners Events Take Away

Sustainability Lessons Learned

Plans for Improvement

Individual Roles• Josh Berg - Project Coordinator

•Michael Cornetta -Materials Director•Alexandra Dumas -Hotel Liaison

• Jimmy Le - Design/Wiki Coordinator•John Turkington -Community Partner

Mission Statement•Green Leaf Lodging project is a student run service committee

helping to promote sustainability throughout the hotel and lodging industry within the Greater New

Bedford area.

Goals• Implement a sustainable recycling program• Include the community with donations to help less fortunate• Help others contribute to recycling/raise recycling awareness  • Establish a connection between the Best Western to local community service partners to promote “re-use”• Educate staff members in proper recycle techniques

Community Partners

•Best Western•Lighthouse Outreach Center•Greater New Bedford Area

•Hosted an eco-friendly presentation to promote recycle awareness at Best Western hotel.•Educated staff on different green initiatives and how they can contribute to their local community.

Event

Take-Aways (Flyers and Bags)

•Provided flyers with green incentive information

•Provided bags to encourage proper recycling

Community Impact

• Green Initiative flyers in 65 rooms at The Best Western• Roughly 40Lbs of clothes (four bags)• A tote full of small electronics• Recycling bags on all staff carts

Sustainability• Established an on-going partnership between The Best Western hotel in Dartmouth and the Lighthouse Outreach Center in Fall River•Gave take-aways to hotel staff to help implement and enforce re-use program • Expanded marketing appeal by being considered a “Green Hotel”

Lessons Learned•Working cohesively in a group•Communication between various organizations•Community Involvement

Plans for Improvement

•Better time productivity•Updating progress on wiki•Communication outside of group

Questions or comments ?