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1. HURDLES AND
SOLUTIONS
QUESTIONS FOR
CAMPUS-WIDE OPERATIONS
How do we promote
accountability and
ownership?
!Embed sustainability into
organisational policies,
procedures, and processes.
How do we combat resource
Establish useful benchmarks
restraints (both financial and
and reporting initiatives and
human)?
designate areas of respon-sibility.
Partner with relevant stakeholders; e.g.
local government, to !provide outside
funding and link with local initiatives
seeking similar goals.
How do we reduce water
consumption cost-effectively?
!Engage your community! by hav-ing
them report water waste, such
as leaking taps, ruptured pipes, or
malfunctioning irrigation systems.
Promote the principle of active water
conservation by !encouraging shorter
showers, and minimal use of potable
water! in research activities and cam-pus
operations.
26 CAMPUS-WIDE OPERATIONS How do we reduce
the amount of campus
waste going to landfill?
Conduct audits to understand
your waste streams. Minimise
waste by maximising resource
values and !applying a waste
hierarchy across all resource
streams. That is, waste
avoidance, reduction, re-use,
recycling, and disposal – in
that order.

2. How do we protect biodiversity?
Begin by linking with local research and
conservation groups to !map biodiversity
on campus, and then measure the impact
of operational/community activities and de-velopment.
establish strategies to minimise any threat
to sensitive ecosystems, including setting
up protection zones.
How should we handle the disposal
of IT waste?
Where possible, !set up cradle-to-grave con-tracts
Once you have this information,
with vendors!, making them responsible
for the sustainable disposal of everything
from packaging to equipment at the end of
life. Where that is not an option, see if equip-ment
can be re-used by the community or
other groups. Often, charitable organisations
will have systems for re-distributing functional
equipment, provided it is not too old. Other-wise,
ensure companies hired to recycle IT
waste do so in a socially and environmentally
responsible manner.
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How can we make
refrigeration in the kitchen
more energy-efficient?
Establish a !regular programme
of checking and replacing seals
on refrigerator and cold-room
doors to minimise leakage.