Division of Labor

So far, we've been working on refining the scope of our project and divvying up the workload.

For now, we've decided to remove the Climate Action Plan section of the site in order to focus more on the tangible, physical sustainability efforts on campus, with the main areas of focus being buildings, food, recycling/composting, and transportation.

We decided that the best way to divide the work would be by topic, with two people working on each section. We hope to all contribute multimedia (photos, video, etc.) pertaining to our specific subjects.

Once we start generating content, we'll be better able to envision the actual design of the site. We will all work together to design a basic template for the sections, then work in our small teams to insert our specific content.

Division of Labor:

Buildings - Jean and Lauren
Food - Jean and Val
Recycling/Composting - Lauren and David
Transportation - David and Val

Project Proposal: Is CU a Green Dream?

The University of Colorado at Boulder is well-known as one of the “greenest” universities around. The school recently earned high marks on the Sustainable Endowments Institute’s College Sustainability Report Card 2010 – In fact, it was the top-ranked school in the nation for sustainability. It also won Sierra magazine’s award for top “green” university. Our Web site will explore what makes CU stand out on the green scene and what the next steps are for building a more eco-conscious campus.


Project Title: We’re hashing this out, but suggestions included “Green University” or “Eco U”

Group Members:
· Valerie Gleaton – Newsgathering MA – valerie.gleaton@colorado.edu
· David Roemhild - Undergraduate Broadcast News - david.roemhild@colorado.edu
· Jean Spencer - Undergraduate - jean.spencer@colorado.edu
· Lauren Walter – Undergraduate - lauren.e.walter@colorado.edu

Statement of Purpose: The purpose of our site will be to provide the CU student body, prospective students, and the Boulder and environmental communities with information about CU’s efforts to utilize sustainable practices in its development plans and day-to-day administration.

Scope and Scale: Though we initially considered creating a site about Boulder’s environmental issues, we decided that such a project would be too broad in scope, so we instead decided to focus specifically on CU’s sustainability efforts. At this point, we are mainly concerned with campus sustainability itself (building, carbon emissions, transportation, and waste management). However, we could expand the project to also include CU’s efforts to integrate sustainability values into the curriculum.

Division of Labor: Since this project will focus on different areas of sustainability, we will divide the workload by topic/issue, with one-to-two people working on each topic. Each individual/team will be responsible for text and multimedia for his/her/its topic.


Story Ideas:
· CU’s environmental history
· CU’s Carbon Neutrality plan to reduce greenhouse emissions
· Recycling/Composting
· LEED certifications
· Local/Organic food at CU
· Transportation issues: Biodiesel, bike program, bus passes, Zimride


Anticipated Obstacles:
· Getting too broad (trying to cover too many topics)
· Getting too detailed (becoming concerned with the specifics within topics)
· Time constraints/Computer lab availability
· Finding the right sources
· Redundancy with existing sites, particularly CU’s Environmental Center site
· Compelling multimedia images/video
· Technical issues involved with Web site design