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Maybe you could work with one of your computer labs to use the massive amounts of papers that students print but do not retrieve. -Roberta Open Forum for Learning Assistance Professionals <[log in to unmask]> writes: >Thanks for your post, Betty. That reminds me of something I've been >meaning to ask the list. > >My tutors are always asking for scrap paper. My personal feeling is that >students should be bringing their own paper, because the problems they >work during tutoring will be useful to them later on, and they should be >right in their notebooks along with their classnotes. However, that >doesn't always happen, and often the tutors are scrambling for paper to >write on. I don't want to buy paper for this purpose, not only because >our budget is tight, but also because I feel like it sends the wrong >message to students. > >I've been thinking about sending out a mass email to all of the campus >departments asking them to save paper for us that has only been used on >one side. That way, we can use it as scrap, and when it finally gets >recycled, it will have been used twice rather than just once. > >Has anybody tried something like this? Does it work? Is it worth the >hassle of rounding up the paper? > >Michele Costabile Doney >Coordinator, Math and Science Tutoring >John Jay College of Criminal Justice >646-557-4595 [log in to unmask] > >-----Original Message----- >From: Open Forum for Learning Assistance Professionals >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Betty Linneman >Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 10:30 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Slightly off Topic > >I apologize if my request is a bit off topic, but I do think it's related >to developmental education - at least tangentially. > >I am on a "Go Green" committee which wants to increase how >environmentally conscious we are and go about our business. We currently >recycle paper to some degree. We had a club collecting aluminum cans, >but that has recently ended. > >Any ideas of environmentally friendly things your campus is already doing >or any resources you can point me to would be very much appreciated. > >Thank you, > >Betty Linneman >Jefferson College >Director - Learning Center/Assessment Services > > > > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your >subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your web >browser to >http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html > >To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your >subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your web >browser to >http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html > >To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************************************************************** Roberta Schotka Director of Programs PLTC, Wellesley College phone:781-283-2675 fax: 781-283-3709 [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your web browser to http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask]