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OPPORTUNITIES SUSTAINABILITY
2015 MONTHLY FOCUS AREAS
January & February
March & April
September - October
May & June
July & August
November - December
LAND
WATER
PEOPLE
AIR
ENERGY
MATERIALS
A Look Back Before We Look Ahead
Internal NASA Links
Upcoming Events
Featured Story: America still Recycles!!!
How Can I Be More Sustainable?
Find this online at http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/about/sustainability
In This Issue
15 20 NOV
We are doing great things at our center.
From making smart facility decisions that support
environmental sustainability where ever we can, to
encouraging our users (a.k.a. all of us!) to modify
behaviors ultimately reducing our demand on
natural resources. It all adds up.
Joel Walker, our NASA JSC Sustainability Officer
was recognized for these outstanding contributions
in Keeping Houston Beautiful. Way to go JSC!
Keep up the good work. Read the
FY2016 Sustainability Engagement Strategy
to discover even more ways to live, work, and play
more sustainably.
SUSTAINABILITY OPPORTUNITIES NOV 2015
A LOOK
BACK
BEFORE
WE LOOK
AHEAD
NASA JSC’s Sustainability Officer Awarded at 31st Annual Mayor’s Proud Partners Keep Houston Beautiful luncheon
JSC’s Environmental Webpage
How do I monitor the energy usage in my JSC building?
JSC Environmental Brown Bag Presentations JSC Environmental Newsletter Archives
INTERNAL
PHOTOS &
LINKS
EARTH DAY 2015
(SAFETY, HEALTH &
ENV FAIR) CAMTRAP WILDLIFE 2015
NATURAL
CHAMPIONS MEET-
UP WILDLIFE 2014 EARTH DAY 2014
SUSTAINABILITY OPPORTUNITIES NOV 2015
UPCOMING EVENTS
Every Saturday or Sunday – Enjoy the Armand Bayou Nature Center
From Breakfast on the Bayou to Nature Hikes, from Farm Life Demonstrations to Canoe Trips, check out this
local gem for a weekend of nature-filled fun!
Nov 3rd – JSC Environmental Stewardship Subcommittee meeting
Hear about our FY2016 Sustainability Engagement Strategy efforts and the NEW executive order 13693
10:00 – 11:00AM
B1/820
POC: Amber Wisber
Nov 6th – The Houston Zoo hosts the “10th Annual Houston Feast with the Beasts”
7:00PM – 11:00PM
Nov 10th – JSC Tour of WM Single-Stream Recycling Facility
Your JSC Green team would like to invite you on an exclusive tour for NASA employees and contractors
only of the Gasmer WM Single-streamed recycling facility. It’s really cool!
10:15AM – 12:45PM
Contact Anna Vitalis to reserve your seat in the alternative fuel carpool to/from JSC
Nov 10th – JSC Environmental Brown Bag: Technology Transfer Success Stories for Sustainability
12:00 – 1:00PM
B12/200
POC: Jeni Morrison
Nov 12th – Citizens’ Environmental Coalition holiday open house
Nov 13th – Keep Us Moving an H-GAC Event
11:00AM – 3:30PM
Norris Conference Center, 816 Town and Country Blvd, Houston, TX 77024
The program will include a luncheon with keynote speaker Adam Thies, the former director of planning
and development initiatives for the City of Indianapolis and nationally recognized leader in urban
planning. There is a $45 fee per person.
Nov 14th – America Recycles Day www.americarecyclesday.org or http://www.houstonbeautiful.org/recycle.html
Nov 26th – America’s Thanksgiving Day Holiday
Dec 1st – 3rd Clean Air Through Energy Efficiency (CATEE) Conference
Interested in connecting with government, commercial, and general thought-leaders regarding energy
and water efficiency in the built environment (buildings, facilities, homes, etc.)?
Hotel Galvez, 2024 Seawall Blvd, Galveston, TX 77550
Jan 28th 2016 – Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour
Mar 24th 2016 – Citizens’ Environmental Coalition Greater Houston Environmental Summit
Learn more at Citizen’s Environmental Coalition and City of Houston’s Code Green website.
NOTE: Italics indicate a JSC internal event
SUSTAINABILITY OPPORTUNITIES NOV 2015
Nov 14th is America Recycles Day (ARD). Both ARD and Keep Houston Beautiful
have a long list of activities to participate in around our area and throughout
the year. You may wonder, “Is this something that I’ll have to do the rest of my
life?” YES!!! That’s the point. Sustainability requires us to keep working at it.
Your JSC Green team has finalized arrangements to tour the Waste
Management single-streamed recycled facility.
Tues Nov 10th, 10:15AM – 12:45PM Contact Anna Vitalis (JSC Global) to reserve your seat in the JSC
alternative fuel van.
Any additional details will be sent to the JSC Sustainability List Serve.
Join here if you’re not on it already by entering your e-mail address!
FEATURED STORY:
AMERICA
still
RECYLCES!!!
HOW CAN I BE
MORE SUSTAINABLE?
Calculate your ecological footprint! How many
Earth’s does it take to sustain your lifestyle if everyone in the world lived like you?
“My goal as the JSC Center Operations
Director is to create a working environment
where JSC employees feel happy,
comfortable, and productive to support our
mission. Similarly, my vision for sustainability is
that it’s something we don’t even think about;
it’s ingrained in our thinking. We just do it.”
Joel Walker, JSC Center Sustainability Officer
