{"284871":{"#nid":"284871","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Student Organizations Given Chance to Earn \u2018Silver Leaf\u2019","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Student Government Association is encouraging fellow student organizations to earn silver by going green through a new initiative called Silver Leaf certification.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Silver Leaf program asks that student organizations commit to recycling at one event per semester. The Office of Solid Waste Management and Recycling provides recycling bins, so students must simply request a bin for their event in advance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe goal of the initiative is to change student behavior and promote overall sustainability practices,\u201d said Rachit Kansal, co-chair of SGA\u2019s sustainability committee.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOnce it\u2019s been verified that recycling was requested and used at one of their events, the organization will be certified. Students whose organizations wish to earn certification can learn more at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\/green\u0022\u003Esga.gatech.edu\/green\u003C\/a\u003E, or request a bin for their next event at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.recycle.gatech.edu\/silverleaf\/\u0022\u003Erecycle.gatech.edu\/silverleaf\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Capital Planning and Space Management and the Brook Byers Institute of Sustainable Systems are also partners in the program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew initiative encourages recycling on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New initiative encourages recycling on campus."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2014-03-24 09:05:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:03","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-03-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-03-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"284921":{"id":"284921","type":"image","title":"Silver Leaf","body":null,"created":"1449244216","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:50:16","changed":"1475894978","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:38","alt":"Silver Leaf","file":{"fid":"199016","name":"slcover-01_4_copy.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/slcover-01_4_copy_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/slcover-01_4_copy_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":109605,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/slcover-01_4_copy_0.png?itok=0XxUVude"}}},"media_ids":["284921"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/recycle.gatech.edu\/silverleaf","title":"About Silver Leaf"},{"url":"http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\/green","title":"SGA Sustainability Committee"}],"groups":[{"id":"1316","name":"Green Buzz"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"1153","name":"recycling"},{"id":"166922","name":"sga"},{"id":"166923","name":"student government association"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rachitkansal93@gmail.com\u0022\u003ERachit Kansal\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}