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A. Sustainable products and agriculture 

1.  In labs  

2. No Styrofoam at KUMC/TUKHS sites, replace with compostable containers

3.  Eric King, Dir of Food Svcs 

4. Work with Landscaping

5. Tree giveaway for Arbor Day 

1. More Education  

             6. Presentation to the campus about our gardens 

7. Collect cool packs that are meant for fertilizer. 

8. Speaker series/panel for Arbor Day 

B. Project Cure 

1. Based in Denver, CO 

2. Collect donated medical supplies, redistributed globally 

3. Containers ship from their warehouse 

1. Ukraine, Ethiopia, Zambia 

2. 135 countries 

4. Could collaborate with Operating Room waste 

5. Cancer trial waste 

6. Make a list of nonprofits that take expired/unexpired medical supplies 

C.  Internal marketplace of exhausted in-house furniture 

1. Surplus office in place, need more visibility

2. Put on centralized website 

D.  Eyeglasses collection 

1. Can donate centrally on campus

2. Lions Club 

3. Eye clinic 

4.  Possible speaker from Lions Club 

E.  More outreach 

1. Student services 

2. More visibility 

3. Interprofessional  

4. Plastic bag containers (Trek?) 

5. Student engagement 

1. Volunteer opps.  

2. Work with Phi Delta Epsilon, society leaders, TUKHS volunteer lead 

F. Tree Campus USA 

1. Work to be an official Tree Campus

2. Works with Arbor Day Society   

G. Recycling/reusing board review books  

1. All M2’s have First Aid textbook 

2. Phi Delta Epsilon members each get a copy 

3. Collect First Aid books from M2’s 

4. Redistribute to new M1’s by 1st semester  to allow them to pick another resource 

H.  Partnerships:

1. Pete's Garden is halfway through a 3 year SARE grant to expand food recovery across KC. KU Health System to work with Pete's Garden to reduce food waste.

2. Compost Collective interested to collaborate with KUMC for composting expansion.

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