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The 2017 Earth Day Scavenger Hunt (April 17-26)

The 2017 Earth Day Scavenger Hunt highlights many of the sustainability activities happening at the Lab. We invite you to learn more about these activities and have the chance to win exciting prizes

How to Participate

  • Download and print this checklist (PDF) with clues to seven locations around the Lab that highlight examples of sustainability on our site.
  • At each location, you will find a poster with the answer to the first question on your checklist. The answer to the second question can be found on the Lab’s Sustainable Brookhaven website.
  • Answer them all and bring your completed checklist to the desk at Berkner on April 26 from 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. to enter to win prizes!

What are the prizes?

1st Place

Bicycle and Helmet from Rocky Point Cycles

Bicycle and Helmet from Rocky Point Cycles

2nd Place

Garmin Vivosmart HR sports watch

Garmin Vivosmart HR sports watch

3rd Place

Waterproof and Shockproof Bluetooth Speaker by Volcano

Waterproof and Shockproof Bluetooth Speaker

Plus all participants will receive seedlings and wildflower seeds to take home.

How we Support the DOE Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan

The posters at each location discuss what the Lab is doing to help support and achieve the targets in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (SSPP):

  • At Brookhaven Lab we are committed to conducting our Energy Research in an environmentally friendly manner and with the goal of discovering tomorrow’s environmentally friendly energy solutions that support the energy needs of the northeastern United States
  • The Lab is committed to designing, building, operating, and maintaining high performance Efficient Buildings.
  • We are committed to finding and implementing projects for Reducing Energy & Water Usage.
  • The Lab is committed to Greenhouse Gas Reduction.
  • The Lab is committed to effective Fleet Management, maintaining a vehicle fleet that is reliable, safe, and fuel efficient.
  • Everyone from Administrative staff to the Purchasing Department is committed to Green Purchasing by purchasing environmentally friendly products to help reduce our environmental impact.
  • By maintaining the Lab’s strong Pollution Prevention (P2) program and keeping waste reduction an integral part of all work performed we commit to Waste Minimization.

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