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
2nd Place
Garmin Vivosmart HR sports watch
3rd Place
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.