Do you have guest speakers coming to campus and need to give them thank you gifts?
Available for a limited time only!
Purchase this earth friendly gift:
- 1 Megawatt of Wind Energy purchased in the speaker's name
- Taza Chocalate
- Tufts University bag and tissue paper
About Taza Chocolate
Taza is a true bean-to-bar chocolate maker located in Somerville, Massachusetts, and is the only maker of 100% stone ground chocolate in the United States. Taza sources organically grown cacao beans directly from small farmer cooperatives ensuring those farmers receive more than fair trade prices for their high quality cacao. Taza is one of the few independently owned, socially and environmentally responsible chocolate makers in the country.
About MTC Wind Energy Program
The wind energy that you purchas in the speaker's name will benefit the environment, university, and community:
Tufts University was the first university to participate in the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative's (MTC) Clean Energy Choice®-On Campus program; a program to leverage support for renewable, local wind energy into larger benefits to the university, town and state.
In addition, due to the matching grant portion of the Clean Energy Choice-On Campus program, the impact of this purchase is doubled when MTC’s matching funds are sent back to the campus and community. For every dollar paid to a Clean Energy Choice-On Campus supplier (in this case, Sterling Planet) to support new renewable energy sources, MTC will match it with two dollars to support clean, renewable energy projects:
- 1/3 of the match goes directly to Tufts to invest projects on campus.
- 1/3 of the match goes to Tufts' host city or town (Medford) to invest in projects in the community.
- 1/3 of the match goes to projects that benefit Massachusetts' low-income residents.
Gifts are available for purchase until June 30th, 2009. Contact the Office of Sustainability to purchase.