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| − | <p style="text-align: justify"> | + | <p style="text-align: justify">Kayla Barbour launched as a University Innovation Fellow in Spring 18' while attending Berea College, located in the beautiful eastern knobs of Kentucky. While studying as a Technology and Applied Design major, Kayla worked in the Berea College Office of Sustainability as the Waste Diversion Program coordinator. Recognizing an opportunity to reduce food waste by digitizing the recording and management process in the college dining hall- Kayla recruited an interdisciplinary team of students, staff, and faculty dedicated to reducing food waste through machine learning and visual nudging. Using the Innovator's Toolkit to introduce Design Thinking to students and staff, Kayla led a series of workshops to engage campus with the new WOMbat system (Waste Operations Management, behavior altering technology) while gathering insights about consumer behavior in the dining hall. The results of this project enabled students to have more decision-making power over meal offerings, in addition to reducing the time and hassle of properly recording food waste. </p><p style="text-align: justify">The experience of being a campus-wide leader in green behavior as an educator, sustainability planner, and event coordinator empowered Kayla to reach out to the UIF team and encourage a change in meal planning at the annual meetups. The Spring 2019 SVM was the first Zero Waste UIF meetup, and Kayla and a crew of other Fabs worked tirelessly to educate the 400+ SVM attendees about composting and recycling. Despite the challenges of community planning from a distance, Kayla hopes to continue impacting UIFellows in the realms of sustainable decision making and personal connections with resources through online engagements and future UIF meetups! </p><p style="text-align: justify"></p><p style="text-align: justify"></p><p style="text-align: justify">[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]</p> |
Revision as of 01:45, 24 August 2020
Kayla Barbour launched as a University Innovation Fellow in Spring 18' while attending Berea College, located in the beautiful eastern knobs of Kentucky. While studying as a Technology and Applied Design major, Kayla worked in the Berea College Office of Sustainability as the Waste Diversion Program coordinator. Recognizing an opportunity to reduce food waste by digitizing the recording and management process in the college dining hall- Kayla recruited an interdisciplinary team of students, staff, and faculty dedicated to reducing food waste through machine learning and visual nudging. Using the Innovator's Toolkit to introduce Design Thinking to students and staff, Kayla led a series of workshops to engage campus with the new WOMbat system (Waste Operations Management, behavior altering technology) while gathering insights about consumer behavior in the dining hall. The results of this project enabled students to have more decision-making power over meal offerings, in addition to reducing the time and hassle of properly recording food waste.
The experience of being a campus-wide leader in green behavior as an educator, sustainability planner, and event coordinator empowered Kayla to reach out to the UIF team and encourage a change in meal planning at the annual meetups. The Spring 2019 SVM was the first Zero Waste UIF meetup, and Kayla and a crew of other Fabs worked tirelessly to educate the 400+ SVM attendees about composting and recycling. Despite the challenges of community planning from a distance, Kayla hopes to continue impacting UIFellows in the realms of sustainable decision making and personal connections with resources through online engagements and future UIF meetups!
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