Vanderbilt University wins Governor's Environmental Stewardship Award

Vanderbilt University has been selected as the winner of the 2006 Tennessee Governor's Environmental Stewardship Award in pollution prevention category for being designated a Best Workplaces for Commuters by the EPA. Under the University's “Free Ride to Work” Program, University staff and faculty can ride the city bus to work for free. This new partnership between Vanderbilt and the Metro Transit Authority eliminates the commuting and parking of over 1,000 employees on campus every day. Other commuter benefits offered by Vanderbilt and recognized by the EPA include a FlexPool parking payment program to encourage carpooling and vanpooling to work, an alternative work arrangements policy encouraging flextime work arrangements and telecommuting, and other programs such as the Vanderbilt Valet, on-campus bike racks and showers, and mentoring local business in air pollution reduction strategies as a Clean Air Partnership Air Alert Partner. Vanderbilt was nominated for the award by the Clean Air Partnership.

For further information, visit web sites: www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?id=22392, www.state.tn.us/environment/awards/