Big Mo, Big Bro, Let’s Go – The Growing Trend Towards Sustainability

1. Big Mo, Big Bro, Let’s Go – The Growing Trend TowardsSustainability Presented to Mary Baldwin College Team Presented by: Kevin Palmer The Center for Sustainable Solutions kjmp@c4s2.org

7. The Challenge Resource Availability Resource Consumption We’re at zero balance on earths – we’ve only got one, no spares.

8. The Challenge as Viewed by Humans Well being Human Survival Goods & Services Raw Materials Natural Resources

9. The Triple Bottom Line

10. So Let’s Begin… The Growing Momentum of Sustainability in the United States… • Big Mo – the story of a changing society • Big Bro – the story of a changing government • Let’s Go – the story of where we are going

11. Big MO Momentumis building - We are making, using and pursuing sustainable alternatives…

12. 2008 Global List of Most Sustainable Companies US Firms Include: • Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) • Agilent Technologies • Alcoa Inc • Coca Cola Company • Eastman Kodak Company • General Electric Company • Hewlett-Packard Company • Intel Corp. • Nike Inc. • Walt Disney Company Source: http://www.global100.org/2008/index.asp

13. World’s second largest company ($312B revenues/yr) launches aggressive sustainability program that includes: • Procurement of green products from its 60,000 suppliers • Providing sustainable and fair trade agricultural products • Reducing infrastructure energy use • Reducing transportation energy use

14. Some Goals • Reduce gasoline useage by its truck fleet (one of the largest in the US) by 25% over the next three years and 50% by 2017. They estimate annual fuel savings of $310M/yr by 2015. • Purchase 100% of its wild-caught salmon and frozen fish from “sustainable” fisheries within 3-5 years • Cut energy use in 7,000 stores by 30% and greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2014. • Reduce solid waste by 25% over the next seven years. Source: USA Today 25 September 2006

15. Benefits • By trimming packaging on its line of toys, it saved $2.4M/yr in shipping cost, 3800 trees, and 1 Million Barrels of oil. • Exploring LED lights in refrigerated food cases – will cut energy use by 50% and outperform fluorescent lights. • World’s largest buyer of organic cotton – based on one product line conversion.

16. “We take the position that the debate is over… We have to deal with greenhouse gases.” John Hofmeister President Shell Oil (U.S.) November 13, 2006 Source – Andrew Winston author of Green to Gold

17. 6577 - REMAN - Sustainability-In Action - 2007 SRC.wmv

19. Source – Andrew Winston author of Green to Gold

21. Jatropha… Africa’s new bio-fuel source may feed European demand for bio-diesel – Jatropha is a scrub plant used to fence cattle… What’s our next fuel source?

22. Coalition to Make Buildings Energy-Efficient • A coalition of 16 of the world’s biggest cities, five banks, companies, groups, and one former president working to invest billions to reduce urban energy use. • Target cities: Bangkok; Berlin; Chicago; Houston; Johannesburg; Karachi; London; Melbourne; Mexico City; Mumbai; New York; Rome; São Paulo; Seoul; Tokyo; and Toronto. Source:www.c40cities.org

23. Percentage of Energy Star New Homes Built 2007

24. Alternative Fueling Stations in the United States

25. Source – Andrew Winston author of Green to Gold

26. Every Corner… • Plastic from plants • Household products – Melaleuca-derived • “Holy” Green • Green shipping containers houses • Green Burial • Fecal Matters

27. Big Bro

28. Federal Government… Is establishing a National Direction on Sustainability every level of the government: • Executive • Legislative • Agency • Army

29. Bush Administration’s Executive Order 13423Energy, Water and Buildings • ENERGY EFFICIENCY • BUILDING PERFORMANCE • WATER CONSERVATION • VEHICLES PETROLEUM CONSERVATION • ALTERNATIVE FUEL USE • PROCUREMENT • POLLUTION PREVENTION • ELECTRONICS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

30. Legislative Regulations, like the Energy Policy Act of 2005 require Federal Agencies to change energy use patterns: • Annual energy reduction goal of 2% from FY 2006 - FY 2015; • Electric metering required in federal buildings by 2012; • Buildings to be designed to 30% below ASHRAE standard or International Energy Conservation Code unless proven to be not life-cycle cost-effective • Renewable electricity consumption by the Federal government can not be less than:3 percent in FY 2007-FY 20095 percent in FY 2010-FY 20127.5 percent in 2013 and thereafter Pending Energy Security Act to establish additional standards Source:http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/news/news_detail.html?news_id=9780

32. Progress in Army Sustainability (9/08) USAG-Baumholder USAG-Wiesbaden Lewis Yakima Training Center PANG Natick R&D Ctr Umatilla Chem Depot MN ARNG Devens RFTA (USAR) Drum Watervliet Ars USAG Selfridge USMA Tobyhanna Army Depot Ft. Hamilton West Point Detroit Ars Picatinny Arsenal Scranton AAP Letterkenny AD Carlisle Barracks Fort Monmouth Rock Island Arsenal Detrick Letterkenny AD AP Hill Iowa AAP Ft Detrick Sierra Army Depot Lima Army Tank Plt Ft. AP Hill Dugway Proving Ground Carson Adelphi Lab Ctr Lake City AAP Riley Tooele AD Fort Carson Eustis Parks RFTA (USAR) Hawthorne AD Deseret Chem Depot Fort Leavenworth Fort Story Radford Moffett Field RFTA (USAR) Riverbank AAP Pueblo Depot Knox Radford AAP Walter Reed Ft. Meade Blue Grass AD CA ARNG Presidio of Monterey Fort McNair Kansas AAP Fort Myer Fort Hunter Liggett (USAR) Campbell Fort Belvoir Bragg Holston AAP Irwin Fort Bragg Fort Irwin Huachuca MOT Sunny Point Milan AAP Redstone Jackson McAlester AAP Redstone Arsenal White Sands Missile Testing Center Yuma Proving Ground Pine Bluff Ars Fort Gordon Red River AD Benning Fort McPherson Lone Star AAP Louisiana AAP Bliss Fort Benning Ft. Gillem Hood Polk Hunter Army Airfield Rucker Fort Hood Stewart / HAAF Fort Stewart Fort Sam Houston Camp Stanley Storage Actv USAG-Japan Mississippi AAP Anniston AD USAG Miami Greely Corpus Christi AD Wainwright USAGHI Installations implementing Sustainability Plans Current and Future Installation Sustainability Planning Efforts

33. Defense Science Board Considering selected recommendations like: • All installations able to achieve Net-Zero energy status, i.e., they will produce as much energy as they consume by 2025. • Beginning with the FY09 MILCON program, all new construction projects and all renovation projects exceeding 50% of replacement cost will achieve an energy efficiency performance of 50% better than the current ASHRAE 90.1 performance standard. • Sustainable Design criterion for all facilities that requires achieving the LEED-GOLD criterion for all new construction, major renovations, housing, and existing buildings.

34. Let’s Go! It’s our turn.

35. Higher Education

36. Three Parts • Operation • Endowment • Degree Programs

37. Oberlin College: Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies Operation

38. Overall College Sustainability Leaders Schools that achieve an average grade of "A-" or better across all categories are recognized as Overall College Sustainability Leaders: Brown University Carleton College Columbia University Dartmouth College Dickinson College Harvard University Middlebury College Oberlin College Stanford University University of British Columbia University of Colorado University of New Hampshire University of Pennsylvania University of Vermont University of Washington Endowment

39. Degree Programs

40. Sustainable Natural Resources -- Online & Distance Degrees... Through its Extended Campus, Oregon State University offers accredited online degrees undergraduate and graduate, including Natural Resources, ...ecampus.oregonstate.edu/online-degrees/graduate/sustainability/ - 20k - Cached - Similar pages School of Sustainability // Arizona State University Be part of the nation's first School of Sustainability and earn an undergraduate degree, graduate degree, or professional certificate. > How to apply ...schoolofsustainability.asu.edu/ - 13k - Cached - Similar pages Masters Degrees - Center for Sustainability at Aquinas College Iowa State University offers master and doctoral degrees in Sustainable Agriculture. "The intent of the Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture ( GPSA) ...www.centerforsustainability.org/resources.php?root=79&category=82 - 13k - Cached - Sustainability Degree Offered at Arizona State University ... Jan 6, 2007 ... I’ve posted before about the forward-thinking greenness of Arizona State University and their sustainability degree programs (here and here) ...www.educatednation.com/2007/01/06/sustainability-degree/ - 36k - Cached - Similar WWU Sustainability Degrees - WWU OS Western Washington University Office of Sustainability. Sustainability Degrees. Minor in Sustainable Design. Huxley College of the Environment and the ...www.wwu.edu/sustain/academics/degrees/ - 8k - Cached - Similar pages Unity offering sustainability degrees Beginning in the fall, the school will begin offering two four-year degrees in sustainability. Students graduating with a bachelor of science degree in ...morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/4720629.html - 32k - Cached - Similar pages

41. Degree Programs • Many, many offerings in sustainable design, policy, engineering… • Independent programs in a larger field of study (engineering, environmental science, etc.) • Not so many integrated into core offerings

42. Why not try all three?

43. The Trifecta • Look to create a sustainable campus operation, maintenance, and construction functions • Develop a course of study where students complete projects that will support the development of a sustainable community • Evaluate endowment programs to insure investment in responsible entities • Create core degree programs that teach sustainable decision-making in the context of the field of study

44. The Question How do we leave the world and prepare them for the future?

45. Questions?