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1. OCFMA Spring Conference October 29, 2013 Spencer Wood, Associate Director Maintenance and Operations Lindsay Walker, Sustainability Manager www.humber.ca/sustainability @SustainHumber
2. Sustainability “Meeting contemporary needs without compromising the ability of future generations to satisfy their needs.” - UN World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987 In Humber’s 2013-2018 Strategic plan, Sustainability is one of our 6 values, and there is a success outcome: “Humber has embraced a comprehensive sustainability strategy that is embedded in our integrated planning and resource allocation model”
3. Overview:Sustainability Engagement at Humber
4. Sustainability at Humber: Present We are Building Engagement through:
5. Sustainability at Humber: STARS AASHE: Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Humber became a member in August 2012 STARS: Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System Widely adopted throughout North America Provides a meaningful, transparent, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to measure their sustainability performance You can only manage what you measure.
6. Sustainability at Humber: STARS STARS: There are four main categories to earn credits
7. Sustainability at Humber: STARS First college in Ontario and third college in Canada!
8. Sustainability at Humber: STARS Raise awareness about sustainability throughout college See tangible work on the commitment Humber has made to sustainability Sparks communication and collaboration throughout the college BUILDING ENGAGEMENT BUILDING ENGAGEMENT Provides rigorous, nationally recognized assessment framework Benchmark with peers Supports achievement of strategic goals Use information from STARS results supporting information for new initiatives Incorporate STARS initiatives into courses, projects Makes information on what Humber does publicly available, easily accessible to everyone
9. Sustainability at Humber: STARS What’s involved:
10. Sustainability at Humber: STARS Some of the ‘tough’ stuff: Curriculum inventory Student volunteers to read course outlines Yard waste numbers (we did track it previously) Vehicle mileage (we tracked, but it needed updating) “You don’t know (to ask) what you don’t know” Collecting student volunteer hours Getting others to understand the full breadth of sustainability – e.g. Human Rights
11. Sustainability at Humber: Communication and Engagement
12. Sustainability at Humber: Communication and Engagement
13. Green Team Events!
14. Sustainability at Humber: Curriculum and Partnerships Approach: Act as a Catalyst The more we communicate and engage, the more momentum grows, and the more we can do
15. Sustainability at Humber: Curriculum and Partnerships Recycling and Waste Management Curriculum Partnership: 2013 recycling campaign created by graphic design students Operations Partnership: Work collaboratively with food services, cleaning and hauler
16. Sustainability at Humber: Curriculum and Partnerships
17. Sustainability at Humber: Curriculum Now: Business students researching on-site composting technologies Future: SEBT students to do energy auditing Event Planning students run events (?) Faculty connection: Asking directly how sustainability could be integrated (through Deans, Associate Deans)
18. Sustainability at Humber: Future
19. Thank you! Questions? To find out more go to our website, email us and follow us on twitter! Website: www.humber.ca/sustainability Email: sustainability@humber.ca @SustainHumber