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SEED Center: Community Colleges & Policy

SEED Center: Community Colleges & Policy. eco America. start with people. SEED: Brought to you by AACC. A coordinated national strategy to support community colleges in building a green and sustainable economy Supported by the Kresge Foundation. SEED is…. Leadership Initiative.

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SEED Center: Community Colleges & Policy

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  1. SEED Center: Community Colleges & Policy ecoAmerica start with people

  2. SEED: Brought to you by AACC A coordinated national strategy to support community colleges in building a green and sustainable economy Supported by the Kresge Foundation

  3. SEED is… • Leadership Initiative • Resource Center • www.theseedcenter.org • Sharing Community • (441 colleges and growing…)

  4. 444 SEED Colleges

  5. SEED Member Benefits • Access to curricular and other resources • Regular webinars • Scholarship opportunities for workshops • Discounts/free ride to various national conferences as presenter • Sustainability technical assistance and college-to-college mentoring • And more…

  6. Policy-The Quickest Way to Sustainable Green Jobs • Policy and regulatory changes at state/local levels: the strongest determinants of where green jobs will flourish • Right now, hundreds of cities and states are considering new renewable standards, building code changes, tax credits….that will drive demand • Community colleges can be a critical voice

  7. Green Policy Action Group: Join! • Description: Organized cohort of community colleges interested in energy and related green regulations and public policies that: 1) lead directly to institutions becoming more energy efficient and green; and 2) promote a stronger green industry with job creation potential. • Outcomes: • More colleges aware of regulations that impact their institutions • Organized group prepared to influence regional and national energy /green-related policy • Activities: • Webinars and phone conferences • Conferences and meetings held as part of these conferences • Ongoing policy alerts • Local pilot projects

  8. Every One of These Policies has Implications for Colleges

  9. AACC’s SEED Policy Action Plan Toolkit written for you! • http://www.theseedcenter.org/Resources/SEED-Resources/SEED-Toolkits/AACC-s-SEED-Green-Action-Plan-Series

  10. SEED: Upcoming Next • New toolkit: Campus as a Living Laboratory: Using the Built Environment as a Context for Learning & Preparing Students for Jobs in a Green Economy (Spring 2012) • Workshop for Presidents and Senior Admin at AACC Convention: CEOs & Guiding Green Institutions. Tickets going fast!

  11. Upcoming SEED Project: Green Genome Initiative • How to develop/deliver high-quality clean economy job training programs? • How to integrate these efforts with other institutional sustainability efforts (campus greening, sustainability across curriculum…) • What’s the role of the college in actually building a regional green economy?

  12. Green Genome Awards • Awards will be basedon the four institutional green competencies: • Community Engagement • Governance • Program Design and Delivery • Strategic Partnerships • Application released at AACC Convention in April (check www.theseedcenter.org ) • Four Winners—with $ reward—announced in fall

  13. Contact Info • Todd Cohen • Sustainability@aacc.nche.edu • Shawn Strange • Shawn.Strange@gmail.com • Deb Rowe • DGRowe@oaklandcc.edu

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