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Planning for Sustainability

Planning for Sustainability. Benefits of Including Sustainability Initiatives in Your College’s Master and Strategic Planning Processes. Road Show Subcommittee: Marcia Lochmann , Lewis & Clark Community College Bruce Boyd, Black Hawk College Karen Stallman, Southwest Illinois College

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Planning for Sustainability

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  1. Planning for Sustainability Benefits of Including Sustainability Initiatives in Your College’s Master and Strategic Planning Processes Road Show Subcommittee: Marcia Lochmann, Lewis & Clark Community College Bruce Boyd, Black Hawk College Karen Stallman, Southwest Illinois College Doug Brauer, Richland Community College Julie Elzanati, IGEN Director, College Partnerships

  2. Road Show - Audience • Audience • Executive Cabinet • Contractors/Consultants • Trustees • ICCB • Supplementary Audience • Planning Committee • Faculty/Staff

  3. Road Show - Design • General Outlines • Master Planning Road Show • Strategic Planning Road Show • Provide a repository of slides on IGEN website that can be used by the presenter to tailor material to each specific audience • Awakening Phase – beginning • Piloting Phase – started by not at full capacity • Case studies of financial benefits • Template language examples • Slides for additional stakeholders (departments, faculty)

  4. Road Show - General Outline 1. What is sustainability in higher education? • AASHE • IL Compact • How many Illinois community colleges have adopted sustainability into their plans? 2. Why incorporate sustainability into the planning process and plan documents? • Triple bottom line • Benefits to your college (especially financial)

  5. Road Show - General Outline (cont.) 3. How? • Flexible and general content that can be adapted to the various planning processes at different colleges • Provide specific examples of how sustainability has been incorporated into Illinois community college plans (template sustainability language) 4. Provide CONTEXT and HOPE • Empathize that this is a complex and difficult effort that many higher education institutions are struggling with • There is not a standard, nor should there be – each institution has individual needs • Close with examples of achieved success and why this is important for their future success

  6. Next Steps – Survey? • Obtain additional master and strategic plan documents from Illinois community colleges • Ask the college to identify location of sustainability language (if it exists) and rank the plan as Awakening, Piloting, or Transformed • Gather examples of financial benefits of sustainability implementation at IL colleges • Gather information about planning processes at each college • How often are plans updated (requirements?) • Can they integrate sustainability assessment as a checkpoint on annual updates? • Obtain a listing of consultants/contractors who work with each college to develop plans.

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