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Campus Sustainability Initiatives

Campus Sustainability Initiatives. The Red and Black is Going Green. Campus Initiatives. Community Engagement Experiential Learning Global Education Sustainability. Sustainability Task Forces. In October 2008, two task forces on were formed Faculty Operations.

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Campus Sustainability Initiatives

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  1. Campus Sustainability Initiatives The Red and Black is Going Green

  2. Campus Initiatives Community Engagement Experiential Learning Global Education Sustainability

  3. Sustainability Task Forces • In October 2008, two task forces on were formed • Faculty • Operations

  4. Faculty Task Force on Sustainability

  5. Faculty Task Force Over 50 faculty involved Meeting every 3-4 weeks

  6. Faculty Task Force • 2008-2009 objectives were to determine: • What is currently being done on campus • What the impact of the university should be on the region • How to synergize faculty activities • The support needed to encourage more faculty activities in the area of sustainability

  7. Faculty Task Force • 2009-2010 objectives are to: • Work in conjunction with the operations task force • Write an action plan for the University

  8. Survey of Faculty • Conducted in spring 2009 • 133 faculty participated

  9. Faculty interest in sustainability with regards to their teaching, scholarly and service activities

  10. Survey of Faculty • 67 areas of interest in 7 categories • Environmental studies/resource management • Community development and human behavior • Economic, marketing and business management • Government, policy and politics • Sustainability development concepts/theories • Sustainability education and outreach • Sustainability themes in media and the arts

  11. Survey of Faculty • Areas with the greatest interest • Sustainability in higher education (32%) • Waste management (30%) • Sustainable development (27%) • Resource conservation (25%) • Sustainability in higher education (32%) • Global warming/climate change (25%) • Sustainable communities (25%)

  12. Survey of Faculty • Areas with the greatest interest • Environmental justice, human rights (25%) • Culture and sustainable development (24%) • Sustainability in curriculum development (21%) • Sustainability in K-12 education (21%) • Clean renewable and bio energy (21%) • Poverty, human rights and sustainability (21%) • Locally grown organic foods (20%)

  13. Survey of Faculty • 29% of faculty surveyed teach courses with a sustainability component • 23 departments • 90 courses

  14. Survey of Faculty Departments where sustainability courses can be found • ANTH • BIO • BLAW • CHEM • CMST • CMTY • CSCI • EAS • ECON • EDAD • ENGL • ETS • FIRE • GEOG • GERO • HIED • HURL • IM • IS • MGMT • NMDT • PSY • SOC

  15. Survey of Faculty Entrepreneurial Finance (FIRE 375) Latina/o Communities (CMTY 475) Aging and Diversity (GERO 405/505) Democratic Citizenship (CMTY 195) Culture and Family (SOC 474) Tourism Planning (GEOG 396) Access to Information (IM 552)

  16. Survey of Faculty Involved in sustainability scholarly activities 32% of faculty surveyed engage in scholarly activities that contain a sustainability component

  17. Examples of Scholarly Activities Policy work Hydrogen fuel storage Transportation planning Economic-environment modeling Authored textbook Organic semiconducting materials Reintroduction of species Renewable energy options

  18. Survey of Faculty Involved in sustainability service activities 38% of faculty surveyed perform service work that contains a sustainability component

  19. Examples of Service Activities Kaleidoscope playground Community garden Central MN water education alliance Volunteer with environmental orgs Neighborhood and river cleanups Community outreach Protest

  20. Survey of Faculty • Our impact on the region is largely local, but diverse • St. Cloud Hospital • City of St. Cloud • Great River Interfaith Partnership • St. Cloud KIDSTOP • Native Women’s Garden Project • 4-H clubs

  21. Survey of Faculty Recommendations and future work

  22. Recommendations Develop workshops and forums Research funds/incentives/grants Create a center or institute Provide reassign time to faculty Recognize faculty work in sustainability

  23. Future Actions Develop a vision for the task force Sustainability and strategic plan Assess regional sustainability needs Align university with regional needs Workshop Drafting a proposal for a center

  24. Operations Task Force on Sustainability

  25. Sustainability in Operations Bringing our internal actions to the level of best practice Identify current sustainability efforts on campus and assess their benefit Actively engage with the community in regional planning Make SCSU a model

  26. Sustainability in Operations 25+ people from across campus Identified 8 areas of focus Drafted reports on each area of focus completed Finalize soon

  27. Sustainability in Operations Energy Reduction Transportation Sustainable Building & Grounds Design Resource Reduction/Reuse Toxics and Pollution Sustainable Communication & Education Purchasing Food service

  28. Sustainability in Operations • SCSU is currently utilizing many best practices – Buildings and Grounds • ISELF Building will meet LEED Standard

  29. Things Going On Now! Telling our story!

  30. Things Going On Now! Green Paw

  31. Things Going On Now! • LRTS switched to default back to back printing in January of 2009 • In six months SCSU saved 406,530 sheets of paper

  32. Things Going On Now! • The Husky Fried Ride • Approximately 1,200 gallons of recycled vegetable oil were reclaimed and used as fuel • The vehicle operated flawlessly through the coldest of winter

  33. Things Going On Now! • “Trayless” days at Garvey Commons has saved ~430 gallons of water and 800 pounds of food waste PER DAY • Garvey’s flavored tap water with fruit infusion to reduced bottle water • All solid food waste at Garvey is recycled through an animal feed program

  34. Things Going On Now! • 100% post consumer recycling bathroom tissue

  35. Things Going On Now! • The university has started to recycle at public events from all sporting events to the Lemonade Arts and Crafts Fair

  36. Things Going On Now! • The university installed new irrigation control software • Could reduce water use by 30%

  37. Things Going On Now! • The “Donate Don’t Ditch” program sponsored by Volunteer Connection

  38. Things Going On Now! • Low energy florescent lighting and motion sensors for most building lighting

  39. Vision for the Future

  40. Vision for the Future • Tell our story • University Communications • Align the classroom experience with the campus experience • Get students involved • Be an example for the region • Atwood • Mississippi River

  41. Sustainability at SCSU • What are ideas you have for improving sustainability across campus?

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