Why campus sustainability?

The rationale

• Recruitment and Reputation

• Cost reduction

• Compliance

• Employment and Jobs

Other Universities

Climate Change @

Completed or On-going Projects

Administration: USF Pledges

• American College and University President’s Climate Commitment

• Talloires Declaration

• USF 2028 Planning Document

Administration: Green Team

  • What is the Green Team?  • Who participates?  • How effective could it be?

 

• Implement Action Plan

• Judge on complete budget prospective          

Administration Findings

Facilities

• ABLE

• Plant Services

•Maintenance

• Green Staff Training

•Install drip irrigation

• Bike-rental system

 

Facilities Recommendations

Food: Bon Appetit

• Food Sourcing

• Recycling & Composting

Food Recommendations

 • Increase transparency with food labeling

• Support & expand student driven initiatives

Faculty                     

Faculty

Faculty Recommendations

• Seminar to educating USF Faculty

• Initiative to reduce paper consumption by using recycled paper, teaching paper-free courses and requiring green books for exams

Students

Climate Change Awareness at USF

Environmental Action at USF

Student Recommendations

• Workshop for freshman orientation

• Support student led environmental groups on campus

• Environmental sustainability community resource center

Recommendations

• University Organization

• University Transparency

• University Education

• University Role in Community

Recommendations

• University Organization– Expand the size and scope of the Green Team

to ensure that it has the capacity to lead and coordinate a campus-wide effort to meet our climate change and sustainability goals

• Appoint a full time coordinator for the Green Team• Include representatives of all sectors of the

university

• University Transparency– Publicize University commitments on climate

change – Set clear goals and measures for all sectors of the

University community – Develop online public access to the information

needed to track progress

Recommendations• University Education

– Develop means to provide all sectors of the University community with the education they need to contribute to meeting the University’s climate change goals

– Organize workshops, teach-ins or other appropriate forums for students, faculty, and staff

– Include climate change education in Freshman orientation

– Hold annual University-wide meeting to report on progress, develop plans, and evaluate implementation

• University Role in Community – Mobilize USF resources to play a leading role in helping San

Francisco and its neighborhoods address climate change – Support ongoing community garden and public bicycle workshops– Provide training and technical assistance through service learning

to neighborhoods to help build their capacity to develop and implement climate change plans

Questions?