Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 57.90
Liaison Jessica Bowen
Submission Date Aug. 3, 2015
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Aquinas College
EN-10: Inter-Campus Collaboration

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Jessica Eimer Bowen
Director of Sustainability
Center for Sustainability
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Does the institution collaborate with other colleges and universities to support and help build the campus sustainability community?:
Yes

A brief summary of papers, guides, presentations, and other resources the institution has developed to share their sustainability experience with other institutions:

Almost all of the sustainability guides and pamphlets designed to educate and promote sustainability, are available via our website. The Center for Sustainability regularly makes presentations at local and national events (West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum, middle/high schools, Rotary clubs, Dominican Colloquium, etc…) to share our lessons learned. We also have a very extensive external web site educating the community on sustainability issues (www.centerforsustainability.org).


The names of local, state/provincial, regional, national, or international campus sustainability organizations or consortia in which the institution participates and/or is a member:

Michigan Interfaith Power and Light
ACUPCC
AASHE
Grand Rapids Community Sustainability Partnership, Board Member
U.S. Green Building Council, Board Member of the West Michigan Chapter
RecycleMania
UNU RCE
Kent County Stewardship Hub
Michigan Interfaith Power and Light
ACUPCC
AASHE
Grand Rapids Community Sustainability Partnership, Board Member
U.S. Green Building Council, Board Member of the West Michigan Chapter
RecycleMania
UNU RCE
Kent County Stewardship Hub
West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum
Green Chemistry Clearinghouse


A brief summary of additional ways the institution collaborates with other campuses to advance sustainability :

Aquinas is frequently called upon to share our expertise in sustainability curriculum and campus sustainability efforts. For example, Calvin College made Aquinas one of their stops during their Sustainability Summit in June. In addition, the Director of Sustainability completed a day visit and consultation with the leadership of Madonna University (December 2011) and Siena Heights (November 2013). The Director of Sustainability sits on the board for the Community Sustainability Partnership, which is dedicated to promoting sustainability in education locally and the U.S. Green Building Council, West Michigan Chapter. We presented at the AASHE conference in Tennessee (October 2013) titled: “Zero Waste: A Model for Transformational Change”.


The website URL where information about cross-campus collaboration is available:
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