| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 46.77 |
| Liaison | Franklin Lebo |
| Submission Date | May 27, 2022 |
Baldwin Wallace University
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Franklin
Lebo Assistant Professor of Sustainability Sustainability |
Does the institution have at least one sustainability committee?:
The charter or mission statement of the committee(s) or a brief description of each committee's purview and activities:
The Baldwin Wallace Campus Sustainability Committee is committed to reviewing on campus activities including new constructions and operations to ensure that sustainability considerations are taken into account.
The Baldwin Wallace Campus Landscape Committee is committed to ensuring that the campus landscape is structured with a sustainability mindset including the protection of biodiversity and indigenous species.
Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:
Campus Sustainabilty Committee:
Chair: Dr. David Kruger, Professor of Business and Co-Director of the Sustainability Program
Secretary: Mr. Charles Vesei, Ritter Library Director
Members:
(1) Dr. Jill Stephens Fleisher, Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Sustainability Program
(2) Dr. Annette Trierweiller, Associate Professor of Biology
(3) Dr. Michael Melampy, Professor of Biology Emeritus
(4) Dr. Paul Penko, Adjunct Professor of Engineering
(5) Dr. Christy Walkuski, Director of Community Engagement and Service Learning
(6) Mr. Robin Gagnow, Res Life Operations Manager
(7) Mr. Charles Fairchild, Dining Services Director
Does the institution have at least one sustainability office that includes more than 1 full-time equivalent employee?:
A brief description of each sustainability office:
Full-time equivalent of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
Does the institution have at least one sustainability officer?:
Name and title of each sustainability officer:
Does the institution have a mechanism for broad sustainability coordination for the entire institution?:
A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the institution-wide coordinating body or officer during the previous three years:
The Campus Sustainability Committee has worked on multiple initiatives over the past three years. Each member of the committee is involved in various initaitives and reports on those initiatives at monthly meetings. Ongoing initaitives include:
(1) Campus Sustainability Food Taskforce - Working to establish sustainable foodstops on campus to retrieve leftover food from campus events for either distributing to campus foodstops or sending to the university composter. (Responsible Committee Member: Dr. Christy Walkuski. Additional Committee Members Involved: Dr. Franklin Lebo, Ms. Clare Helmer.)
(2) Tree Campus USA Certification via the Arbor Day Foundation - https://www.bw.edu/news/2017/04-tree-campus-usa-arboretum. (Responsible Member Involved: Dr. Kathyrn Flinn.)
(3) BW Gardens moved to Beech Street. This initiative was necessary to find and confirm the suitability of a new site for the student tended natural gardens on campus due to displacement by the construction of a new math and computer science building. (Committee Member Involved: Dr. Jill Stephens Fleisher, Co-Director, Sustainability.)
(3) An ongoing project is for Baldwin Wallace to joing the Greater Cleveland Bee Keeping Association by hosting active beehives on campus. To this end, the location at the BW Gardens for the hives has been identified and the hive secured. (Responsible Committee Member: Mr. Robin Gagnow.)
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