Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 59.08
Liaison John Pumilio
Submission Date July 17, 2013
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Colgate University
PAE-20: Inter-Campus Collaboration on Sustainability

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 John Pumilio
Director of Sustainability
Sustainability Office
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Does the institution collaborate with other colleges and universities to support and help build the campus sustainability community?:
Yes

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A brief summary of papers, guides, presentations, and other resources the institution has developed to share their sustainability experience with other institutions:
The New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium (Colgate University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Skidmore College, St. Lawrence University and Union College) has received a $600,000, three-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support collaborative programs in the areas of library collections, information technology, faculty and student development, service learning, community engagement, diversity, sustainability and the upstate economy. Participants share best practices and challenges to identify opportunities for collaboration with colleagues at other New York Six schools.

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The names of local, state, regional, national, and other campus sustainability organizations or consortia in which the institution participates and/or is a member:
Colgate is also a member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, a signatory of the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment, a member of the American Council on Renewable Energy, a member of the New York State Association for the Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling, and an annual presenter in the Adirondack Youth Climate Summit. Over the past two years, Colgate's Office of Sustainability has also presented at the annual New York State Green Building Conference.

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A brief summary of additional ways the institution collaborates with other campuses to advance sustainability :
Colgate's Director of Sustainability is on the Implementation Liaison Support Committee for the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment (http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/il-support-committee).

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