Colgate University
EN-9: Community Partnerships

Colgate's Director of Sustainability is on the advisory board of the highly successful Solarize Madison County Project that has already led to the installation of nearly 30 solar panels in our county. Phase II of the project is underway and we are anticipating more success. Our podcast can be listened to here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOy3rKgYMQg&list=PL6RZbZFxvmUWW0elmqWnWo85vduqpMQuP&index=10. The Solarize Madison website is http://www.solarizemadison.com/.

Colgate's Sustainability Office is working closely with the Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board and the Madison County Planning Department to measure greenhouse gas emissions and develop a region-wide sustainability and climate action plan. Colgate's Director of Sustainability sits on the Expert Advisory Panel. The planning process can be followed through our website at http://visioncny.org/. Colgate's Sustainability Office and Upstate Institute also collaborates with the Town and Village of Hamilton to measure their greenhouse gas emissions and develop and implement climate action plans.

Colgate's Max Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) has several programs that support sustainability in our region. The Green Earth Gang (GEG), for example, is a group of student educators who develop and teach environmental programs to children ages 8-10 in local schools through experiential and interactive activities. Once every two weeks the GEG student members teach a 40-minute class about a sustainability-oriented topic. Colgate's Max Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) is a professionally staffed organization that supports student volunteers, service-learning classes, internship programs, residential life initiatives, social-change efforts, and change-oriented career counseling to create a healthy and prosperous Hamilton community and Central New York region. The COVE supports numerous student volunteer organizations that promote sustainability in our region. A full list of student organizations can be view on our website: https://colgate.collegiatelink.net/organizations?SearchValue=COVE&SearchType=Category&CurrentPage=1&SelectedCategoryId=2869. Colgate's Upstate Institute promotes a better understanding of the cultural, social, economic, and environmental resources of Upstate New York. Upstate Institute Summer Field School Fellows work with a community, government, or non-profit partner to create and complete projects that will have a positive social, economic, cultural or environmental impact on the Upstate region. More information can be found here http://www.colgate.edu/centers-and-institutes/upstate-institute/local-learning/field-school.