| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 48.69 |
| Liaison | Tina Evans |
| Submission Date | Aug. 20, 2024 |
Colorado Mountain College
EN-11: Inter-Campus Collaboration
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 3.00 |
Tina
Evans Professor, Sustainability Studies Sustainability Studies |
Is the institution currently a member of a national or international higher education sustainability network?:
The name of the national or international sustainability network(s):
The Aspen Institute's "This Is Planet Ed" initiative, specifically, the Higher Ed Climate Action Initiative. CMC's President Hauser is an invited member of the Task Force that is leading this new initiative. From their website:
Higher Ed Climate Action will unlock the full potential of higher education as a force for climate action, solutions, and environmental justice.
Building upon its work with the early years and K-12 sectors, This Is Planet Ed is ready to ensure our institutions of learning equip young people with the knowledge and skills to lead in a sustainable, resilient, and equitable world. Higher Ed Climate Action will accelerate higher education’s already impressive progress on climate action, create an overarching framework for its unique role, and identify policies to scale climate action across the sector.
The Task Force will be co-chaired by Commissioner of Higher Education for Louisiana, Dr. Kim Hunter Reed, and President of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), Dr. Mildred García. Similar to prior work with This Is Planet Ed’s K12 Climate Action and Early Years Climate Action, the Higher Ed Climate Task Force will hold a series of public listening sessions over the next year and draft an Action Plan outlining a comprehensive framework for the sector.
URL: https://www.thisisplaneted.org/initiatives/higher-ed-climate-action
Does the institution actively participate in a regional, state/provincial, or local higher education sustainability network?:
The name of the regional, state/provincial or local sustainability network(s):
Tina Evans, Professor of Sustainability, is a member of the Climate Democracy Initiative, Colorado Hub. She participates actively in meetings and is recruiting students to participate in network events and organizing, including the spring 2024 CDI Student Summit.
Has the institution presented at a higher education sustainability conference during the previous year?:
A list or brief description of the conference(s) and presentation(s):
Tina Evans, Professor of Sustainability Studies, presented at the AASHE conference in fall 2022. She was an invited presenter/host for a networking session related to a sustainability competencies book for which she was serving as a co-editor (Key Competencies: Practical Aproaches to Teaching Sustainability). The book was published by AASHE in 2023).
Has the institution submitted a case study during the previous year to an external higher education sustainability resource center or awards program?:
A list or brief description of the sustainability resource center or awards program and submission(s):
Has the institution had employees or students serving on a board or committee of a sustainability network or conference during the previous three years?:
A list or brief description of the board or committee appointment(s):
Climate Democracy Initiative, Education Core Group for Colorado Hub:
Tina Evans, Professor of Sustainability Studies was invited to participate as a member of this team. She began her participation on June 6, 202, and that participation is ongoing.
About CDI: https://www.climatedemocracyinitiative.org/our-history
Does the institution have an ongoing mentoring relationship with another institution through which it assists the institution with its sustainability reporting and/or the development of its sustainability program?:
A brief description of the mentoring relationship and activities:
Tina Evans, Professor of Sustainability Studies, has an ongoing mentoring relationship with the Economics Department and Social Science faculty at the University of Guadalajara. This relationship has entailed the following:
1) In her capacity as a special issue editor for the journal Sustainability, collaborating with Dr. Salvador Peniche Camps and his co-authors on the publication of an article on biophysical economics as a basis for the University of Guadalajara's Economics curriculum (2019; predates the time frame for this report).
Article URL:
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/7/2580
Special issue URL:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Advances_and_Innovations_in_Sustainability_Education
2) Writing an invited epilogue for a book co-edited by Peniche Camps titled Nuevos Horizontes Educativos: A Favor de la Naturaleza (2021). CMC was invited to co-sponsor this publication as well, which it did.
3) Presenting an online seminar on transdisciplinary education to the Economics faculty at the University of Guadalajara (2020).
4) Teaching an in-person, three-day workshop for the Economics Department at University of Guadalajara on sustainability and transdisciplinarity and on applying a framework for curricular reform for the Economics Department to create teaching and learning experiences appropriate to begin to address sustainability challenges in the field of economics (May 2023).
5) Offering a webinar on permaculture for students and faculty in December 2023.
6) Co-authoring a grant proposal with Social Sciences faculty member Harold Dutton. The proposed program would include international education exchanges of faculty and students between UdeG and CMC for the purposes of permaculture education and practice (2024). The proposal was submitted to Partners in the Americas for the 100,000 Strong grant on climate education.
Further collaborations will continue in coming years.
Has the institution had employees or students serving as peer reviewers of another institution’s sustainability data and/or STARS submission during the previous three years?:
A brief description of the peer review activities:
A brief description of other inter-campus collaborative efforts around sustainability during the previous year :
Website URL where information about the institution’s inter-campus collaborations is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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