| Overall Rating | Gold |
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| Overall Score | 71.19 |
| Liaison | Margaret Bounds |
| Submission Date | March 1, 2024 |
Connecticut College
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination
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Bounds Director of Sustainability Office of Sustainability |
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Sustainability committee(s)
Yes
The charter or mission statement of the committee(s) or a brief description of each committee's purview and activities:
Environmental Model Committee
1. The Committee provides leadership in college-wide environmental planning and implementation by developing policies in support of campus-wide sustainability goals, initiating programs and overseeing community environmental education. The Committee advocates for college operations that function as models of sustainability by working on environmental initiatives with the appropriate administrative, faculty and student offices, committees, and groups.
2. The committee is specifically concerned with climate action planning for mitigation of carbon emissions and campus climate resiliency; the conservation of energy, water and other natural resources; the minimization of environmental pollution; and reducing the college’s ecological footprint.
1. The Committee provides leadership in college-wide environmental planning and implementation by developing policies in support of campus-wide sustainability goals, initiating programs and overseeing community environmental education. The Committee advocates for college operations that function as models of sustainability by working on environmental initiatives with the appropriate administrative, faculty and student offices, committees, and groups.
2. The committee is specifically concerned with climate action planning for mitigation of carbon emissions and campus climate resiliency; the conservation of energy, water and other natural resources; the minimization of environmental pollution; and reducing the college’s ecological footprint.
Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:
Current voting members of EMC are:
Emily Kuder, Faculty, Committee Chair;
Doug Thompson, Faculty;
Greg Bailey, Faculty;
Derek Turner, Faculty;
Elias Currier, Student, SGA Sustainability Chair;
Charlotte Houghton, Florianny Reyes & Michael Jeniski, Student representatives;
Robert Knight, Interim VP for Finance;
Justin Wolfradt, Interim VP for Administration;
John Cramer, VP for Communications or their designee;
Nakia Hamlett, Dean of Institutional Equity and Inclusion or their designee;
Geoff Norbert, Assistant Dean of Student Engagement;
Maggie Redfern, Director of the Arboretum;
Margaret Bounds, Director of Sustainability;
Emily Aylward, Staff Council representative.
Emily Kuder, Faculty, Committee Chair;
Doug Thompson, Faculty;
Greg Bailey, Faculty;
Derek Turner, Faculty;
Elias Currier, Student, SGA Sustainability Chair;
Charlotte Houghton, Florianny Reyes & Michael Jeniski, Student representatives;
Robert Knight, Interim VP for Finance;
Justin Wolfradt, Interim VP for Administration;
John Cramer, VP for Communications or their designee;
Nakia Hamlett, Dean of Institutional Equity and Inclusion or their designee;
Geoff Norbert, Assistant Dean of Student Engagement;
Maggie Redfern, Director of the Arboretum;
Margaret Bounds, Director of Sustainability;
Emily Aylward, Staff Council representative.
Sustainability office(s)
Yes
A brief description of each sustainability office:
The Office of Sustainability was established in 2013 to direct the College's campus and community sustainability efforts and priorities. The mission of the Office of Sustainability is to advance the understanding and application of holistic sustainability through projects on campus and integration in the curriculum. The Office of Sustainability has one full time staff member (Assistant Director of Sustainability), a part-time Faculty Director, and paid and unpaid student interns.
Full-time equivalent of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
2.20
Sustainability officer(s)
Yes
Name and title of each sustainability officer:
Margaret Bounds, Director of Sustainability and Doug Thompson, Suzi Oppenheimer '56 Faculty Director of the Office of Sustainability
Institution-wide coordination
Yes
A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the institution-wide coordinating body or officer during the previous three years:
The President's Sustainability Council was established in 2019 to further sustainability goals as described in the College’s Strategic Plan and Campus Sustainability Plan. The Council works with the senior administration to approve campus-wide sustainability initiatives and policies, develop an annual campus sustainability campaign, and ensure effective communication of the College’s sustainability efforts across campus and in the community. The Council has selected the following annual theme topics- Putting the Liberal Arts into Climate Action (2019-2020), Nourishing Community (2020-2021), Pass on Plastic (2021-2022) and Climate Change/Culture Change (2022-2023). They also passed two new policies in September 2020 - an updated Sustainable Buildings Policy and a Bottled Water Policy.
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Further information about governance can be found here: https://www.conncoll.edu/sustainability/campus-governance/
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