| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.74 |
| Liaison | Tavey Capps |
| Submission Date | Jan. 31, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Duke University
PAE-20: Inter-Campus Collaboration on Sustainability
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Tavey
Capps Environmental Sustainability Director Office of the Executive Vice President |
Does the institution collaborate with other colleges and universities to support and help build the campus sustainability community?:
A brief summary of papers, guides, presentations, and other resources the institution has developed to share their sustainability experience with other institutions:
Presentations
-2010 AASHE Conference Presentation, Casey Roe –“Doing More with Less: Tapping Campus Partnerships and Online Resources”, Denver, CO, October 2010.
-2010 AASHE Conference Presentation, Casey Roe—“Measuring and managing sustainability using SAS at Duke University”, Denver, CO, October 2010.
-2010 Ivy Plus Sustainability Meeting, Casey Roe—“ Green Marketing and Outreach in Athletics”, Philadelphia, PA, April 2010.
-2010 AASHE Conference Presentation, Heather Hosterman – “Local Carbon Offset Projects lessons from Duke University”, Denver, CO, October 2010.
-The Duke Endowment, Tatjana Vujic & Heather Hosterman – “The Duke Endowment Campus Sustainability Summit” (an update on the offset initiative with a focus on energy), Davidson College, Davidson, NC, September 14-15, 2010.
-Climate Action Reserve: Special Topics Series, Tatjana Vujic & Heather Hosterman – “The Duke Carbon Offsets Initiative”, webinar, August 26, 2010.
-Nicholas School Board, Heather Hosterman – “GHG Inventory & Carbon Offset Feasibility for Duke University”, Charlotte, NC, November, 2008.
-The Duke Endowment, Heather Hosterman – “GHG Inventory & Carbon Offset Feasibility for Duke University”, Charlotte, NC, October, 2008.
-2009 NACUBO Annual Meeting Presentation, Tavey Capps – “Building Sustainability in the Southeast – Duke’s Climate Action Plan”.
-2009 Southern SCUP Conference Presentation, Tavey Capps – “A Commitment for the Next Century: Duke University and the Climate Change Initiative”.
-2009 Greening of the Campus Conference Presentation, Tavey Capps – “Leveraging Diverse Campus Sustainability Staff for Greater Success”.
-2010 Smart and Sustainable Campus Conference Plenary Session, Tavey Capps – “The Rewarding, Bold and Sometimes Bumpy Road to Climate Neutral”.
-2010 Smart Sustainable Campus Conference Presentation, Tavey Capps – “Change Behavior – Change Climate: Effective Transportation Demand Management Strategies in Reducing Campus Carbon Emissions".
Documents
-National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology Case Study—“DukeEngage Carbon Offsets Pilot Project at Duke University”
-2010 AASHE Case Study—“DukeEngage Carbon Offsets Pilot Project at Duke University”
-US EPA, Duke University, Environmental Defense Fund—“Facilitating Carbon Offset Projects on North Carolina Swine Farms to Encourage Greenhouse Gas Emission and Other Pollution Reductions” (see http://sustainability.duke.edu/documents/dukeoffsets.pdf)
-Sustainable Duke & Nicholas Institute – “The Role of Offsets in Meeting Duke University’s Commitment to ‘Climate Neutrality’: A Feasibility Study”, November 2008 (see http://sustainability.duke.edu/images/OffsetsFeasibilityStudy.png)
-Swine Carbon Offset Estimator (see http://sustainability.duke.edu/carbon_offsets/swine.php)
-"Growing Green: Becoming a Carbon Neutral Campus", October 2009 (see http://sustainability.duke.edu/climate_action/Duke%20Climate%20Action%20Plan.pdf)
The names of local, state, regional, national, and other campus sustainability organizations or consortia in which the institution participates and/or is a member:
-Ivy Plus sustainability group
-Southeast Sustainability Network
-Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
-The Duke Endowment (partnership on sustainability with Davidson College, Johnson C. Smith University, & Furman University)
-Triangle Area Sustainability Coordinators group
A brief summary of additional ways the institution collaborates with other campuses to advance sustainability :
The sustainability staff at Duke University collaborate regularly with other campuses to advance sustainability in higher education as a whole. We regularly participate in and contribute to discussions and questions on the Green Schools listserve. We take part in monthly calls focused on sustainability with the Ivy Plus schools and with the SE Sustainability Network Schools, as well as a call for staff members who run Eco-Reps programs at their universities.
Additionally, our sustainability director meets with the directors from Raleigh-Durham area cities and universities monthly and our sustainability outreach coordinator meets with peer outreach coordinators from UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University on a monthly basis.
We also organize and coordinate events with other schools on an ad-hoc basis. For instance, in May of 2010, Duke University hosted 7 other area North Carolina universities for a "train-the-trainers" workshop teaching faculty to integrate sustainability into their courses.
The website URL where information about cross-campus collaboration is available:
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