| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 55.95 |
| Liaison | Jonathan Lantz-Trissel |
| Submission Date | Jan. 22, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Eastern Mennonite University
PAE-20: Inter-Campus Collaboration on Sustainability
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Jim
Yoder Professor Biology Dept. |
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:
Let’s Get Serious about Integrating Sustainability into General Education: Strategies for Staff and Faculty. Stewart, M, Yoder, J.M., Lantz-Trissel, J., and Rowe, D. Panel Discussion. Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. Pittsburgh, PA. October 2011.
Environmental Sustainability: A QEP for the 21st Century. Yoder, J.M. and Aracena, B., Southern Association of Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting. Louisville, KY. December 2010.
Peace With Creation: A History of Sustainability at Eastern Mennonite University. Yoder. J.M., Peace on Earth: Anabaptism and Ecological Action in Aotearoa (Symposium), Waikanae, New Zealand, May, 2010
The names of local, state, regional, national, and other campus sustainability organizations or consortia in which the institution participates and/or is a member:
Eastern Mennonite University is a member of Virginia Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (VAASHE) and the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). EMU's president Loren Swartzentruber also is a member of the board of the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN).
A brief summary of additional ways the institution collaborates with other campuses to advance sustainability :
Eastern Mennonite University collaborated with James Madison University, Bridgewater College and Mary Baldwin College to create the Shenandoah Valley RCE, a Regional Center of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development, a program of the United Nations.
The vision of the Shenandoah Valley Regional Center of Expertise is to create and sustain a proactive and vibrant forum through which academic and community stakeholders may join together in common purpose to 1) preserve and protect the beauty and resources of our region, 2) pursue access to sustainable educational and economic opportunities for all members of our community, and 3) promote sociocultural awareness and understanding across the diverse constituencies of the Shenandoah Valley. Each year, this broad vision is actualized via advocacy, economic, educational, outreach, scholarly, and/or service activities that are strategically developed and thoughtfully delivered under the auspices of, or in collaboration with, the Shenandoah Valley RCE.
The website URL where information about cross-campus collaboration is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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