| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 68.43 |
| Liaison | Jim Simon |
| Submission Date | Sept. 23, 2020 |
Gonzaga University
PRE-2: Points of Distinction
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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Jim
Simon Director of Sustainability Sustainability |
Name of the institution’s featured sustainability program, initiative, or accomplishment:
A brief description of the institution’s featured program, initiative, or accomplishment:
The CREATE Model is a six-branch model to address sustainability throughout the Gonzaga University campus, in line with the Jesuit beliefs of the community. The CREATE Model's sections go as follows:
-Care for Creation: Making sure our practices as a campus are respectful of the environment.
-Reflection: How we create opportunities to be more sustainable, reflecting on how we fit into the bigger picture and how we can be in balance with our world as a campus and a community.
-Experience: Seeking to develop ways for the entire campus to play an active role in the creation of a culture of sustainability.
-Action: Practicing sustainability beyond knowledge and towards the application of social and environmental justice to issues on campus and in our broader community.
-Teaching: Infusing the curriculum of the University with the principles of sustainability.
-Engagement: Working to give students and other community members the ability to engage with each other in rich conversation about the environment and our relationship to it.
Which of the following impact areas does the featured program, initiative, or accomplishment most closely relate to?:
Campus Engagement
Coordination & Planning
Website URL where more information about the accomplishment may be found:
STARS credit in which the featured program, initiative, or accomplishment is reported (if applicable):
A photograph or document associated with the featured program, initiative, or accomplishment:
Name of a second highlighted sustainability program/initiative/accomplishment:
A brief description of the second program/initiative/accomplishment:
The Cataldo Project conducts workshops, seminars, and other programs to develop and augment the environmental knowledge and skills of higher education faculty, as well as to assist them in revising their courses to include sustainability concepts. Students receive broad, continuing and repeated exposure to sustainability concepts throughout their academic experience. The Project facilitates the process of faculty development by providing financial and intellectual support, as well as access to resources, information, and environmental experts.
Which impact areas does the second program/initiative/accomplishment most closely relate to?:
Website URL where more information about the second program/initiative/accomplishment may be found:
STARS credit in which the second program/initiative/accomplishment is reported (if applicable):
A photograph or document associated with the second program/initiative/accomplishment:
Name of a third highlighted program/initiative/accomplishment:
A brief description of the third program/initiative/accomplishment:
Which impact areas does the third program/initiative/accomplishment most closely relate to?:
Website URL where more information about the third program/initiative/accomplishment may be found:
STARS credit in which the third program/initiative/accomplishment is reported (if applicable):
A photograph or document associated with the third program/initiative/accomplishment:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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