Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 73.16
Liaison Ryan Ihrke
Submission Date July 29, 2011
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Green Mountain College
ER-15: Sustainability Research Identification

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Bill Throop
Provost
Provost's Office
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Has the institution developed a definition of sustainability research?:
Yes

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A copy of the institution's definition of sustainability research:
A research project is sustainability-related if the explicit objectives for the research include producing outcomes to increase the social, environmental or economic vitality and longevity of a system, or if the research project expands scholarly/creative discourse about sustainability.

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Has the institution identified its sustainability research activities and initiatives?:
Yes

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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the inventory:
A committee of faculty developed the sustainability research definition and submitted it to the Campus Sustainability Council for approval. The Sustainability Office reviewed the college faculty websites and cv's of faculty to develop a draft list of faculty engaged in sustainability research projects. The Provost reviewed and suggested revisions to this list, and it was then reviewed by a faculty subcommittee of the Campus Sustainability Council before it was sent out to all faculty members for their response.

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Does the institution make its sustainability research inventory publicly available online?:
Yes

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The website URL where the sustainability research inventory is posted (required if claiming Part 3 of the credit):
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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