Kalamazoo College
PA-2: Sustainability Planning

• Identify, facilitate and advance connections among faculty in order to offer
courses and programs that address sustainability across the College’s
academic divisions: Fine Arts, Humanities, Languages, Natural Sciences and
Mathematics, Physical Education, Social Sciences.
• Foster disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge and participation among
students, faculty, staff and alumni by cultivating opportunities to build more
sustainable communities at the local, regional, national and/or global levels.
• Facilitate and advance sustainability education through civic engagement
and service-learning activities

• Introduce principles of sustainability to all Kalamazoo College community
members through various experiential education opportunities.
• Identify and create intentional connections among elements of the K Plan,
Guilds, student organizations, and curriculum as they relate to sustainability.
• Develop campus leadership in sustainability among students, faculty and
staff.
• Increase various project opportunities that facilitate links between local,
regional, national and international communities involving sustainability
issues.

• Reduce annual Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions (as defined by the ACUPCC) by 25%
below 2008 levels by 2020. Kalamazoo College’s GHG emissions in 2008 were
12,509 MTCE. Successful attainment of the Interim Goal will result reduce GHG
emissions to 9,382 MTC in 2020 a reduction of just over 3,100 MTCE.
• Reduce emissions from College fleet vehicles by 50% below the base year of
2008 by the year 2020 through the phased replacement of campus vehicles
with appropriate zero or low-emission vehicles and reductions in annual fleet
vehicle mileage totals.
• Kalamazoo College will become a climate neutral campus no later than the year
2050.

The Kalamazoo College Sustainability and Climate Action Plan is a document that was created by students, faculty, staff, and trustees, and signed by the President of the College at the time. The document stands as a formal statement in support of sustainability.

The following is an excerpt from the Kalamazoo College Sustainability and Climate Action Plan: "The most popular definition of sustainability can be traced to a 1987 United Nations conference, Our Common Future, which defined sustainable developments as those that "meet present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs" (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987). Seeking sustainability, however, requires new ways of thinking about the use of our natural resources, a re-evaluation of our energy policies and practices, and changes in our daily lifestyles. It requires that we create "learning laboratories" that not only direct our attention to strategies and attitudes aimed at reducing carbon emissions but that we make opportunities available so that we may understand, experiment, and practice new and more ecological ways of living. As an educational institution, Kalamazoo College is well-positioned be a "learning laboratory" for teaching its students such sustainability theories and practices. It can also demonstrate sustainability leadership by adopting policies that reduce the institution’s environmental footprint."

The PDF of the institution’s highest guiding document was for internal use only so I attached at graphic instead and included a link to the public version of the document.