Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.92
Liaison Bert Jacobson
Submission Date Feb. 20, 2012
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Kankakee Community College
PAE-24: Sustainability Policy Advocacy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.00 / 4.00 Bert Jacobson
Dean, Environmental and Institutional Sustainability
Environmental and Institutional Sustainability
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Has the institution advocated for federal, state, and/or local public policies that support campus sustainability or that otherwise advance sustainability?:
Yes

A brief description of how the institution engages in public policy advocacy for sustainability, including the issues, bills, and ordinances for or against which the institution has advocated:

State-level-sustainability centers at community colleges, created the Illinois Community College Sustainability network, now the Illinois Green Economy Network; work with the South Metropolitan Higher Education Consortium Sustainability Task Force to address topics of curriulum development, operations, procurement, and student engagement; worked on the state task force to create the 2010-2015 Governor's Illinois Campus Sustainability Compact.
Locally, created the Council for Community Sustainaibility working with sustainable agriculture, urban gardens and Farmers Markets; green jobs development with the Kankakee County Economic Alliance; designing green communities with the Mayor of Kankakee and the Kankakee County Planning Board; and working with local Chambers of Commerce, Housing, Transportation, and industry.


The website URL where information about the institution’s advocacy efforts are available:
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