Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 56.55
Liaison Luis Maggiori
Submission Date March 5, 2021

STARS v2.2

Lane Community College
EN-10: Community Partnerships

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Luis Maggiori
Sustainability Coordinator
Institute for Sustainable Practices
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1st Partnership 

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability :
Eugene Climate Collaborative

Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? :
Yes

Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe?:
Multi-year or ongoing

Which of the following best describes the partnership?:
Sustainability-focused

Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? :
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability:
Lane Community College has partnered with the City of Eugene in the update of the Cities' Climate Action Plan 2.0, to understand what high-impact actions are happening in this community. The first stage of the CAP 2.0 focuses on engagement with community partners that have larger, system level impacts. These partners make up the Eugene Climate Collaborative (ECC) and are specifically defined as organizations who have significant oversight and impact on community-wide fossil fuel use and GHG or have the ability to effect or alter systems that will enable the community to adapt and prepare for climate change. These partners were formerly known as the Large Lever Shareholders (LLS).
https://www.eugene-or.gov/3936/CAP20-Background

2nd Partnership

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
Second Nature

Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (2nd partnership):
Yes

Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (2nd partnership):
Multi-year or ongoing

Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (2nd partnership):
Sustainability-focused

Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (2nd partnership):
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
In 2006, Lane Community College (LCC) became one of the first signatories of the American College and University President’s Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), whereby LCC committed to systematically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve carbon neutrality for all of its College operations across Lane County by the year 2050. Commitments for all signatories:

Develop Climate Action Plan for becoming climate neutral.
Complete a comprehensive greenhouse gas inventory.
Submit updated greenhouse gas inventories and progress reports every two years.
https://www.lanecc.edu/sustainability/commitments

3rd Partnership 

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
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Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (3rd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (3rd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership? (3rd partnership):
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A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
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Optional Fields 

A brief description of the institution’s other community partnerships to advance sustainability:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s community partnerships to advance sustainability is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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