| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 59.82 |
| Liaison | Joanne Wong |
| Submission Date | Feb. 10, 2021 |
Mills College
EN-7: Employee Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.51 / 3.00 |
Joanne
Wong Sustainability Coordinator Campus Facilities |
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Departments form Green Teams to pursue Green Department Certification. The certification provides points for various sustainability actions within the department, with some sustainability measures required. With enough points, departments can earn a Silver, Gold, or Platinum certification.
Each department that has or is pursuing Mills' internal Green Department Certification, has a green team. The members of department green teams are self-selected. The idea is that they provide the leadership necessary within their own department to assess and push forward their green practices. There is also an advertised email group in which faculty and staff who are interested in making their departments more sustainable can ask for advice from other departments' green teams. There is a shared Google folder that green team members can add resources to for other employees.
Green teams meet regularly to discuss green initiatives within their department. The Sustainability Coordinator and/or a designated representative is available for these meetings to participate or host trainings. There are also provided with a Green Department Certification Resource Guide.
The institution provides the Sustainability Coordinator as the point person for the Green Teams and Green Department Certification. They also have a fund to celebrate departments that complete the certification process with a certificate and other incentives.
A brief description of the employee educators program’s target audience (1st program):
Staff and faculty
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The Mills College Green Ambassador Program exists to increase environmental sustainability and resiliency leadership and action among Mills staff and faculty, collectively support the goals of the current Mills Climate Action Plan 2025 and the MillsNext Bridge Strategic Plan 2018-21, which are to lower our campus' carbon footprint, and to minimize Mills' overall ecological footprint.
This program supports the production of tangible, measurable and on-going results through the creation and implementation of division/department/office-wide sustainability plans, which includes actionable projects and programs.
Currently, the Office of the Provost is in the beginning stages of their internal sustainability plan, Greening Academic Departments Initiative (GADI).
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A brief description of all other employee peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:
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Total number of employees served and trained by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program is approximate.
Total number of employees served and trained by a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program is approximate.
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