| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.14 |
| Liaison | Alexis Reyes |
| Submission Date | June 3, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Pomona College
PAE-20: Inter-Campus Collaboration on Sustainability
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Ginny
Routhe Director Sustainability Integration Office |
Does the institution collaborate with other colleges and universities to support and help build the campus sustainability community?:
A brief summary of papers, guides, presentations, and other resources the institution has developed to share their sustainability experience with other institutions:
SIO Director Bowen Close has presented at a variety of conferences within the last three years, including: AASHE, Greening the Campus, Farm to School, SCUP-Pacific, WASC, CA Higher Education Sustainability, and others. In each of these circumstances she has presented about a specific aspect of the College's sustainability programs, including the College's Organic Farm, Green Office Certification Program, and Sustainability Action Fellowship. She has also presented about the College's efforts more generally at events including climate planning workshops at Furman University, and as a trained facilitator for Second Nature/ACUPCC climate action planning workshops. She also meets regularly with sustainability coordinators/directors at other Southern California institutions, including UCLA, USC, CalTech, Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount, and University of San Diego. Pomona is a member of the Claremont University Consortium, and has worked with the other campuses in the consortium to assess opportunities for programs and projects.
The names of local, state, regional, national, and other campus sustainability organizations or consortia in which the institution participates and/or is a member:
AASHE, ACUPCC, and a yet-unnamed consortium of Los Angeles-area schools.
A brief summary of additional ways the institution collaborates with other campuses to advance sustainability :
Pomona has collaborated with a number of campuses on specific issues, such as coordinating a response to SEI/STARS surveys with a number of other selective liberal arts colleges (SLAC consortium), as well as with the other Claremont Colleges (Pitzer, Scripps, Harvey Mudd, Claremont McKenna) on Claremont-specific project opportunities.
The website URL where information about cross-campus collaboration is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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