| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.84 |
| Liaison | Zachary Czuprynski |
| Submission Date | Jan. 21, 2025 |
Prescott College
EN-9: Inter-Campus Collaboration
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.40 / 3.00 |
Zachary
Czuprynski Sustainability Coordinator Green Mountain Center for Sustainablity |
9.1 Inter-campus collaboration for sustainability
Description of the institution’s participation in sustainability-focused networks for educational institutions:
Prescott College is part of the EcoLeague Consortium of green colleges, which is a group of liberal arts colleges and universities dedicated to ecologically-focused education and research as well as modeling sustainability through operations and facilities. We participate in the planning for exchanges, short courses, and administrative efforts for the EcoLeague.
Has the institution formally shared its sustainability experiences and lessons learned with other institutions during the previous three years?:
Narrative outlining how the institution formally shares its sustainability experiences and lessons learned with other institutions:
Faculty or staff members present and host workshops at AASHE.
Bending Towards Justice: Evolving Sustainability Education at Prescott College
Presenters: Emily Affolter, Gretchen Gano, Rosaleen Gilmore, Kimberley Greeson, Scott Ramsey
Desciption: The Prescott College PhD Faculty convened around the following question: What can we learn about the evolution of the field of Sustainability Education through a discursive analysis of our students’ dissertations since the program’s inception in 2005? Through inductive analysis and reflexive member checking, we identified the following concepts as organizing principles: learning, leading, expressing, doing, and being. The findings have implications for practice, both as we reflexively better understand the collective nature of the students’ scholarship, and consider directions for curriculum and scholarship development to innovate in the field of Sustainability Education with an unrelenting commitment to justice as the focal point.
Does the institution have a sustainability-focused articulation/transfer agreement that provides students who are studying sustainability at one institution with a formal pathway to another institution?:
Description of institution’s sustainability-focused articulation/transfer agreements:
Has at least one individual with formal sustainability responsibilities at the institution served as a mentor or been mentored by a colleague with sustainability responsibilities at another institution during the previous three years?:
Description of the institution’s sustainability mentoring activities:
The Sustainability Coordinator, Zachary Czuprynski, was part of the AASHE mentor program in 2023 with Reed College's Sustainability Coordinator, Rachel Willis. This included monthly meetings to share experiences and best practices for engaging with students and faculty, gathering data for STARS and troubleshooting common problems, and holding space for solidarity as each institution's only formal sustainability staff members.
Has at least one individual affiliated with the institution has served in a leadership role for an inter-campus sustainability network, conference, or community of practice during the previous three years?:
Description of the institution’s leadership roles in inter-campus collaboration:
Academic Dean Pavel Cenkl supports and organizes the 2025 International Conference on Regenerative Ecosystems in Bhubaneswar, India. This includes a call for participants, a schedule of the conference, and looking for aligned journals to publish the conference proceedings. He has contributed to the proceedings of the 2022 conference.
Has at least one individual affiliated with the institution served as a peer reviewer for another institution’s sustainability report or data during the previous three years?:
Description of the institution’s peer review activities:
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