Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 37.84
Liaison Lauren Ng
Submission Date Jan. 18, 2013
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STARS v1.1

Scripps College
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Kasey Mitchell
Sustainability Coordinator Intern
Office of the President
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Does the institution have a sustainability committee?:
Yes

The charter or mission statement of the committee or a brief description of the committee's purview and activities :
The Committee shall seek to educate, challenge, and encourage students, faculty and staff to advocate for the behavioral and social changes necessary to improve the environmental health of our community and our world. The committee will: • Review and analyze existing sustainability practices at the College; • Advise the president on an organized approach to management decisions for all campus life operations in an effort to advance the principles of sustainability; • Propose goals and strategies that will address a comprehensive green management plan; • Promote cost-effective applications of environmentally responsible principles throughout the campus; • Communicate the sustainability practices of Scripps College to the Scripps Community, the Claremont Consortium, prospective students, campus visitors, and other college communities; • Work with members of the Consortium to promote sustainability best practices through 5-College events; • Provide the President counsel on all of the above, in keeping with the mission of the college.

Members of the committee, including affiliations:
2010-2011 Membership Committee Chair Lola Trafecanty, Director of Grounds Staff Tom Adkins, Director of Dining Services Claire Bridge, Assistant to the President Tamsen Burke, Director, Sallie Tiernan Field House Niel Errickson, Director of Facilities Steve Sabicer, Director of Public Relations Trustee Carolyn Revelle Faculty Nancy Neiman-Auerbach, Associate Professor of Politics Katie Purvis-Roberts, Assistant Professor of Chemistry Parent Julia Esterly – Parent (Bryn Morgan)2 Students Kasey Michell ‘12 Morgan Mayer-Jochimsen, Environmental Chair for SAS,’13 Ilona Phipps-Morgan ‘11 Shannon Rhys ‘13 Sara Zúñiga ‘12 Alumnae Alana MacWhorter ‘10 Sue Talbot ’69

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Does the institution have a sustainability office?:
No

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Does the institution have a sustainability coordinator?:
No

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