Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 34.80
Liaison Alicia Hodenfield
Submission Date June 27, 2016
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STARS v2.0

Sonoma State University
PA-2: Sustainability Planning

Status Score Responsible Party
-- 0.00 / 4.00 Alexandria Sadler
Planning and Administration Lead
Planning and Adminstration

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SSU formulated a new strategic Plan in 2014 for the next five years. That Plan identified five overarching values/principles/aspirations. The forth of these is sustainability. The Objective is as follows:

Strategic Objective: Sonoma State University will define, organize, fund, and implement sustainability programs and structures. Students, faculty, staff and administrators will build a campus environment that focuses on the environmental, economic, and cultural implications of sustainability. The university will expand academic programs for students and faculty, support sustainable technology and planning on campus, and partner on and off campus to improve the University’s sustainability profile.

Goals:
• Empower students to contribute to sustainability in their careers through curricular and co-curricular programs engaging the campus and the community.
• Continually lower campus natural resource use, considering best sustainable practices in buildings, water use, energy, food service, facilities, residential life, procurement, grounds, and waste diversion.
• Promote sustainability in the SSU service area through partnerships between community organizations, faculty, staff, administrators and students.
• Build common cause across campus constituencies to develop a sustainable campus environment.
• Seek external support for sustainability programs and activities.
• Position SSU as a leader in regional sustainability.

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