Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 31.97
Liaison Rebecca Walker
Submission Date Aug. 15, 2011
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Southern Oregon University
PAE-20: Inter-Campus Collaboration on Sustainability

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Laurence Blake
Director
Campus Planning & Sustainability
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Does the institution collaborate with other colleges and universities to support and help build the campus sustainability community?:
Yes

A brief summary of papers, guides, presentations, and other resources the institution has developed to share their sustainability experience with other institutions:

SOU submitted a poster to the first Oregon University System (OUS) Sustainability Conference in October 2008. SOU made a presentation on its sustainability efforts at the December 2008 meeting of the Oregon Board of Higher Education Sustainability Initiative Committee.


The names of local, state, regional, national, and other campus sustainability organizations or consortia in which the institution participates and/or is a member:

SOU's sustainability coordinator has collaborated with the sustainability coordinators of the other OUS institutions and the sustainability officer in the OUS Chancellor's office in the compilation of the greenhouse gas inventories for the OUS institutions, climate action planning, the selection of a vendor for system-wide power-purchase agreement, and the development of a facility assessment by a vendor in support of the Climate Action Plans of the OUS institutions.


A brief summary of additional ways the institution collaborates with other campuses to advance sustainability :

SOU participates on the OUS Sustainability Committee. The SOU sustainability coordinator participated in the OUS Sustainability Initiative Committee Workshop on May 27, 2009. SOU is participating in the planning for the second OUS Sustainability Conference, which will be held at Oregon State University in February 2011. In 2010, SOU became a participant in the College Sustainability Green Report Card. SOU also participates in the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership.


The website URL where information about cross-campus collaboration is available:
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