State University of New York at New Paltz
EN-10: Inter-Campus Collaboration

* Campus Sustainability Coordinator Lisa Mitten presented at the 2013 SUNY Sustainability Conference on the Real Food Challenge at SUNY New Paltz. * Campus Sustainability Coordinator Lisa Mitten presented SUNY New Paltz's progress to date using NYSERDA incentives to install electric vehicle car charging stations during one of the monthly SUNY-wide sustainability conference calls in March of 2014. * Campus Sustainability Coordinator Lisa Mitten organized and presented a panel called "Executive Order 88: Implementation Strategies and Success Stories Across the SUNY System" at the 2014 SUNY Sustainability Conference at Oswego with SUNY Cortland, University at Albany, the SUNY Office of Capital Facilities, and the New York Power Authority. * Campus Sustainability Coordinator Lisa Mitten organized and presented during a panel with SUNY Oswego, SUNY Oneonta, University at Albany, and Farm-to-Institution New York State (FINYS) on the Farm-to-SUNY project. * Business professor Michael Sheridan and student Zachary Bergoine presented at the 2014 SUNY Sustainability Conference on "Apples to Apples: Developing a Tool to Compare Local and National Food Vendors on a SUNY Campus" * Business professor Michael Sheridan presented on his local food vendors vs. national food vendors cost premium study at the Hudson Valley Farm to Institution Conference held at SUNY New Paltz in October of 2014. Lisa Mitten presented on the college's progress to date using the Real Food Criteria. * Art professor Andrea Frank presented on a 4E travel grant from the SUNY Research Foundation to the 4E Network of Excellence during charrettes in May and October 2014. * Art professor Andrea Frank and Sociology Professor Alexandra Cox presented at the Environmental Consortium Conference in November 2014 on their collaborative honors course Place Matters, in which students collaboratively investigate the local intersections of education, environment, labor, and punishment.

* Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education * New York Coalition for Sustainability in Higher Education * SUNY 4E (Energy, Environment, Education and Economics) Network of Excellence * Hudson Valley Farm-to-Institution Network - Campus Sustainability Coordinator Lisa Mitten is working with other colleges and universities based in the Hudson Valley to network and exchange ideas about the Real Food Challenge. * The college hosts bi-weekly meetings of the Environmental Task Force (ETF). The (ETF) was created in 2005 by faculty, students and staff members concerned about the serious environmental problems that we face in the world today. They seek to address these issues by moving towards ecological sustainability on campus and by preparing students to address the global environmental challenges that lie ahead. * Environmental Consortium of Colleges and Universities - The consortium coordinates environmental programs and interests at over 50 higher education institutions in the Hudson-Mohawk River Watershed. It sponsors an annual conference which often focuses on sustainability issues. SUNY New Paltz faculty have served and are serving on the Consortium’s Steering Committee. The website for the Environmental Consortium is http://environmentalconsortium.org/

SUNY New Paltz is actively involved in regional, state-wide, SUNY and national sustainability networks. The Office of Campus Sustainability regularly engages with colleagues across the SUNY system responsible for implementing sustainability initiatives related to food, energy, and waste. Following the Hudson Valley Farm to Institution Summit, Campus Sustainability Coordinator Lisa Mitten is participating on conference calls with local area colleges that track local food / real food purchases to identify opportunities and exchange ideas about regional food. Faculty members at SUNY New Paltz collaborate with other SUNY schools and regional colleges and universities as part of the SUNY 4E Network of Excellence and the Environmental Consortium of Colleges and Universities.