| Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 37.98 |
| Liaison | Jeffrey Severin |
| Submission Date | Feb. 15, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Kansas
PAE-20: Inter-Campus Collaboration on Sustainability
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Jeff
Severin Director KU Center for Sustainability |
Does the institution collaborate with other colleges and universities to support and help build the campus sustainability community?:
A brief summary of papers, guides, presentations, and other resources the institution has developed to share their sustainability experience with other institutions:
The Center for Sustainability Director presented in partnership with the Kansas State University Sustainability Director at AASHE 2011. The Center also shares resources through the Green School List and contributes news items to the AASHE Bulletin.
The names of local, state, regional, national, and other campus sustainability organizations or consortia in which the institution participates and/or is a member:
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, member since 2008
Kansas Higher Education Sustainability Network, member since founding in 2010
Kansas Association for Conservation & Environmental Education (http://www.kacee.org), member since 2008
National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS)
A brief summary of additional ways the institution collaborates with other campuses to advance sustainability :
As part of the Take Charge Challenge, an energy competition with the city of Manhattan in 2011, the Center for Sustainability worked with the Sustainability Director at Kansas State University to coordinate competitions in residence halls on both campuses. The Center has also assisted with development of the Kansas Higher Education Sustainability Network and served on the planning committee for the Kansas Sustainability Conference, two initiatives centered at Kansas State University.
Additionally, KU Dining Services professional staff have been active members in their professional association's on-going sustainability initiatives, Participating on various peer institution committees to establish campus dining sustainability programs, guidelines, awards and national training sessions.
The website URL where information about cross-campus collaboration is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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