Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 57.04
Liaison Larry Cook
Submission Date Feb. 29, 2016
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University of South Carolina
EN-10: Inter-Campus Collaboration

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Namita Koppa
Assistant Director for Program Management
Office of 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:

2015 Catalyst Coaching Handbook
2015 Campus Engagement Report
2015 Campus Sustainability Report
AASHE 2015 - 1 poster presentation, 1 case study presentation
Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference 2011 Student Panel on Sustainable Campuses;
Southeast Youth Food Activist Summit 2011 Local Food as a catalyst for Community Transformation;
Association of Outdoor Recreation 2010 An Essential Step to Your Program's Success…Go Carbon Neutral;
AASHE 2010 Greene Campus Sustainability Organizations Themselves: Creating a Green Organizational Culture;
AASHE 2010 Connecting Campust to the Wider Community;
Southeastern Student Renewable Energy Conference 2010 Working With Your Administration;
Student Leadership & Diversity Conference 2010 Green Leadership;
Student Leadership & Diversity Conference 2012 Engaging Students in Environmental Issues;
SC APPA 2012 Planning for Campus Sustainability;
SC Sustainability Conference 2012 Green Leadership


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

AASHE
ACUPCC
USGBC
Southeastern Sustainability Network
Sustainable Universities Initiative (covers South Carolina institutions)
Carolina Recycling Association
College and University Recycling Coalition
Midlands Organic Waste Regional Coalition
Southeastern Association of Sustainability Strategy Implementors


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

Recycling Competition w/ athletic rival school during Recyclemania; developing and hosting annual southeastern EcoReps conference for schools in the region at no charge; Certified SC Grown Palmetto Series Athletic Food Drive


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