| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 75.37 |
| Liaison | Suchi Daniels |
| Submission Date | Jan. 14, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of South Florida (Tampa)
PAE-20: Inter-Campus Collaboration on Sustainability
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Kebreab
Ghebremichael Director of Water Sustainability Concentration Patel College of Global 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:
USF Collaborates with a great number of other learning institutions. See below.
The names of local, state, regional, national, and other campus sustainability organizations or consortia in which the institution participates and/or is a member:
Educational Alliance for Sustainability Florida (EASF), Hillsborough Community College, Earth Day event
A brief summary of additional ways the institution collaborates with other campuses to advance sustainability :
Collaborations with other learning institutions:
USF is a member of Educational Alliance for Sustainability Florida (EASF) which brings together public and private post-secondary institutions across Florida to serve as a hub, sharing best practices, student engagement and building sustainability related curricula. Conference calls held monthly, annual conference held at member universities and colleges. In 2013 two meetings were held one at the Florida International University in Miami and a second one in Nashville, during the AASHE conference. http://sustainableflorida.org/educational-alliance/
USF Participated and presented at the Hillsborough Community College Campus Sustainability day, that brought sustainability student organizations and community resources throughout Tampa Bay together to move towards sustainable ideas into action by achieving common goals. http://www.aashe.org/campus-sustainability-day/activities/campus-sustainability-day-2013-resilient-campuses-and-communiti
USF has a collaborative partnership with Learning Gate Community School (LG) School in Lutz Florida. USF and LG will partner for the region’s largest Earth Day event, which will feature over 100 exhibitors, workshops and guest speakers focusing on sustainability and environmental stewardship. http://learninggate.org/ecofest
USF’ Daniel Yeh, associate professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, in partnership with LG has built and field test a pilot version of a anaerobic biodigester, which takes food waste and produces renewable energy. This project has had a great impact on students and their learning opportunities. http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2013/4/29/school_leftovers_don.html
http://www.wfla.com/story/23388468/new-uses-for-non-compostable-food
Faculty affiliated with the School of Global Sustainability and the Patel Center for Global Solutions maintain active research and outreach projects with colleagues at other colleges and universities at local, regional, state, national, and international levels. The Office of Sustainability has worked with Sustainable Florida (Collins Center), which organizes university sustainability in the state of Florida, to host the 2009 Campus and Community Sustainability Conference and EXPO. The Director has been invited to provide a keynote address at Florida A&M University, The staff of the Office of Sustainability will be participating in the Sustainability Roundtable held at the University of Florida in 2011.
The website URL where information about cross-campus collaboration is available:
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