Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.13
Liaison Jay Price
Submission Date Oct. 12, 2011
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University of Tennessee at Knoxville
PAE-20: Inter-Campus Collaboration on Sustainability

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Preston Jacobsen
Sustainability Manager
Facilities Services
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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:

"Developing an Operational Climate Action Plan" by Gordie Bennett. Summit for Campus Sustainability 2010 - Nashville, TN. October 2010.

"Training educators on sustainability issues in ecology." by Michael L. McKinney, Sara Malley, and Gordie Bennett. National Ecological Society of America - Albuquerque, NM. August 2009.

"Greening Your Campus and Operations." Panel discussion that included Gordie Bennett. Appalachian Regional Commission Annual Conference - Rome, GA. October 2010

"'Switch Your Thinking' Energy Conservation Campaign'." Webinar that included Gordie Bennett. National Wildlife Federation. July 2009.


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 (AASHE)
US Green Building Council
National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology program
University Leaders for a Sustainable Future
Tennessee Higher Education Sustainability Association (THESA)


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

UT Knoxville participates in the Southeastern Sustainability Network (SESN), an informal group that shares lessons learned and best practiices with institutions throughout the southeast.


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