Sustainability at Western
Highlights
| Date | Highlights |
| December 2010 | First Draft of Sustainability Plan is submitted to ACUPCC. http://acupcc.aashe.org/?page=13 |
| September 2010 | Hires an Associate Dean for Sustainability. |
| February 2010 | Implemented an Energy Conservation Management Program & hires Energy Education Specialist. |
| October 2009 | Became a charter participant in STARS 1.0, a measuring system for campus sustainability |
| Summer of 2009 | First carbon foot print assessment completed. |
| April of 2009 | Sustainability Town Hall meeting. |
| March 2009 | Sustainability Navigation Sessions held to determine what sustainable needs & practices Western should consider for master planning. |
| December 2008 | Student Government supports the Presidents Climate Commitment and approved funding for sustainability projects in their 2009-2010 budget. |
| 2007 | President Lee Rasch signed the American College & University President's Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) |
Communications
Newsletters
Committee Information
Western's committees are open to everyone. Contact committee chairpersons for more information.
WEST-Western's Environment & Sustainability Team
Co-chairs: Dan Bee & Shannon Havlik
Occurs Thursdays once a month from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Administrative Center 4th Floor
4/14/2011
5/19/2011
Recycling Committee
Chair: Julie Dahl
Occurs the first Tuesday of every month effective 10/5/2010 until 5/3/2011 from 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
Physical Plant Conference Room
5/3/2011
Live Well Healthy Eating Project Team
Chair: Cindy Kartman
Occurs every 2 weeks on Tuesdays effective 1/18/11-5/13/11 from 10:00AM-11:00AM
Administrative Center Room 116
4/12/2011
4/26/2011
5/10/2011
Live Well Physical Activity Project Team
Chair: Cindy Kartman
Occurs every 2 weeks on Wednesday effective 1/12/2011 until 5/11/2011 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Administrative Center Room 116
4/20/2011
5/4/2011
Purchasing & Practices
- Western's Lunda Center now has personalized pens made from recycled denim.
- Western now serves Seattle's Best coffees in the TC Café. One of the coffees offered is both organic and fair-trade.
- Centralized purchasing – maintains a standard, making the process much more efficient.
- The copy paper Western purchases is 10% recycled content.
Terms
Biomimicry
An emerging discipline that studies nature's best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems.
DOE
The United States Department of Energy's (DOE). The DOE's mission is to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States; to promote scientific and technological innovation in support of that mission; and to ensure the environmental cleanup of the national nuclear weapons complex. http://www.energy.gov
Energy Star
A program sponsored by the EPA and DOE that sets energy-efficiency guidelines for appliances, electronics, lighting and new home constructions.
EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) The mission of EPA is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment -- air, water and land -- upon which life depends. http://www.epa.gov/epahome/whatwedo.htm
LEED
LEED: The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System encourages sustainable building and development projects through the use of universally known and accepted tools and criteria. LEED is a third-party certification program that promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by addressing five key areas: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality. Certification has varying degrees, and can be basically certified, certified Silver, certified Gold, and certified Platinum.
Sustainability
Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations
