SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MEETING OCTOBER 30, 2017 OFFICE OF - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MEETING

OCTOBER 30, 2017

OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY

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Full-time Sustainability Coordinator

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Housed under Facilities Services

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Visit the “Green Cave” at NSM F-127!

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3 General Sustainability Interns: volunteer & for- credit

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2 Native Plant Interns: volunteer

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1 Sustainability Research Intern: research project on reclaimed water

Left to right: Ellie Perry (Sustainability Coordinator) and Sustainability Interns Andrea, Brandon, and Angela/ Native Plant Interns: Chrystene and Anthony

AGENDA

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Report on projects & progress

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Energy (Energy Manager, Kenny Seeton)

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Other projects (Sustainability Coordinator, Ellie Perry)

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Student Solar Petition Letter (Ecology Club President, Chrystene Newman)

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Campus Farm Update (Facilities & Student, Hawk McFadzen)

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Launch of sub-committees/working groups

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Open Discussion

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Feedback and opportunities for collaboration

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New ideas

ENERGY

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New LED bulbs for Theater dressing rooms (3 month payback!)- save ~$1k/yr in energy costs

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1 MW Battery Storage installation

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New cooling tower launch

OCTOBER SUSTAINABILITY MONTH

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Week 1- Carbon Challenge Tabling

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Week 2- Green Jobs Week (Career Center Expos)

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Week 3- Native Plants Week

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Week 4- Green Campus Week tabling

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Week 5- (TOMORROW!) Central Plant Halloween Trick or Treat Tour/Open House- 10am-2pm at Central Plant

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RSVP for a tour at www.cptour.eventbrite.com

CARBON CHALLENGE TABLING

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10’ x 10’ x 10’ Carbon Cube

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101 pledges from students, faculty, and staff

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New understanding of how daily habits impact carbon footprint

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Free prizes!

GREEN JOBS WEEK

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18 students day 1, 20 students day 2

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Limited understanding of what “green” jobs or sustainability was

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Indicates basic sustainability literacy is very low for our campus

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Need more lead time to recruit “green” vendors

NATIVE PLANTS WEEK- 10/17

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DIY Native Seed Bombs ~50 participants

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Native Plant Workshop (Connie Vadheim)

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15 participants and 5 logistics volunteers

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CDC/ITC Garden of Dreams practice

NATIVE PLANTS WEEK- GREEN APPLE DAY OF SERVICE

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41 total volunteers, 165 hours of total service time

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Maintenance in:

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CDC/ITC Garden of Dreams (pruning on natives)

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West Basin Garden (removed Pampas Grass and eucalyptus)

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Heritage Creek (cleared path and overhang on street)

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Thank you SLICE, Dr. Vadheim, Dr. Bryan, (Master) Kelley, and all the volunteers who attended!

10/19 volunteers by grade level Freshman 5 Sophomore 3 Junior 15 Senior 8 Alumni 1 unknown 1 Community 8 Total 41

GREEN CAMPUS WEEK TABLING

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Lighting, water, and recycling sorting display quiz.

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61 participants (despite 100 degree heat!)

RECYCLING UPDATE

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Marketing designed signage for all stone bins and defunct specialty bins

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Mostly up on main campus corridors

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Expanding branding and education to interior buildings soon.

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Mixed recycling guidance sticker still being printed (will go up soon).

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Mixed recycling available throughout main campus as of tomorrow (LSU and Housing to come later)

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Free battery recycling collection bins- just ask!

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Recycling bin inventory to start placing stations in more convenient locations for interior buildings and corridors

STUDENT SOLAR PETITION LETTER

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Led by Ecology Club (Chrystene Newman)

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Expresses student interest in solar and support for adding generation on campus.

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Over 120 student signatures!

CAMPUS FARM UPDATE

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Grant announcements in November (fingers crossed!)

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Facilities providing clean-up this upcoming month.

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Farm Club awareness event on Monday, November 20th (tabling/scavenger hunt in front of LSU 11am-2pm)

WORKING GROUP ASSEMBLY

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Identified Topics:

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Sustainable Landscape Working Group- November meeting date

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Tree Campus USA framework-> Sustainable Landscape Plan and Committee

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Start drafting elements and making notes about what to include

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Academic Infusion/Faculty Working Group

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February meeting to discuss AASHE STARS academic inventory findings.

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Earth Day Working Group

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January meeting to start planning. Space (East and West Walkways) already booked for Thursday, April 19, 2018.

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Sign up with and/or reach out to Ellie Perry at eperry@csudh.edu or call x2303

OTHER UPCOMING PROJECTS

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Recycling education and continued branding of bins (exterior and interior)

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AASHE STARS Reporting

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GHG inventory for the campus

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Academic inventory

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Sustainability Website Revamp

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Working Group Projects: Sustainable Landscape Plan, Earth Day

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Spring semester programming: Race to Reduce Month, other events as needed

OPEN DISCUSSION

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Q&A

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Feedback

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New Ideas

NOTES

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Visit Central Plant’s Open House for a free tunnel tour and/or snacks anytime on Tuesday, Oct 31st 10am-2pm. Visit cptour.Eventbrite.com for more information or to RSVP for a special prize.

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To see the current draft of the campus Master Plan and to provide feedback/thoughts, visit this link: https://www.csudh.edu/fpcm/campus-master-plan-update/

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Professor Janine Gasco is offering a sustainable agriculture course that goes on a 14-day trip to Mexico during the Winter Intersession (Anthropology 495 Special Topics: Traditional Mesoamerican Agriculture and Sustainability). Please encourage students to sign up!

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If you are a faculty member interested in incorporating the new farm into your courses, please e-mail Hawk (ahawkmcfadzen1@toromail.csudh.edu) to get on the invite list for the Course Syllabus Meeting (date TBD).

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If you would like to sign up for a Working Group, or join the Sustainability Committee meeting distribution, please e-mail Ellie at eperry@csudh.edu