The Logic

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The Logic

• Students are again interested in public service,
  and in the environment
• Those of us who lived through the 1970s are, too
• An Inconvenient Truth has caught peoples
  attention
• The consumer society is responding
• Interesting partnerships are forming
• Academia, especially a research-extensive
  university, provides a very fertile soil (and
  renewable energy!)

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The Purposes

• The Drexel Committee for Sustainability is a task
  force of students, faculty and staff working in
  six areas to review and evaluate all aspects of
  operations, buildings and student life on campus,
  with the objective of developing a five-year plan
  to make Drexel a more environmentally-friendly
  community.
• Educating citizens.

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Drexel Greens Six Committees

• Research whats out there what are our
  peer and stretch colleges and universities
  doing? 
• Buildings designing new buildings and
  renovating/retrofitting old buildings
• Operations procurement, electricity, food,
  water, waste, bus/shuttles, paper

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Drexel Greens Six Committees

• Student life and student living residential
  life, activities, service
• Community what kinds of things should Drexel be
  doing with its neighboring communities and the
  City
• Communications spreading the word, engaging the
  interest, building the community

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Drexel Green Gameplan

• Begin by engaging students March 3
• Expand to faculty and staff April 22
• Phase I investigation and communication
  March-June
• Phase II evaluation July-September
• Phase III formulation October- December

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Phase I Communication

• Website
• www.drexel.edu/sustainability or /green
• Triangle and Drexel Daily Digest
• Ads, articles, op-eds
• Flyers, ads, posters, speakers
• Wiki http//dusers.drexel.edu/drexelgreen/wiki/?t
  itleMain_Page
• Forum
• http//dusers.drexel.edu/drexelgreen/forums/

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Phase I Investigation and Communication

• Seven Community Presentations
• Disposal and Recycling Programs
• Building Design and Construction
• Building Systems and Energy Use
• Dining Services
• Procurement/Purchasing
• Transportation
• Drexels Carbon Footprint

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Buses, Bikes, Cars, Trains and FeetWhat is
Drexel Doing to Promote Green Locomotion?

• Youve ridden in the Drexel buses and vans,
  youve seen the bike racks, you know parkings
  tough, theres always the subway. Are we using
  biodiesel or considering all hybrid (or better)
  cars? Does it incentivize greener modes of
  transit or burden others? Should it? Are there
  better ways for Drexel to move its people around?
  Should Drexel play a larger role in supporting
  public transportation?
• Tomorrow, 1200 Noon, Mitchell
  Auditorium, Bossone

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Community Presentations

• Well attended between 35 85 people, good mix
  of students, faculty and administrators
• Webcast
• 25 minute presentations, and 25 minutes of
  questions, good ideas
• All powerpoints and podcasts on the Drexel Green
  website
• Well presented, and well received

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Phase I InvestigationCall for Quarterly
Reports

• E-mailed to all Deans/Directors SVPs/VPs
• The objective is to create a complete listing, as
  much as possible an inventory of all things
  environmental/sustainable that are going on at
  Drexel. I think we will all be surprised and
  proud of what we are already doing.
• Note to Deans The academic, research and
  service efforts that you and your colleagues are
  making are obviously key pieces of this,
  attesting to the range of our involvement.

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Why Quarterly Reports?

• College Sustainability Report Card
• Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment and Rating
  System (STARS) - the gold standard evaluation
  now being used in colleges and universities
• http//www.aashe.org/stars/documents/STARS_0.5.pdf
  
• The Princeton Review

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Other Evaluators

• The Sierra Club http//www.sierraclub.org/sierra/
  200711/coolschools/
• Grist Magazine a giant circulation internet
  magazine on the environment that publishes an
  annual rating of green universities
  http//www.grist.org/news/maindish/2007/08/10/coll
  eges/?sourcemost_popular
• Aspen Institute ranks business schools based on
  their level of environmental academics
  http//www.aspeninstitute.org/site/apps/nl/content
  2.asp?chuLWJeMRKpHb2463765ct4508813
• Association of University Leaders for a
  Sustainable Future   http//www.ulsf.org/pdf/TD.
  pdf

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Sustainability Assessment Questionnaire
(SAQ)Seven Dimensions of Higher Education and
Associated Indicators of Sustainability

• 1. Curriculum
• Courses with sustainability content in all
  departments
• Sustainability part of traditional disciplinary
  education
• Institution's relationship to surrounding
  environment part of formal and informal education
  
• 2. Research Scholarship
• Research and scholarship on sustainability-related
  topics/issues
• Interdisciplinary programs/structures for
  research and policy development
• 3. Operations
• Environmental and sustainable practices (such as
  energy conservation and waste reduction)
• Operations integrated into education and research

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• 4. Faculty Staff Development Rewards
• Hiring, tenure and promotion recognize faculty
  contributions to sustainability
• Faculty and staff development opportunities
  enhance environmental awareness and
  sustainability
• 5. Community Outreach Service
• Projects and programs support sustainable local
  communities
• Partnerships for sustainability with K-12,
  business, government and other institutions at
  regional, national and international levels
• 6. Student Opportunities
• Orientation and opportunities for student action
  and involvement in sustainability initiatives
• Exposure to environmental or sustainability-relate
  d careers
• 7. Institutional Mission, Structure Planning
• Formal written statements of mission and purpose
  reflect a commitment to sustainability
• Positions, committees, etc. exist which reinforce
  sustainability
• Sustainability and environmental issues given
  broad visibility on campus

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Information Sought for Quarterly Reports

• Public/University Events such as speakers,
  programs, events related to environmental/sustaina
  bility issues (I have the list of green-related
  events that were included in the Daily Digest)
• Campus Operations  - changed procedures, systems,
  or approaches (e.g., tray-less Tuesdays at meals,
  10 off at Starbucks for using mugs issued RFPs
  with new eco-friendly requirements, initiating
  energy saving procedures in an administrative/orga
  nizational unit
• Student Life activities designed to
  expose/involve students in sustainability issues
  (education, activities, careers, research)
  including education about waste, recycling, etc.
• Academics/Scholarship/Research ongoing or newly
  formed committees, study groups,
  interdepartmental initiatives, etc. courses
  taught (like UNIV 101) and programs held
  involving students, other colleges
• External Community Involvement/Activities
  participation of faculty, staff, or students in
  projects, activities (studies, conferences, city
  clean-ups, planted trees, Recyclemania, etc.)
• Faculty Activities  - creation of new
  sustainability focused courses, integration of
  sustainability concerns into existing courses,
  grants/ awards applied for/received faculty
  development initiatives/hires participation in
  professional organizations and societies

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Respondents To Date

• College of Media Arts Design
• College of Information Science Technology
• General Counsel
• University Relations
• Information Resources Technology
• Administrative Services Student Life (pending)

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One Colleges Response

• - Reusing recycled copy to convert into memo
  pads.
• - Eliminating the purchase of foam hot liquid
  cups to encourage use of mugs.
• - Will add more recycling bins and signs to all
  areas of the building.
• - Will add recycling bins for all outdoor events.
• - Will initiate a monthly recycling program of
  computer parts and supplies.
• - Will add a tag line at the end of all emails
  that states Think Green, not all emails need to
  be printed.
• - Will ensure all paper products used by all in
  the Rush Building come from recycled paper.
• - Quick Facts about energy conservation and other
  green ideas to educate students, staff and
  faculty will be emailed and posted throughout the
  Rush Building. (www.greendaily.com )
• - A list of everything that is recyclable will be
  clearly visible at all recycling bins.
• - Will plan a Recycling Drive in May to announce
  all the new initiatives the college plans on
  doing.
• - Will incorporate a Green logo on our website
  where students, staff and faculty can submit
  their ideas.
• - Will ensure all cleaning products are safe for
  the environment.

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One Administrative Departments Response

• Purchase recycled supplies when available
• Greater re-use of Interoffice envelopes
• Turn off lights in office(s) when not in use
• Turn off computers at the end of each day
• Return used toner cartridges to Office Depot to
  be recycled
• use ceramic mugs
• or reuse or recycle plastic cold beverage cups
• Staff members make use of recycling containers
  for paper and for plastic/aluminum cans
• Board of Trustees are now electronically notified
  of committee and board meetings instead of
  mailings  
• We are told that our shredded paper is recycled
• We have re-used boxes repeatedly and keep them
  stored in the basement.  We have used them for
  when our office was relocated during renovations,
  if we needed to box up files to be sent to the
  basement for archiving, etc.
• Documents and agreements have been updated using
  track changes and shared electronically so that
  we avoid printing unnecessarily.
• Some staff members receive their telephone
  messages electronically instead of receiving a
  multitude of paper messages.
• When we have replaced computers for staff
  members, we have donated the older computers to
  area schools, churches and organizations.
• Appointment of Sustainability Coordinator

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One Vendors Response - Sodexho

• Travel Mugs that can be used for a 99-cent refill
  at most locations
•  New one at a time Xpress napkin dispensers in
  the resident dining center
• 5-cent discount when you opt out of using a
  plastic bag at Northside Market
• Recycling cardboard at all dining locations
• Batch cooking to reduce food waste at the
  resident dining center Organic and vegan grocery
  products available at Northside Market
• Fair Trade coffees at Starbucks, Creese Café and
  Bookmark Café
• Catering brochures are now available on line to
  reduce printing and paper usage
• Low flow nozzles used in the dish room
• Zero trans fat oils
• Waste cooking oil is refined and used for
  industrial lubricants and biofuels
• Using new local produce company

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Phase I Achievements

• Dynamic Website and Wiki
• Presentations inspired Administrative Departments
  to focus on these issues
• Attention and enthusiasm with events around Earth
  Day/Earth Week
• More than 150 people participating in the
  Committee
• Procurement amended its mission statement

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• University Procurement supports Drexel
  University's educational mission and
  administrative needs in accordance with the
  University's policies and procedures by assisting
  faculty and staff in obtaining timely, high
  quality products and services at low prices
  utilizing good business practices, professional
  ethics with green/sustainable values

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Initiatives

• Trayless Tuesdays during April saved 480
  gallons of water and over 200 pounds of food
  waste each day
• Reduced flow showers in the DAC, since
  mid-February were down 6 mcf in the DAC at a
  cost of /-45/mcf, or 270.  The investment was
  4180.  Annualized, the savings should track to
  2340, for less than a two-year payback. 

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Water Consumption in the DAC
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The Objective

• Wouldnt it be terrific if students leaving
  Drexel would take an appreciation for our
  environment with them, to their families, their
  homes, their jobs.
• Five years from now, when we are looking back on
  the five-year plan we created, be proud not only
  of what Drexel has achieved, but what Drexels
  alumni have achieved, taking this knowledge with
  them.

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The Charge

• The bottom line this is not about The
  University. It is about us. It is about you.
• How can we take less from resources that cannot
  be renewed? How can we use less, and cause less
  damage? How can we together create a more
  sustainable environment?

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Modest Proposals

• Faculty Senate Create a Sustainability
  Committee
• Administrative Units/Departments Appoint a
  Sustainability Coordinator and keep track of
  Green efforts
• Make suggestions via website or
  drexelgreen_at_drexel.edu
• Join the Committee
• www.drexel.edu/green/getinvolved