Green

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Ball State University
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The Ball State ExperienceImplementing the
Talloires Declaration

• Greening of the Campus Conference
• Muncie, Indiana
• 20-22 September 2001

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The BSU Green History

• Provost Warren Vander Hill appoints 1st Green
  Committee in April 1991
• 35 recommendations
• Short term Immediately Doable
• Mid term Funding and Time Required
• Long Term Capital Expense/Structural Change

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Direct Outcomes

• Provosts Green lecture series
• Green for Green summer support
• Campus recycling
• Greening of the Campus conference(s)

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Related Developments

• Bracken Environmental Fund
• Clustered Minors
• Environmental Ethics Course (PHIL 230)
• NREM 405 project
• Ball State as a Sustainable U
• Biomass energy research

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Other Contextual Activities

• Ongoing campus energy conservation
• White River Corridor overlooks
• Rails to Trails

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Most Recent Emphasis

• Green for Green Support
• Clustered Minors Program Development
• Greening of the Campus Conferencing
• Talloires Adoption
• Green-2 Implementation

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Green for Green

• Seed grants for environmental projects
• Summer faculty develop short courses with
  interdisciplinary involvement
• (125 BSU faculty participants to date)

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Clustered Minors

• Five (5) Minors presently offered
  Environmental Context for Business
• Environmental Policy
• Sustainable Land Systems
• Technology and the Environment
• Environmental Context for Health Care

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Clustered Minors

• 3 Core course (ethics, economics, ecology)
• 3 Context courses (electives)
• 1 Anchoring course
• 1 Closing course ID 400 Creating A
  Sustainable Future

www.bsu.edu/cluster
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Greening Conferences

• 1996 Greening of the Campus
• 1997 II The Next Step
• 1999 III Theory and Reality
• 2001 IV Moving to the Mainstream

www.bsu.edu/greening
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Talloires

• President signs on
• Earth Day 99
• Witnessed by ULSF leaders
• Shared with campus community

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Green-2 Committee

• Proposal for Green-2 made to Provost
• committee structure to use Talloires
• time line set for academic year
• funding proposals anticipated

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Green-2 Structure

• Planning Committee
• Steering committee
• tenet 10
• Subcommittees
• tenets 1-9

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Green-2 Composition

• Diversity of membership
• Continuity of co-chair leadership
• Completeness of representation
• faculty, staff, administrators, students, and
  community leaders

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G-2 Planning Committee

• Co-Chair Robert J. Koester CERES
• Co-Chair B. Thomas Lowe University College
• Resource James Eflin Natural Resources
  Environmental Management
• Resource David L. Ferguson Landscape
  Architecture
• Resource John Vann Marketing

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G-2 Steering Committee

• Planning Committee
• Subcommittee Chairs
• Note
• Subcommittee chairs include membership from each
  of Seven Academic Colleges, Facilities Planning
  Management Office, and a Graduate student

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G-2 Subcommittee Chairs

• Publics Nancy Carlson, Telecommunications
  
• Universities Phil Repp, Art
• Students Barb Stedman, English
• Faculties Thalia Mulvihill, Educational
  Studies
• Exemplars Mike Planton, Facilities Planning
• Funders Jim Flowers, Industry Technology
• Practitioners Ray Montagno, Management Science
• Schools John Motloch, Landscape Architecture
• Organizations Pedro Pacheco, Doctoral Student

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Publics

• Nancy Carlson,
• Telecommunications,
• Subcommittee chair
• Donna Biggs, Burris Lab School
• Ron Bonham, Community
• Hugh Brown, NREM
• Eric Davenport, Student
• Kay Hodson-Carlton, Nursing
• Kevin Kenyon, Business Affairs
• Tom Morrell, Biology
• Glenda Riley, History
• Jim Shasky, Telecommunications
• Gordon Stagge, Community
• Phyllis Yuhas, Community

• Use every opportunity to raise public,
  government, industry, foundation, and university
  awareness by openly addressing the urgent need to
  move toward an environmentally sustainable
  future.

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Universities

• Encourage all universities to engage in
  education, research, policy formation, and
  information exchange on population, environment,
  and development to move toward global
  sustainability.

• Phil Repp,
• Art,
  Subcommittee chair
• Abel Alves, History
• Serena Bodner, Student
• Jacquelyn Buckrop, Administration
• Michael OHara, Theater and Dance
• Les Smith, Landscape Architecture
• Tom Smith, Facilities Planning

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Students

• Establish programs to produce expertise in
  environmental management, sustainable economic
  development, population, and related fields to
  ensure that all university graduates are
  environmentally literate, and have the awareness
  and understanding to be ecologically responsible
  citizens.

• Barb Stedman,
• English,
• Subcommittee chair
• Kemuel Badger, Biology
• Michael Bauer, Communication Studies
• Jeff Chicki, Student
• Gary Dodson, Biology
• Andrew Slack, Geography
• Nicole Wolf, Student

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Faculties

• Create programs to develop the capability of
  university faculty to teach environmental
  literacy to all undergraduate, graduate, and
  professional students.

• Thalia Mulvihill,
• Educational Studies, Subcommittee chair
• William Bock, Physiology and Health Science
• Charles Jones, Teaching and Learning
• Aimee Joyaux, Art
• Tim Lyon, NREM
• Lina Rosengren, Student
• George Smith, Landscape Architecture

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Exemplars

• Mike Planton,
• Facilities Planning,
• Subcommittee Chair
• Martha Hunt, Landscape Architecture
• Brian Kelley, Computing Services
• Cheryl LeBlanc, Biology
• Jim McClure, Economics
• Douglas Naffziger, Management
• Les Richardson, Facilities Management
• Jim Segedy, Urban Planning
• Lynn Sousa, Chemistry
• Peter Tallman, Student
• Liz Vanmatre, RHDS
• Don VanMeter, Administration
• Ted Wolner, Architecture

• Set an example of environmental responsibility by
  establishing institutional ecology policies and
  practices of resource conservation, recycling,
  waste reduction, and environmentally sound
  operations.

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Funders

• Encourage involvement of government, foundations,
  and industry in supporting interdisciplinary
  research, education, policy information, and
  information exchange in environmentally
  sustainable development. Expand work with
  community and non-governmental organizations to
  assist in finding solutions to environmental
  problems.

• Jim Flowers,
• Industry Technology, Subcommittee chair
• Steve Anderson, Community
• Barry Banks, Community
• Jeff Grigsby, Geology
• Mahfuza Khatun, Physics and Astronomy
• Kristi Koriath, OARSP
• Tom Lauer, Biology
• John Taylor, Student
• Paul Wohlt, Anthropology

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Practitioners

• Convene faculty and administrators with
  environmental practitioners to develop curricula,
  research initiatives, operations systems, and
  outreach activities for an environmentally
  sustainable future.

• Ray Montagno,
• Management,
  Subcommittee chair
• John Craddock, Community
• Thomas Frisbie-Fulton, Facilities Planning
• Jamey McDaniel, Chemistry
• Dave Nawrocki, Student
• John Pichtel, NREM
• Phil Tevis, Community
• Gwen White, Accounting

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Schools

• Establish partnerships with primary and secondary
  schools to help develop the capacity for
  interdisciplinary teaching about population,
  environment, and sustainable development.

• John Motloch,
• Landscape Architecture, Subcommittee chair
• Jim Coffin, International Programs
• Shireen DeSouza, Biology
• Jim Kirkwood, Industry and Technology
• Amy Kress, Community
• Bobby Malone, Educational Leadership
• Tolulope Olowomeye, Student
• Larry Smith, Elementary Education
• Nancy Watson, Burris

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Organizations

• Work with national and international
  organizations to promote a worldwide university
  effort toward a sustainable future.

• Pedro Pacheco,
• Doctoral Student,
• Subcommittee chair
• Alfredo Fernandez, Architecture
• Gene Frankland, Political Science
• Brian Gordy, Community
• Kyama Kabadaki, Sociology
• Stan Keil, Economics
• Mike Lannoo, Community
• Barbara Maves, Community
• Nihal Perera, Urban Planning
• Susan Taylor, Libraries
• Holly Truemper, Student

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G-2 Mission

• Sustainability as the triple bottom line
• Complement University Strategic Plan
• Propose measurable actions to move toward
  becoming a sustainable university

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First Accomplishments

• Planning Group meetings Summer, 2000
• Resource Persons identified
• Website developed
• Kick-off meeting September, 2000

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Kick-off Meeting September 28, 2000
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Resources
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The Web Site

• www.bsu.edu/g2

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www.bsu.edu/g2
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Next Accomplishments

• Steering committee meetings begin monthly
• Initial subcommittee meetings
• Resource Persons
• attend The Natural Step Conference October,
  2000

• Draft report submitted December, 2000

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Final Report Contents

• Action Item Matrices
• Impact Categorization
• Items of Emphasis
• Tear Sheets

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Action Item Matrices

• Content
• Actions Required
• Personnel Responsible
• Resources Needed
• Availability
• Source
• Funding Level Required

• Time Frames
• Short-Term
• Mid-Term
• Long-Term

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Impact Categories

• Educational Activities
• Demonstration Projects
• Operations
• Others

• Content Development
• Content Distribution
• Assessments
• External Linkages

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Top-10 Item Emphasis

• Campus Audit
• Green Development Staff
• Recycling Program
• Bikeway System
• Fuel Efficient/Hybrid Vehicles
• Fuel Use/Energy Conservation/Heating Plant
• Clustered Minors
• Green Issues Awareness/Trunk Show
• Environmental Education Resource Center
• Core Curriculum Goals/Freshman Connection

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Top-10 Tear Sheets
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Report Conclusion

• In principle,Greening of the Campus
• is a multi-nodal activity.
• In practice,Greening of the Campus
• requires administrative support.

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Report Presentation March 26, 2001
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Decisions by the Provost

• Create a Council on the Environment
• Appoint a Council Chair
• Appoint a Green Funding Specialist
• Appoint a Green Initiatives Coordinator
• Invite Appointments to the Council
• Provide Funding Solicitation Stipends
• Host a Senior Staff Briefing
• Share the Work at the Greening Conference

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The Ball State Experiencecontinues The
BSU Council on the EnvironmentBSU/COTE
Center for Energy Research/Education/Service
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BSU/COTE STAFF MEMBERSHIP

Dr. Warren Vander Hill Provost and (future)
University Distinguished Professor of
Environmental Studies Mr. Robert J.
Koester Council Chair Dr. James Eflin Resource
Person Mr. Dave Ferguson Resource Person Dr. Jim
Flowers Green Development Specialist Dr. John
Vann Resource Person and Green Initiatives
Coordinator Mr. Jeff Culp Web Master
Center for Energy Research/Education/Service
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BSU/COTE REPRESENTATION

Mr. Kevin Kenyon Business Affairs Dr. David
Lasater University Advancement Dr. B. Thomas
Lowe Academic Affairs Dr. Phil Repp Information
Technology Mr. Dan Stallings Student Affairs Mr.
Stephen Anderson Muncie Community Dr. Hugh
Brown College of Sciences and Humanities Dr.
Nancy Carlson College of Communication,
Information and Media Dr. Jim Flowers College of
Applied Sciences and Technology Dr. Stan
Keil College of Business Dr. Dave
LeBlanc College of Sciences and Humanities Dr.
Sally Myers College of Fine Arts Dr. Thalia
Mulvihill Teachers College Dr. George
Smith College of Architecture and Planning Dr.
Barbara Stedman Contract Faculty
Center for Energy Research/Education/Service
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www.bsu.edu/cote