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Created: Feb 22, 2008
Updated: Oct 19, 2009
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Sustainable Cabrillo Flex Week Agenda Building
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Here's the Flex Week Announcement:
Sustainable Cabrillo
Now that Cabrillo has signed on to the President’s Climate Commitment, how will we approach zero greenhouse gas emissions? What innovations will we create towards educating and evolving our campus to a fully sustainable institution? What new or existing best practices in course design, interdisciplinary courses, task forces, community outreach, student-run programs and activities will help us move toward climate neutrality and improve our ecological footprint as a campus community? Open to all members of the Cabrillo community—staff , faculty, students, administrators—who would like to be a part of the greening of our campus. 3-5pm rm406 Karen Groppi, Lisa McAndrews, & Michelle Merrill
Cabrillo College Sustainability Alliance members - your suggestions/responses can be added here by clicking "edit" (above left).
Now that Cabrillo has signed on to the President’s Climate Commitment, how will we approach zero greenhouse gas emissions?
What innovations will we create towards educating and evolving our campus to a fully sustainable institution?
What new or existing best practices in course design, interdisciplinary courses, task forces, community outreach, student-run programs and activities will help us move toward climate neutrality and improve our ecological footprint as a campus community?
Here's the Flex Week Announcement:
Sustainable Cabrillo
Now that Cabrillo has signed on to the President’s Climate Commitment, how will we approach zero greenhouse gas emissions? What innovations will we create towards educating and evolving our campus to a fully sustainable institution? What new or existing best practices in course design, interdisciplinary courses, task forces, community outreach, student-run programs and activities will help us move toward climate neutrality and improve our ecological footprint as a campus community? Open to all members of the Cabrillo community—staff , faculty, students, administrators—who would like to be a part of the greening of our campus. 3-5pm rm406 Karen Groppi, Lisa McAndrews, & Michelle Merrill
Cabrillo College Sustainability Alliance members - your suggestions/responses can be added here by clicking "edit" (above left).
Now that Cabrillo has signed on to the President’s Climate Commitment, how will we approach zero greenhouse gas emissions?
What innovations will we create towards educating and evolving our campus to a fully sustainable institution?
What new or existing best practices in course design, interdisciplinary courses, task forces, community outreach, student-run programs and activities will help us move toward climate neutrality and improve our ecological footprint as a campus community?
Sustainable Cabrillo 10-Year Vision
Instructions: “look backward from perfect... don’t worry about how to get there yet”
o Greenery to replace eco-footprint
o Few parking lots vegetable gardens
o Shared language and goals around sustainability
o Eco-Literacy
o Certificates and degrees – interdisciplinary curricula
o Educate students about recycling
o Energy independence (green)
o Solar on every south-facing roof
o Biodiesel creation on-site
o Maintenance trucks run on biodiesel
o Enough energy to sell back and make money
o Cabrillo leads community in sustainability R&D
o Appropriate landscaping
o Permeable concrete pavement
o Rail trail
o Electric train with a bridge to Cabrillo
o More outdoor class/gathering space
o Eliminate leaf blowers – have leaf rakes and brooms
o Rentable E-Cars
o Composting toilets
o Low-flow sinks and toilets
o Female waterless urinals
o Tree-free paper
o Near paperless campus
o Composting
o Bird sanctuary
o Plastic policy, no Styrofoam
o Rainwater catchments
o Everybody has their own dish/flatware/cup/napkin
o Compostable containers
o Green purchasing
o All local food production
o Get rid of cell-phone tower (better teaching environment with poorer cell-phone reception)
o Better bike parking
o E-bike & scooter recharging
o Adequate pay and benefits for all employees
o Pesticide-free
o Vending machines with no cans & bottles