CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE

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CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
AND SUSTAINABILITY AT MALASPINA
Campus Master Planning Committee
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CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
Presentation Outline

• History and Structure
• Policy
• Membership
• Mandate
• Initiatives
• Sustainability

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CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
History

• 1996 Campaign Against Parking Fees
• 1998 Green Campus Committee
• 1999 Environmental Trust Pay Parking
• 2000 TASMI
• 2007 Campus Sustainability Committee

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CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
Policy and Procedures

• TASMI (44.09)
• Environmental Trust (44.10)
• Parking Services (44.11)
• Terms of Reference
• No Procedures
• http//mala.ca/policies/

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CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
Membership

• 2 Students - appointed by MSU
• 2 Faculty - one from each MFA and BCGEU
• 1 Support Staff appointed by CUPE
• 1 Administrator appointed by President
• 1 Board Member appointed by Board
• Director of Communications or Designate,
  ex-officio and non-voting
• Director of Facilities, ex-officio and non-voting
• Vice-President Administration, ex-officio and
  non-voting

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CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
Current Membership

• Students Sheridan Clemson, Steven Beasley
• Faculty Jean Maltesen, Steve Earle
• Support Staff Steve Hughes
• Administrator David Drakeford, Assoc, VP Ac.
• Board Member Dawne Grant (outgoing)
• Debra Jacklin, Communications Officer
• Ric Kelm, Facilities Director
• Maria Frost, Vice-President Administration
  (Interim)
• Diane Shipclark, Committee Secretary

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CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
Mandate
Advise the Board on the development and execution
of a campus sustainability plan to increase
levels of sustainable development, reduce waste
created by University-College operations, and
maximize energy efficiency and effectiveness of
University-College facilities. Work with the
campus community to encourage and promote
sustainable transportation methods for members of
the campus community in travelling to and from
Malaspina campuses.
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CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
Mandate (cont)
Support initiatives to raise awareness about
sustainability issues among the campus community
and encourage dialogue and discussion of related
matters. Make recommendations on the allocation
of funding to initiatives in the campus
sustainability plan and recommended priorities
for investment of the Environmental Trust on an
annual basis.
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CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
Mandate (cont)
Promote the University-Colleges commitment to
sustainability to the campus community and the
community at large as a means to encourage
greater public commitment to issues of
sustainability.
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CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
Past Initiatives

• Bike Lockers
• Transit Planning
• Transportation Demand Management
• Parking Facilities
• Green Space Enhancement
• Call Boxes
• Other

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CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
Current Initiatives

• SYC Campus Sustainability Assessment (action)
• Communications Plan (action)
• Best Practices Assessment (action)
• Policy Review and Updates (action)
• Biodiesel plant (action)
• Transit Planning (discussion)
• Campus Master Planning (discussion)
• Carbon Neutrality Mandate (discussion)

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CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
Campus Sustainability
Based on the current mandate of the CSC,
sustainability is interpreted as reducing the
ecological footprint and climate-change impact of
the University-College and ensuring that each
generation of faculty, staff and students does
not deplete the social, economic and
environmental capital left for the next
generation.
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CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
Ecological footprint Reducing our contribution
to climate change
Electricity and gas usage data supplied by
Facilities Services, personal car data based on
information on parking use and assumptions about
trip length (avg. 10 km each way) and vehicle
types.
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CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
Expand Sustainability - Environment

• Bioregionalism Unifying Purpose and Place
• Integrate operation and curriculum with the
  region
• Model global leadership through local actions
• Participate in community ecology
• Ecological footprint Preserving our
  Environmental Capital
• Malaspinas Operations
• Transit vs commuting
• Home and work

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CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
Expand Sustainability - Social

• Shared Governance Cooperation and
  Responsibility
• All stakeholders responsible for finding
  solutions
• Interdisciplinary approach to sustainability
• Integrated environmental, academic planning
• Built Environment - Sense of Place
• Built environment should reflect values, ideas
• Should be unique and interesting
• Should be consistent with environment/ecosystem
• Mixed use planning

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CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
Expand Sustainability Social (cont.)

• Access to Education Sharing Knowledge
• Sharing knowledge through publication,
  participation
• Keeping Education public

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CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
Expand Sustainability Economic

• Economic Self-Sufficiency Maitre Chez Nous!
• Less dependent on government funds
• Consistency in budgeting and funding

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CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
Questions?