Leading by Design Taskforce

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Leading by Design Taskforce

• Presentation of Findings
• December 10, 2007

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www.uvm.edu/sustainability
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• Leading By Design Task Force Members
• ?Lisa Aultman-Hall, UVM Transportation Center
• ?Kenneth Bagstad, UVM Graduate Student
• ?Cynthia Belliveau, Continuing Education
• ?Paul Bierman, College of Arts Sciences,
  Department of Geology
• ?Jan Blittersdorf, NRG Systems, Inc.
• ?Frances Carr, Vice President for Research Dean
  of Graduate Studies
• ?Salvatore Chiarelli, UVM Physical Plant
• ?Chrysanne Chotas, UVM Corporation Foundation
  Relations
• ?Judith Ann Cohen, College of Nursing and Health
  Sciences Faculty Senate
• ?Robert Costanza, (Chair, UVM Leading by Design
  Project)  Gund Institute for Ecological Economics
• ?Cami Davis, UVM Environmental Program  
  Department of Art and Art History
• ?Don Dehayes, The Rubenstein School of
  Environment and Natural Resources
• ?Richard Galbraith, College of Medicine
• ?Domenico Grasso, College of Engineering and
  Mathematical Sciences
• ?Eileen Horn, UVM Graduate Student
• ?Charles Hulse, College of Medicine
• ?Ida Kubiszewski, UVM Graduate Student
• ?Eleanor Miller, College of Arts and Sciences

Representation 6 Deans 4 Directors/Chairs 5 Grad
Students 5 Community 5 Staff 17 female/14 male
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Envisioning Event April 30, 2007, Approximate
Attendance 350 attendees Online comments
63 Email submissions 77 Summarized to 90
visionary statements for survey
Community Congress Sept. 24 29,
2007 Approximate Attendance 225
attendees Project Ideas Over 65 submitted
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Methods

• Participation from over 1500 members of the UVM
  community
• One survey released in July asked participants to
  rank 60 visionary statements synthesized from
  input shared through UVM 2020 forum in April, an
  online questionnaire, and email
• 990 UVM community members have responded to date
• Both a Likert Scale and 1-5 ranking exercise were
  used to prioritize the statements
• Conducted a parallel, randomly sampled survey to
  check for self-selection bias

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Survey participants
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Vision Survey Findings Likert Scale Rankings of
Importance
Percentage who said each statement was either
extremely or somewhat important

• 95.5 Campus buildings are ecologically designed
  for efficiency and create healthy environments
  with access for all with differing abilities
• 95.3 UVM has ample, well-maintained green
  spaces for recreation, social interaction, and
  aesthetic enjoyment.
• 94.8 UVM has adopted policies and practices
  that foster quality of life for students,
  faculty, staff, and the broader community.
• 93.4 Functional landscaping captures all campus
  stormwater runoff, protecting Lake Champlain
• 92.4 Courses have a strong emphasis on
  critical systems thinking and applied,
  problem-based learning.
• 91.8 Bike and pedestrian paths link campus and
  community.
• 91.8 Employees are compensated equitably and
  competitively
• 91.3 Campus dining facilities utilize
  compostable containers and re-use dishes and
  utensils
• 90.9 The university celebrates diversity and
  has rid itself of racism, sexism and other
  prejudices.
• 90.3 Campus vehicles are fueled by clean
  technologies
• 89.7 UVM is actively engaged in global research
  and education initiatives.
• 88.6 Service learning, internships, and
  work-based learning have become fundamental
  components of the educational process.
• 85.6 UVM rewards collaboration and partnerships
  in both research and education.

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• Frequently heard words/concepts
• Collaboration
• Integration
• No Silos
• Whole Systems Education
• Transforming
• Complex
• Ecosystem thinking
• Design
• Problem Based/ Solutions-Focused
• Transdisciplinary,interdisciplinary,
  multidisciplinary
• Service Learning
• Leading
• Real world relevance
• Cooperation
• Incentives
• Flexibility

• Wellbeing
• Connection
• Community
• Resources
• Sustainability
• Innovation
• Envision
• Health
• Facilitate
• Competition
• Rewards
• Green Economy
• A Model
• Engine of Change
• Constructive
• Solutions

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Themes that Emerged

• Foster solutions.
• Use integrative, transdisciplinary, whole
  systems thinking.
• Support and add value to the existing colleges,
  centers, programs, offices, etc.
• Help to expand the pie rather than competing
  for a slice.
• Collaborations Encouraged
• Between UVM Colleges
• Other Colleges Universities
• NGOs
• Local businesses
• Government offices programs

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• Organizational Structure
• Must provide adequate support and positive,
  consistent rewards for transdisciplinary
  synthesis
• University-wide/joint faculty-appointments,
  internal and external Fellows, and staff to
  facilitate
• Transdisciplinary Initiatives
• Transformative Projects
• Innovative courses
• Certificate Programs
• Matrix Center vs. MetaCollege vs. Expand
  existing UVM ___
• Unifying Theme/Tagline
• Integrative, Solutions-focused, Whole Systems
  Education, Research, and Service for a
  Sustainable and Desirable Future

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• Project Ideas
• Overwhelming response
• Highly Participatory Process
• Intervale Center Building a sustainable Local
  Food Syst
• Labs 21
  
• One Peace Institute
  
• Native Species Plantings at UVM
  
• Satellite campuses
  
• A 4-1 Masters in Sustainable Science
  
• Energy Efficiency Initiative
  
• Bicycle tire filling stations
  
• Facilitating UVM employee participation in
  research
• University Heights Renewable Energy Projects
  
• An Edible Learning Landscape
  
• Pedestrian and bicycle initiatives
  
• Growing Vermont
  
• Project Partners
  
• UVM Partnerships and Cross-disciplinary
  Connections

• Biofuels and alternative fuels initiative
  
• Critical Issues for Transportation in the 21st
  Century
• From Sustainable Enterprise Practices to Creative
  Economy
• Creating an Integrated Curriculum for UVM and
  Community Partners
  
• Student powered equipment
  
• University Sun Rooms
  
• Integrated Watershed Planning, Action Research
  and Ecol Infrastructure
  
• Transforming UVM through locally-based
  international engagement
  
• The Development of Ethnic Agriculture in
  Burlington
• Ecological Art Certificate Program
  
• District Energy System
  
• Transformative Ideas for Promoting Sustainability
  At the University of Vermont and Beyond -- From
  Students Enrolled NR 275, Natural Resources
  Planning, Fall 2007
• UVM 2020 Edible Landscape Fruit trees and herbal
  plant
• UVM greens
  
• Ecological Impact of Medical Care
  
• Waste ? Source Reduction/Conservation/Efficiency
  
• A Conservation Partnership for Environmental
  Conflict Resolution
  
• Green Purchasing
  
• Full cost accounting systems for UVM and beyond
  

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Thematic Groupings

• Social Justice and Diversity
• Sustainable Food Systems
• Green Buildings/Landscapes
• Energy and Waste Management
• Multi-modal Transportation
• Integrated Decision Making

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• Project Example Sustainable Campus Food Systems
• A pedagogical model for transdisciplinary
  collaboration

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• Submission Plan
• Deans Council Review Thursday, December 13th
• 2. Final changes to Draft incorporating Faculty
  Senate and Deans Council Input
• 3. Professional Editing
• 4. Submission to Lewis Foundation in late
  December 2007
• Final proposal for the Lewis Foundation to
  include
• Cover letter
• Proposal Hard Copy
• Proposal On-line version including all LBD
  projects proposals
• Integrative Solutions Matrix website
• Leading by Design Project video on DVD