Sustainability @ LC

Journey Forward: Educate people for life and leadership in an interdependent global and environmental context.

Core Theme Three: Be a community that commits itself to diversity and sustainability as dimensions of a just society.

Objective: Promote investigation, debate and action on local, national and global issues affecting ecological, social and economic sustainability.

Thank you!

advorak@lclark.edu

@DvorakAmy

Planning & Administration

What's next?

Lewis & Clark is committed to learning, innovation, and principled action on matters related to sustainability. Our research and actions extend beyond our campus into the wider world, we build on the best available scholarship and practice in our endeavors, and we recognize the importance and interrelatedness of ecology, economy, and equity.

Strategic Plan: Exploring for the Global Good

PURPOSE: Three distinctive schools united by a core purpose: to empower our graduates to make a positive impact on the world.

Facilities Related Issues

VALUES

• Collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking
• A caring and supportive community
• Sustainability
• Global perspectives
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Curiosity, adventure, innovation, and leadership

The institutional Sustainability Council will work with the three deans as well as faculty from each school in developing new programming and enhancing existing coursework to advance sustainability-related curriculum between and across the three schools.

• stormwater
• waste/recycling
• building operating/maintenance standards
• BHAG: living building, unique res hall experience
• Grounds: invasive species,

Reporting Framework

Reporting & Recognition

Student & Community Engagement

Renewable Energy Fee History

2003: student fee initiated by CAS students

2009: expanded to offset 100%

2010: Green Fee Fund began

2014: transition to REFF, student-run

Organizational Structure

Sustainability Council

Board of Advisors

• external: alums, local professionals, leaders
• purpose: to connect students with internship

President

CFO

• Faculty, staff, students reps from each schools
• Around since late 90's
• CFO, General Counsel, Facilities, PubCom, IA standing positions
• Committees: Operations, Learning, Communications & Outreach
• Mostly volunteers, chaired by faculty member - one part time paid faculty for education

Climate Action

Clubs you may interact with:

• tiny house club
• garden collective
• SEED

Student & Community Engagement

External Influences: Partners, Contractors, Regulatory

Sustainability @ LC

Sustainability Office

Amy + students

• NSO outreach, trips
• Student clubs, student events
• Student activism
• Environmental living halls, 'learning lab' activities
• Renewable energy fee

Examples - student concern over:

• chemical use in grounds
• natural cleaning supplies
• water/energy use
• composting
• cutting down trees

LC has a long history of energy management and climate leadership.

Curriculum

Operations

• CAS, Law, Grad programs/courses
• some limited cooperation with Facilities (examples)
• No formal center or robust coordination (one part time stipend position, volunteer efforts)

Curricular & Co-Curricular Connections

Projects & Initiatives

• CAS
• EA LLC
• Sustainability & Entrepreneurship Course
• Law
• Green Energy Institute
• Renewable Energy
• Grad
• Institution-wide
• Hot Topics Speaker Series

• 25 + years documented energy management activities

• Baseline energy reductions near 30%

• Signatory to the President's Climate Commitment

• Signatory to the Kyoto Protocol

Sustainability @ LC