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Live the Change
SMP Workshop
April 28, 2009
The Girl Who Silenced the World at the UN
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What is Sustainability?
To utilize components of social, cultural
and biological diversity in a way and rate
that does not lead to long-term decline,
thereby maintaining the potential to meet
the needs and aspirations of present
and future generations.
(Adapted from the “Conventions of Biological Diversity”)
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College Environmental Advisory Group
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College Environmental Advisory Group
Who is CEAG?
A committee
comprised of
representatives from
De Anza
administration, faculty,
student, staff and
community members.
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College Environmental Advisory Group
What does CEAG do?
Monitors and makes
recommendations to
individuals and groups
about college and
district policies relating
to environmentally
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sound practices.
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College Environmental Advisory Group
1990: CEAG Formed
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College Environmental Advisory Group
1990: CEAG Formed
1994: District Board adopted
environmentally sound practices
Environmentally Sustainable Practices 3214
Environmental sustainability is critically
important to the Foothill-De Anza Community
College District, the State of California, and the
nation…
Title 14, Div. 6, Chapter 4
Approved 8/16/99
Revised 2/22/05; 6/16/08
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College Environmental Advisory Group
1990: CEAG Formed
1994: District Board adopted
environmentally sound practices
2005: Kirsch Center for
Environmental Studies opens
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College Environmental Advisory Group
1990: CEAG Formed
1994: District Board adopted
environmentally sound practices
2005: Kirsch Center for
Environmental Studies opens
2006: DAC Sustainability Policy
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Environmentally Sustainable Practices 3214
Environmental sustainability is critically
important to the Foothill-De Anza Community
College District, the State of California, and
the nation…
Title 14, Div. 6, Chapter 4
Approved 8/16/99
Revised 2/22/05; 6/16/08
College Environmental Advisory Group
1990: CEAG Formed
1994: District Board adopted
environmentally sound practices
2005: Kirsch Center for
Environmental Studies opens
2006: DAC Sustainability Policy
2007: SMP 7 Areas of Focus:Green
Building, Community and Civic
Engagement, Hazardous/Solid
Waste, Energy, Water, Green
Purchasing, Ecological Landscaping
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Kirsch Center for Environmental Studies
• $180K initially by students!
• Houses BHES and Workforce
Education Division office,
Environmental Studies Department
(70 classes now)
• 1st CC LEED platinum in nation!
• Center for the Built Environment,
most livable building in U.S. award
• Vibrant: Ten
Shades of Green
• 100s involved in
process!
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CEAG Wins Innovation of the Year Award
from the League for Innovation
in the Community College
for De Anza’s
Sustainability Management Plan (SMP)
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Sustainability Efforts/Accomplishments
 Green building materials in
renovations
 LEED™ constructed Buildings
 Active student involvement in
sustainability initiatives
 Environmentally sound practices
 Non-smoking policy on campus
 Campus-wide recycling efforts
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Sustainability Efforts/Accomplishments
• Safe and healthy indoor air
quality
• Preventing pollution
• Drought-tolerant, drought
resistant native species
• Energy efficient products and
night-sky friendly lighting
• Green procurement
• Community advocacy
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College Environmental Advisory Group
When do we meet?
CEAG meets twice per
month. Everyone is
welcome to attend when
you can!
For more info and dates, go
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to www.deanza.edu/ceag
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Wangari Maathai Quote:
“I don’t really know why I care so much. I just have
something inside me that tells me that there is a
problem and I have to do something about it. And I
am sure that it is the same voice that is speaking to
everyone on this planet, at least everybody who seems
to be concerned about the fate of the world, the fate
of this planet”.
Nobel Peace Prize 2004, Kenya’s Greenbelt Movement
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What We Can Do Here at De Anza
CEAG feels that at De Anza College we
have a responsibility
to teach students, faculty, staff,
administrators and community about
sustainability (“greener” spaces increase
health, happiness and productivity).
CEAG is setting the stage as leaders
of the community with the creation of the
Sustainability Management Plan (SMP).
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Setting the Stage for an SMP
• People make things happen, and the CEAG
accomplishments owe much to the
leadership and efforts of many at De Anza,
some who have retired or moved on.
• There is a sense that we wanted to
institutionalize that leadership and our
sustainability efforts, if possible
• We have the curriculum to do this!
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Setting the Stage for an SMP
• Environmental Studies Department has
become a more robust influence since the
Kirsch Centered opened
• ES certificate and degree programs
– Biodiversity Specialist
– Environmental Stewardship
– Environmental Compliance and Pollution
Prevention
– Energy Management and Climate Policy
– Recent fifth Wildlife Corridor Technician certificate
program
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Setting the Stage for an SMP
• Combine CEAG’s tradition of environmental
leadership with De Anza’s other
organizations that support sustainability
– Institute of Community and Civic Engagement,
Office of Diversity, Outreach and Retention, DASB
and Student Clubs
• CEAG positioned to seek shared governance approval
for a process to better manage and measure De Anza’s
environmental, economic, and social equity
footprint
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History of EMS/SMP Discussion
• Developed through CEAG and E.S. 62A-D
courses on EMS starting in 2005
• ES 62A-D taught by Ed Quevedo, an EMS
consultant
• Creation of SMP managed through student,
faculty, staff and community volunteers
• Uses ISO 14001 international standard
organization framework
• Policy and Sustainability Management Plan
approved in 2007
• We are now in implementation phase
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About the SMP Process
 Supports environmental protection and
prevention of pollution in balance with socioeconomic needs
 ISO 14001 goal is to apply for
certification/registration, to document
efforts
 We want to go beyond compliance
 We want to nurture and expand
sustainability efforts and performance
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SMP Based on ISO 14001 EMS
Uses Plan – Do – Check – Act Cycle
• PLAN: Set objectives
• DO: Implement processes
• CHECK: Monitor, measure and report
• ACT: Continually improve performance
• ISO 14001 provides a whole set of criteria
for meeting certification
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3 Phases of the SMP Process
Designing and Planning
Gaining Support and Operationalizing
Checking and Validating the Operation
and Continuous Improvement
 More details on the SMP Web site but
briefly here is the outline for the plan
SMS/SMP process
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Phase 1 – Design and Plan
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Sustainability Policy
Environmental Aspects
Legal and Other Requirements
Objectives, Targets and Programs
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Phase 2 – Gain Support/Operationalize
• Resources, Roles, Responsibility and
Authority
• Competence, Training and Awareness
• Communication
• Documentation
• Documentation Control
• Management Controls and Responses
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Phase 3 – Check/Validate the Operation
• Monitoring and Measurement
• Evaluation of Compliance
• Nonconformity, Corrective Action and
Preventive Action
• Control of Records
• Internal Audit
• Management Review
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Phase 1 – Designing and Planning
 Sustainability Policy
 www.deanza.edu/news/sustainability-policy.html
 Environmental Aspects
 Baseline assessment in 2006
 Dining Services Example
 SMP Team determined 7 areas of focus
 Legal and Other Requirements
 Objectives, Targets and Programs
• This is what we are working on today
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Seven SMP Areas of Focus
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Green Building Construction and Renovation
Community and Civic Engagement
Hazardous and Solid Waste Reduction and Control
Energy Conservation, Efficiency and CO2
Reduction
• Water Use Reduction and Control
• Green Purchasing and Procurement Controls in the
College Supply Chain
• Ecologically Responsible Landscaping, Installation
and Maintenance
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How can we each participate?
• The EMS ISO 14001 framework includes
creation of action plans, based on areas of
focus aspects and impacts
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www.deanza.edu/sustainability/smp/action.html
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This is where we all play a part in the process!
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How do we create action plans?
• With limited resources, we’ve struggled with this
next step
• We looked toward other institutions, including
AASHE, the Association for the Advancement of
Sustainability in Higher Education
• Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating
System (STARS)
• Joe Cooke will talk about our participation in
this process
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Dining Services on Campus
• Award winning program
• Cutlery and containers are 100%
biodegradable
• “Fair-trade” coffee
• Buy from local organic farmers,
use hormone-free meats
• Composting program used for
herbs grown on campus, which
are then harvested and used by
Dining Services.
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Bookstore goes green, too!
• Used Textbooks - wholesaler
resells several times instead of
always buying newly printed
copies (saves trees, reduces use
of chemicals, reduces landfills)
• Textbook Rentals - same idea but
at a lower cost to students also
reduces freight shipments to and
from bookstores.
• Recycled products - water bottles,
notebooks, backpacks, clothing.
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Areas of Focus
Breakout Sessions
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Ways to Participate
Going Green at Work
(for Faculty and Staff)
Thursday, April 30
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. LCW -16
Sign up with Staff Development
Bike to Work Day
Thursday, May 14
Look for more info at www.deanza.edu
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