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Nurturing Environmental
Sustainability and Stewardship
at the College Level
College Environmental Advisory Group
District Opening Day 2008 Workshop
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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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In the late 1980s, we started
hearing about global warming,
loss of biodiversity in the
rainforests, and that hole in the
ozone layer.
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Environmental sustainability
concerns are not new to the 21st
century.
There’s an old t-shirt from the
1990s that says. . .
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Think globally, act locally
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De Anza’s Early Leadership
• De Anza has been in the forefront of environmental
sustainability since the 1970s
• 1967 – Doug Cheesman, one-person Biology Dept
• 1970 – Federal Grant for the outdoor Environmental
Studies Area created by staff and students. Now 70
plant families, 370 native species.
• 1975 – Recycling starts on campus (communitywide
in 1988)
• 1976 – Environmental Biology: an Ecology class
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Global Community Initiatives
• Talloires Declaration (1990), signed by
more than 350 university presidents and
chancellors worldwide
www.ulsf.org/programs_talloires.html
• Earth Charter (1987)
www.earthcharter.org
• American College & University
Presidents Climate Commitment
www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org
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Talloires Declaration
• We, the presidents, rectors, and vice chancellors of
universities from all regions of the world are deeply
concerned about the unprecedented scale and speed
of environmental pollution and degradation, and the
depletion of natural resources.
• University leaders must initiate and support
mobilization of internal and external resources so that
their institutions respond to this urgent challenge.
• We, therefore, agree to take the following actions . . .
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History of De Anza Initiatives
• Pre-1992: Community Recycling and the
Cheeseman Outdoor Environmental Studies Area
(ESA)
• 1992: College Environmental Advisory Group
(CEAG) formed; chaired by Julie Phillips
• 1994: Board adopts Environmentally Sound
practices: Energy, Materials & Resources, Water
Conservation, Indoor Environmental Quality,
Sustainability
• Since then we have much to celebrate in our
efforts.
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Sustainability Accomplishments
• Kirsch Environmental
Studies Center
• Active Student
involvement from the
initial $180K grant to
the design of Kirsch. In
addition, students run
the Kirsch Center and
the Cheeseman ESA
• 2007 Center for Built
Environment award
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Sustainability Accomplishments
• Five other LEED Buildings with a sixth under
construction
• Statewide Energy Management Program grants
(SEMP-1993-98) Legislation, unfunded mandate, in
2001--See CA Ed Code
• Non-smoking policy on campus
• Green building materials in all building renovations
• Shared governance approval of Sustainability
Management Plan to better manage and measure
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History of EMS/SMP Discussion
• From compliance issues to being leaders
who are proactive and ethical in
environmental sustainability
• Developed through CEAG and E.S. 62A-D
courses on EMS starting in 2005
• Managed through student, faculty, staff
and community volunteers
• Uses ISO14001 framework
• Policy and Sustainability Management
Plan approved in 2007
• We are now in implementation phase
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SMP ISO 14001 Framework
• Supports environmental protection and
prevention of pollution in balance with
socio-economic needs
• Certification/registration
• Going beyond compliance
– PLAN: objectives
– DO: implement processes
– CHECK: monitor, measure and
report
– ACT: continually improve
performance
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SMP Seven 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?
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Campus Recycling Program
• Yes - Into to the
blue bins
• Empty bottles
• Aluminum and
tin cans
• Paper, books,
newspapers
and phone
books
• Plastics 1-7
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Do not place in blue recycling bins
• Batteries
• Food waste
• Tissue paper or
paper towels
• Styrofoam
• Printer
cartridges
• Light bulbs
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Ok, then where? Batteries
• Battery collection
sites located in
Mailroom in Admin
Bldg or on 2nd
floor of the
Campus Center
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Food Waste Containers
• Campus Center
trash bins
• Dining Services
cutlery and
containers are
100%
biodegradable
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Guidelines for other items
• Printer cartridges –
return to vendor
• Styrofoam – place
next to blue
recycling bins
• Paper towels and
tissue go into
regular trash bins
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Reuse Program – OTI CompTechS
• OTI Computer Technical Support
(CompTechS) program offers
hands-on technical support
internships
• Work-based program includes
assessment of current skill levels,
performance-based training,
customer service training, paid
campus and corporate
internships, and job placement
assistance.
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How CompTechS Program Works
• Computers donated to FH or DA Computer Donation &
Scholarship Program.
• Disadvantaged students apply for a computer scholarship
through their college's Financial Aid Office.
• OTI oversees refurbishing operation that collects donated
computers, refurbishes each unit and installs software and
operating systems.
• Qualified students are selected by Financial Aid to receive a
refurbished computer.
• When the computers are ready for distribution, OTI's
Computer Donation Program staff members invite the
selected student recipients to make an appointment to pickup their machines at De Anza College.
• Donate your old computer. Tell your friends!
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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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Programs and Curriculum
• Environmental Studies programs
– Stewardship A.A.
• All disciplines incorporating environmental
sustainability themes
• Institute of Community and Civic Engagement
• Office of Diversity
• Outreach and retention
• Student clubs
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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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What’s your biggest or smallest challenge?
• In many ways, the environmental crisis is a
design crisis. It is a consequence of how things
are made, buildings are constructed, and
landscapes are used. Design manifests culture,
and culture rests firmly on the foundation of what
we believe to be true about the world.”
Sim Van der Ryn
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