Presentation to PEOC:
Sustainability Coordinator Position
April 26, 2005
Goals attempted,
PEOC’s
considered, or in
Accomplishments
progress
• 100% PWC Paper Policy
• Dining:
– Fair trade coffee
– Sustainable seafood
– Local, organic food
• Reduce campus energy and water
use.
• Purchase solar and/or wind energy
• Improve recycling
• EcoRep Program
• Reduce end-of-year moveout waste
• Voluntary green building
practices
• GEM Cars
• No-flush urinals
• Establish an organic farm
• Mass Transit: Reduce the
environmental impact of faculty/staff
commutes.
Factors Hindering Progress
1. STAFF TIME AND MANPOWER
2. Noncompliance with stated mandates
3. Lack of Faculty, Student & Community
Awareness
4. Funding for initiatives
How a sustainability
coordinator can help us:
1. STAFF TIME AND MANPOWER
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Take on responsibilities that have been added
to our duties
2. Noncompliance with stated mandates
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Work with departments to solve problems
3. Lack of Faculty, Student & Community
Awareness
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Perform outreach and education campaigns
4. Funding for initiatives
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Pursue external funding opportunities
These positions can pay for themselves.
Sample Job Description
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Full-time position in the Facilities Department
Goal: Increase the sustainability of practices such as recycling, energy and
water use, transportation, food services, construction, building design and
purchasing
Create a unified strategy
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Propose and prioritize environmental projects
Assess cost effectiveness, technical feasibility and likelihood of acceptance
Seek external ‘seed’ funding when necessary
Work with the university departments to implement such projects
No authority over any existing departments, but a resource for all
departments
– Coordinate efforts across departments, campus-wide
– Propose initiatives, do research on proposals by other departments
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Publicize Princeton’s environmental initiatives to alumni, other universities,
and the general public
Perform outreach and education on campus, either academic or special
programs
Positions at other Schools
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Harvard -- Green Campus Initiative Director
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Yale – Recycling Coordinator, 2 Sustainable Food Directors
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Brown -- Environmental Coordinator/Resource Efficiency Manager
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Rutgers -- Campus Sustainability Coordinator
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Middlebury -- Environmental Coordinator
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University of Colorado at Boulder -- Director of the Environmental Center
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Seattle University -- Environmental Coordinator & Environmental Safety Mngr
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Tulane -- Environmental Coordinator
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University of Wisconsin at Madison -- Environmental Management Coordinato
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Michigan State University -- Director of Campus Sustainability
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University of Oregon -- Environmental Resource Manager
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University of British Columbia
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Dartmouth and Portland State – currently hiring
Examples of Funding Sources
• Dartmouth
– Pilot program funded for 3 years from a grant from the
provost's office
• University of British Columbia
– Funded entirely on the savings produced by our programs
• Yale (Sustainable Food Director)
– Initially three years of funding with an interest in
institutionalizing the position
• Harvard (Green Campus Initiative)
– Significant seed money (from grants and the University), but
the HCGI has generated annual savings that far exceed the
cost of the programs
Path Forward
• Continued --heightened-- appeals to the
Administration and CPUC for seed money
• Greening Princeton’s requests would be
greatly enhanced by support from PEOC
member departments.
• Exploration of possible grant sources
• Work with Development Office to seek
alumni support
Thank you!