The Evergreen State College

Greener Futures - SEED – and ERC presents:

A Draft Report / Plan on Sustainability at Evergreen State College

                                                                Version 2.0    3/13//04

 

What is Sustainability?  

 

For the purposes of this document the answer is:

 

“The State of Washington is Committed to the mutually compatible goals of economic

vitality, a healthy Environment and strong communities.” Gov. Gary Locke (EO 02-03)

 

Development of the Evergreen Sustainability Report / Plan:

 

1) We have mostly completed the reporting stage of the document and now we’re incorporating a future direction, or planning perspective. So yet again we are

asking you to skim through this outline as well as the connected web pages.

Please formulate comments and send them to the Environmental Resource Center

or call or email: 943-6758, deane@efn.org or use campus mail: ERC CAB 320 #3

 

2) We will incorporate all of your comments as well as further develop this

document in the first couple weeks of Spring ‘04 quarter. On Earth day we’ll then distribute hardcopies of the Evergreen 2004 Sustainability Report / Plan to the community for final comments.

 

3) In the second half of Spring ‘04 we will synthesize final feedback into a

completed report / plan, which will be incorporated into the Campus Master Plan

as an appendix.

 

Table of Contents:

 

1) Strategy and Coordination

 

  A) Campus Governance

  B) Academic Programs

  C) Sustainable Management

  D) Communication and Community

 

2) Energy consumption

  A) Programs and Calculations

  B) Heating and Cooling

  C) Electricity

  D) Clean Energy Now

 

3) Water

  A) Water Use

  B) Rainwater Runoff

  C) New Parking Spaces / Studying the Results:

  D) The New Library Roof / Studying the Results:

  E) Red Square

  F) Snyder Creek

  G) Other Rainwater Runoff Mitigations

  H) Shoreline Planning

 

4) Compost, waste and recycling

A)     Compost

B)     Waste

C)     Paper Use Indicator Project

D)     Computer Waste

E)     Sewage Treatment

 

5) Consumption

  A) Purchasing Standards

  B) Paper use

  C) Food

 

6) Chemicals

  A) Latest news

  B) General overview

  C) Cleaning supplies

  D) Living in a chemical soup

 

7) Sustainable Design

A)   Overview

B)   Current Projects

  C) Strategic Plan    

  D) Evergreen’s Role in Sustainable Design

  E) Ideas to Plan for

 

8) Transportation

  A) Commuter Trip Reductions

B)  Motor pool

C) Regional Transportation Plan 

 

9) Land Use

A)     CLUC

B)     Grounds Keeping in the Campus Core

  C) The Arboretum plan

  D) Land use outside the campus core

E)  Farming and Forestry

F)     Tree Removal / Pruning Procedure

  G) Campus Land Use Data Base

  H) Roads

  I) Trails

 

10) Economics

A)   Socially Responsible Investing

B)   State Forest Lands

 

11) Social Issues 

 

12) Health, Safety and Well-Being