Presentation to PEOC: Sustainability Coordinator Position

1. Presentation to PEOC: Sustainability Coordinator Position April 26, 2005

2. Goals attempted, considered, or in progress PEOC’s Accomplishments • Reduce campus energy and water use. • Purchase solar and/or wind energy • Improve recycling • Reduce end-of-year moveout waste • Establish an organic farm • Mass Transit: Reduce the environmental impact of faculty/staff commutes. • 100% PWC Paper Policy • Dining: • Fair trade coffee • Sustainable seafood • Local, organic food • EcoRep Program • Voluntary green building practices • GEM Cars • No-flush urinals

3. Factors Hindering Progress • STAFF TIME AND MANPOWER • Noncompliance with stated mandates • Lack of Faculty, Student & Community Awareness • Funding for initiatives

4. How a sustainability coordinator can help us: • Take on responsibilities that have been added to our duties • Work with departments to solve problems • Perform outreach and education campaigns • Pursue external funding opportunities • These positions can pay for themselves. • STAFF TIME AND MANPOWER • Noncompliance with stated mandates • Lack of Faculty, Student & Community Awareness • Funding for initiatives

5. Sample Job Description • 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 • 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 • Publicize Princeton’s environmental initiatives to alumni, other universities, and the general public • Perform outreach and education on campus, either academic or special programs

6. Positions at other Schools • Harvard -- Green Campus Initiative Director • Yale – Recycling Coordinator, 2 Sustainable Food Directors • Brown -- Environmental Coordinator/Resource Efficiency Manager • Rutgers -- Campus Sustainability Coordinator • Middlebury -- Environmental Coordinator • University of Colorado at Boulder -- Director of the Environmental Center • Seattle University -- Environmental Coordinator & Environmental Safety Mngr • Tulane -- Environmental Coordinator • University of Wisconsin at Madison -- Environmental Management Coordinator • Michigan State University -- Director of Campus Sustainability • University of Oregon -- Environmental Resource Manager • University of British Columbia • Dartmouth and Portland State – currently hiring

8. 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

9. 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

10. Thank you!