Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013
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https://khothuvien.cori!1OCCIDENTAL CAMPUS GREENINGOccidental Campus Greening: Research and RecommendationsLila Singer-BerkUnder graduate Summer Resea Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013arch - Richter Summer Research GrantProfessor GottliebAugust 21. 2013OCCIDENTAL CAMPUS GREENING2AbstractIn the green revolution. Institutions of Higher Education play a critical role in inspiring, educating and carrying out change. Increasing research supports the belief that universities must be le Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013aders and catalysts of environmental change. In order to lead this movement, universities must model and promote sustainable practices. Where does OccOccidental Campus Greening final report 2013
idental College fit into the conversation around campus sustainability? What steps must the institution take to become a model of success?In order to https://khothuvien.cori!1OCCIDENTAL CAMPUS GREENINGOccidental Campus Greening: Research and RecommendationsLila Singer-BerkUnder graduate Summer Resea Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013ater, transportation, and organization. Research in each area was undertaken to assess what changes needed to be made to the Occidental campus to make It more sustainable. A four step process was used. In step one. the Occidental campus was assessed through an extensive literature review of reports Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013and data about campus greening at Occidental since 1998. including a series of interviews and correspondence with staff, faculty, and students In stepOccidental Campus Greening final report 2013
two of the research process, campuses outside of Occidental were examined in order to identify best practices in the three topic areas. Each school whttps://khothuvien.cori!1OCCIDENTAL CAMPUS GREENINGOccidental Campus Greening: Research and RecommendationsLila Singer-BerkUnder graduate Summer Resea Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013ainability infrastructure were also investigated more closely. Step three involved crafting a list of recommendations for the college moving forward. The list of recommendations detailed benefits and challenges to implementing each program. The last step involved making immediate changes to the camp Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013us.The findings made clear that Oxy has much progress to make in the three topic areas in comparison to the other institutions. In the topic area of wOccidental Campus Greening final report 2013
ater, establishing water use reduction targets, creating a landscaping and water use plan, participating in water and energy useOCCIDENTAL CAMPUS GREEhttps://khothuvien.cori!1OCCIDENTAL CAMPUS GREENINGOccidental Campus Greening: Research and RecommendationsLila Singer-BerkUnder graduate Summer Resea Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013f Occidental’s peer institutions have water goals and 75% participate in water and energy challenges. In rhe area of transportation, over 80% of colleges had either parking Ices or did not allow freshmen to bring cars to campus. Occidental docs neither. The Report recommends a live year plan that ph Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013ases m a parking lee wliilc simultaneously making other methods of non car based transportation more available, accessible and affordable as the bestOccidental Campus Greening final report 2013
practice lor Occidental moving forward. In order to improve the organization of sustainability work al Oxy. the two major recommendations include insthttps://khothuvien.cori!1OCCIDENTAL CAMPUS GREENINGOccidental Campus Greening: Research and RecommendationsLila Singer-BerkUnder graduate Summer Resea Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013tainability work study program and renew their AASHEi Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education) membership while enrolling in STARS(The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Ranking System).These findings indicate that there is a lot of progress still to be made in ord Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013er to improve the College s environmental sustainability and become a model of environmental change. Yet, there are clear changes to be made in each tOccidental Campus Greening final report 2013
opic area in order to continue to work towards becoming a leader of the sustainability movement at Institutions of I ligher Education.IntroductionA sehttps://khothuvien.cori!1OCCIDENTAL CAMPUS GREENINGOccidental Campus Greening: Research and RecommendationsLila Singer-BerkUnder graduate Summer Resea Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013d. increasing efforts to provide local and organic food in rhe Market Place, and a video tour of the new solar array. Despite these positive strides for the college, further improvements are needed if Occidental is to become a strong model for sustainability moving forward. Occidental must join with Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013 the numerousOCCIDENTAL CAMPUS GREENING4institutions who are acknowledging their responsibility to make enviroiunental change and use their best practOccidental Campus Greening final report 2013
ices to propel US forward. The areas of water, transportation and organization deserve particular attention due to the lack of attention placed on thehttps://khothuvien.cori!1OCCIDENTAL CAMPUS GREENINGOccidental Campus Greening: Research and RecommendationsLila Singer-BerkUnder graduate Summer Resea Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013nto the research process and findings. It is important to acknowledge why each topic area became a focus of this research. Water, transportation, and organization were chosen for specific and unique reasons. In the future, the attention given to these tluee topic areas should be lent to all areas of Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013 campus sustainability, including waste management, food, energy and green buildingOccidental College is located in Southern California where the climOccidental Campus Greening final report 2013
ate is dry and watei is a scarce resource Tire Occidental campus is beautiful, yet watering of the campus costs our enviroiunent about 80 million gallhttps://khothuvien.cori!1OCCIDENTAL CAMPUS GREENINGOccidental Campus Greening: Research and RecommendationsLila Singer-BerkUnder graduate Summer Resea Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013he 2013-2014 academic year at Occidental College has officially been declared the water themed year. This means that First Year writing seminars will have a water focus and four speakers are coming to campus 111 the fall to speak about water related topics. Therefore, it is absolutely essential that Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013 the college take action 111 the area of water conservation during the summer of 2013 and into the academic year While looking at watei as a global isOccidental Campus Greening final report 2013
sue in the watei themed year, the college also needs to make sure to address it as a local issue, right on campus.Transportation has always been an imhttps://khothuvien.cori!1OCCIDENTAL CAMPUS GREENINGOccidental Campus Greening: Research and RecommendationsLila Singer-BerkUnder graduate Summer Resea Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013CCIDENTAL CAMPUS GREENING5had cars registered on campus (H. Nieto, personal communication. July 18. 2013). Tins number does not include graduated seniors or incoming first year and transfer students so the number can be expected to rise by almost 300 cars for the 2013-2014 school year. Students with Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013 cars make up about 50° ó of the student population. Additionally, cars are the primary method of transportation used by most staff members. The schooOccidental Campus Greening final report 2013
l’s reliance on cars increases pollution in the local air. Occidental and the surrounding Eagle Rock and Highland Park communities are affected. Furthhttps://khothuvien.cori!1OCCIDENTAL CAMPUS GREENINGOccidental Campus Greening: Research and RecommendationsLila Singer-BerkUnder graduate Summer Resea Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013ation at Oxy in order to I educe pollution and combat climate changeBoth water and transportation concerns are of utmost importance, but progress on these fronts will not be optimal without the necessary organizational infrastructure in place to cany forward sustainability related changes In this re Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013port, organization is referred to as the third topic area. This topic area refers to how sustainability work at the college IS being pushed forward. COccidental Campus Greening final report 2013
urrently, the college does not have an active sustainability committee, nor does It employ a full time sustainability position. Without formal structuhttps://khothuvien.cori!1OCCIDENTAL CAMPUS GREENINGOccidental Campus Greening: Research and RecommendationsLila Singer-BerkUnder graduate Summer Resea Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013on.Research QuestionWhat changes need to take place on the Occidental campus to improve sustainability efforts in tluee topic areas, including water use. transportation and organization?Objectives• Identify areas ill which Occidental can reduce water use and improve practices around waterOCCIDENTAL Occidental Campus Greening final report 2013CAMPUS GREENING6•Identify transportation alternatives to driving and ways to make students invested 111 alternatives•Understand student and staff netwOccidental Campus Greening final report 2013
orks working on sustainability projects in order to find potential for reorganization and collaborationhttps://khothuvien.cori!1OCCIDENTAL CAMPUS GREENINGOccidental Campus Greening: Research and RecommendationsLila Singer-BerkUnder graduate Summer ReseaGọi ngay
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