Sustainability

Mission Statement

The Strategic Committee on Sustainability is responsible for oversight of the university’s effort to create a center of academic excellence in sustainability.  This includes:

• fostering world-class research and leading degree programs in sustainability;
• guiding the integration of sustainability into the university’s education, research, and public outreach activities;
• advising the administration on institutional management standards that contribute to a future with natural resource systems that are healthy and thriving for all;  and  
• supporting new initiatives that place the university as a leader in sustainability.

Approved by the Strategic Committee on Sustainability on October 17, 2013 and by the Board of Trustees on October 18, 2013.

Committee Members

George A. Coelho, Chair
Richard W. Blackburn
Christopher J. Bright
Lee Fensterstock
A. Michael Hoffman
Gerald S. Lazarus
Linda Rabbitt
John Gaffney, Senior Advisor