Sustainability Community & Financial & Environmental Monday, March 19, 2012

Sustainability Why? To meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs The Challenge? Integration Lets look at some examples-- Commmunity Social justice, connection Environmental Nature, resources Financial Strength, flexibility A framework for making decisions that incorporates:

Sustainability WCB, X-Lab Competition: Urban Harvest Community Environmental Financial Community and Financial (CF) CF

Sustainability Interfaith Business Builders, co-operative businesses: coffee, housekeeping services Community Environmental Financial CF Community and Financial (CF)

Sustainability NEXUS Community Garden, neighbors sharing food and knowledge Community Environmental Financial Community and Environmental (CE) CECF

Sustainability Eigel Center, students at Cincinnati Dept. of Environmental Quality (Econ 320); Findlay Market Fellows Community Environmental Financial CECF Community and Environmental (CE)

Sustainability PPP/History Class : Green Urbanism, experiential learning, students at farms and green enterprises Community Environmental Financial CECF Community and Environmental (CE)

Sustainability Hoff Dining Food Waste, cardboard compactor pays for food waste hauling, $1,000 per month savings in landfill fees Community Environmental Financial Financial and Environmental (FE) CECF FE

Sustainability Solar & Electric Cars, utility vehicles (3 cents/mile) Community Environmental Financial CECF FE Financial and Environmental (FE)

Sustainability High Performance Buildings – CLC, Fenwick and Smith - plus new energy system: 20% better efficiency Community Environmental Financial CECF FE Financial and Environmental (FE)

Sustainability CBI CoreChange, three days, 1,000 citizens visioning Cincinnati sustainable Community Environmental Financial Sustainability (X) CECF FE X

Sustainability Brueggeman Center for Dialogue, Fellows choosing sustainability topics Community Environmental Financial CECF FE X Sustainability (X)

Sustainability CTE/FLC : The Future of Cincinnati History 436 : Urban Ecologies & Economies Community Environmental Financial CECF FE X Sustainability (X)

Academics and Student Life – Teaching – Research – Co-curricular Activities – Service Learning – Campus Events Community – Community Engagement – Communications Energy & Infrastructure – Energy Use – Building and Planning – Water Conservation – Stormwater Management – Solid Waste Management – Grounds Maintenance Transportation Purchasing Campus Sustainability Plan Components

Top Priorities – HOMEWORK Campus Sustainability Plan 2.0 is due in January 2013 How do we take individual components and integrate our thinking, not work only in departmental and administrative silos, and fit the puzzle pieces together to incorporate the three conditions of sustainability into our projects, our campus? OR, in other words How do we set goals that strive for the X during ?

Presidents Goals – Financial health – Recruitment & retention – Master enrollment plan – Strategic vision – Academic leadership team – Organizational strength – Dana Mont development University Strategic Plan – Brand Identity: A Better Education for a Better World University Goals that Sustainability Serves