1. Campus Sustainability Strategy Meeting
September 12, 2007
Campus Sustainability Strategy Meeting

2. Outline Overview of Sustainability A Picture of Campus Sustainability
What’s Happening at SJSU?
Energy
Water
Waste
Curriculum
Student Activities
What’s Next at SJSU?
Interactive Discussion

3. Overview of Sustainability
Long term resource management
Allowing future generations to prosper
Many aspects
Economic
Social
Environmental

4. A Picture of Campus Sustainability
UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference
900 attendees
Entire campus as a place of learning
Collaboration is key

5. What’s Happening at SJSU?
Energy
Water
Waste Management
Spartan Dining
Curriculum
Student Activities

6. Energy 18% Green Power PG&E light bulb project 2004 MLK Library
$600,000 Annual savings
MLK Library
Low E glazing on windows
More efficient insulation

7. Water Recycled Water at South Campus MLK Library Dual Plumbed
Landscape irrigation
Athletic facilities
MLK Library Dual Plumbed

8. Waste Management 2006 Diversion Rate 59.2%
½ offices on campus have mini bins
Recycle florescent tubes and batteries
MLK restrooms have 100% recycled paper

9. Curriculum EnvS Senior Seminar Class Global Climate Change
Campus-based projects
Global Climate Change
New 9 unit GE course
Environmental Resource Center
EnvS 181

10. Student Activities Sustainability Week Student Organizations
Environmental Club
Engineers Without Borders
Silicon Valley Clean Tech Alliance
Veggielution Student Garden Co-op

11. What’s Next at SJSU? Sustainability Action Plan Sustainability Fund
Student Fee Referendum
Sustainability Council

12. Questions?

13. Interactive Discussion
What is sustainability?
What are our biggest obstacles to campus sustainability and what can we do to overcome them?
Looking back at the list of solutions from question #2, choose the 3 that would be most imperative to accomplish first.