1. Sustainability at UC Santa Cruz Aurora Winslade Sustainability Coordinator, UCSC Fall 2007

2. Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species -- man -- acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world. -- Rachel Carson

3. The problems we face today cannot be solved at the same level of thinking that created them. -- Albert Einstein Institutional Change

4. Governance Planning Policy Procedure Behavior, culture, and choices

5. Information Coordination Collaboration

6. Examples of Transforming UCSC Student Involvement UC Policy on Sustainable Practices Sustainability Office and the Campus Sustainability Subcommittee Campus Sustainability Assessment Climate Protection

7. Student Involvement Passing of the first Regent’s Green Building Policy & Renewable Energy Standard in 2003-2004 Student fees: –Student bus pass (1972) –$240,000 annual funding for sustainability projects (2003-2004) –100% renewable energy (2005-2006)

8. UC Policy on Sustainable Practices Sustainable Transportation Climate Protection Practices Sustainable Purchasing Sustainable Operations Green Building & Clean Energy –Existing Buildings, New Construction, and Commercial Interiors

9. Sustainability Office & the Campus Sustainability Subcommittee Two-year pilot program to create a permanent Sustainability Office on campus Campus-wide committee to help integrate sustainability into all aspects of campus life

10. Campus Sustainability Assessment Transformation - Information, Culture, Governance Indicators: –Transportation, Water, Food, Waste and Recycling, Energy and Climate, Purchasing, Buildings, Land Use, Curriculum, Governance, Campus Life

11. Climate Protection at UCSC Climate Action Planning and policy commitments Focus the Nation: January 31st, 2008 College 9/10 Multi-Purpose Rm

12. Get Involved!

13. Campus Earth Summit Presents: Focus the Nation: January 31st, 2008 College 9/10 Multi-Purpose Room Email: tboggia@ucsc.edutboggia@ucsc.edu Student Environmental Center Wednesdays 6:30pm College 8 Red Room Education for Sustainable Living Program Mondays 6:30 World Café - Kresge College