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PENN
S
TATEINDICATORS REPORT-2000-
StepsToward ASustainable University
 
Penn State Green Destiny Council
 
sus.tain
 
vt.
1. to keep in existence; keep up 2. tomaintain; specif. to provide sustenance or nourishment for --
SYN 
. support—sustain’a/ble
adj
.--sus.tain’/er 
n
.
sus.tain.able uni.ver .si.ty
adj., n.
1.university whose long term prospect for continuing to existis good; specif. such a university behaves in ways thatsustains the integrity and biodiversity of the local and planetary ecosystems upon which all life depends 2. auniversity whose core values include: respect for the biotaand natural processes, mindfulness of place, living within planetary limits, accounting for full costs, and civicresponsibility 3. The kind of university that
PENN
S
TATE
is striving to become.
The paper used in this report was made using 100% post-consumer recycledpaper and is chlorine-free.
 
Whatever you can do, or dream you can,begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. 
J. Goethe
An Invitation to the Penn State Community
This report is intended for a wide range of readers--students, staff, faculty,administrators, and members of the community at large. It reflects the University’s growingcommitment to environmental stewardship and builds on the literally hundreds of initiativesundertaken by University staff to promote sustainable practices.We hope that those who read it will consider how they might contribute to making PennState more sustainable. We invite faculty to use this report in the classroom. Indeed, thecontent has relevance to almost every discipline offered at Penn State from engineering andarchitecture through business, philosophy and ethics to the natural and social sciences.We especially invite students to use the ideas contained herein as a starting point fornew research projects or as jump-off points for concrete actions to promote sustainability atPenn State. For assistance, contact Matt McLaughlin (Student Coordinator for IndicatorsProject) at m
xm495@psu.edu
or Christopher Uhl (Faculty Coordinator) at cfu1@psu.edu. Wealso invite you to visit the Green Destiny website at:www.bio.psu.edu/greendestiny
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