UC Irvine Sustainability

For the Orange County Sustainability Collaborative Montgomery Norton Saturday, March 6, 2010

Why ?
UC Irvine has long been a leader of sustainability with regard to construction, facilities, and maintenance. UC Irvine has lacked a cohesive and engaged student culture around significant local and global issues. The opportunities for collaboration between the campus and community abound and continue to grow in number and scope. This one step will bring UC Irvine up-to-speed and surpass other UC campuses regarding sustainability coordination and innovation with community engagement.

Institutionalizing Sustainability
It is important to publicly convey the Universitys commitment to sustainability and to address the needs and values of both the campus and the community. Institutions are under pressure to manage (their) environment and (their) impacts1 Sustainability is defined by long-range planning. Campus and community collaboration requires a proactive and consistent approach over time.2
1The

Campus Consortium for Environmental Excellence (C2E2). (2006). A Practical Guide to Hiring a Sustainability Professional for Universities and Colleges: White paper. Pp. 7. www.c2e2.org. 2 The Campus Consortium for Environmental Excellence (C2E2). (2006). A Practical Guide to Hiring a Sustainability Professional for Universities and Colleges: White paper. Pp. 7. www.c2e2.org.

Institutionalizing Sustainability
Universities and Communities are complex institutions with various constituencies. In order to achieve transformative action, efficacy, and sustainability, all stakeholders must be invested, work collaboratively, and integrate their creativity, resources, and vision towards a collective future.

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UC Sustainability Offices
UC Campus
Office of the President Office of the President Davis Davis Davis Berkeley Berkeley San Francisco Santa Cruz

Title
Sustainability Manager Sustainability Specialist Asst. Vice Chancellor Sustainability Manager Sustainability Planner Sustainability Director Sustainability Specialist Sustainability Manager Sustainability Coordinator

Name
Matt St.Clair Andrew Coghlan Sid England Allen Doyle Camille Kirk Lisa McNeilly Kira Stoll John Phil Aurora Winslade

Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Los Angeles Los Angeles San Diego San Diego San Diego Irvine

Sustainability Coordinator
Sustainability Coordinator/TGIF Sustainability Coordinator Sustainability Coordinator Sustainability Coordinator Sustainability Manager Director of Sustainability Operations

Katie Maynard
Jill Richardson Nurit Katz Robert Gilbert Maggie Souder Krista Francis Dave Weil

OCSC Overview
UC Irvine

Sustainability Leaders

Sustainability Orgs

OCSC
Campus Community Community Leaders

OCSC - A Greener Orange

A convener of local sustainability leaders, organizations, events, and projects A capacity and collaboration builder A pathway to leadership development An innovator of collaborative governance and inclusive management An avenue for strengthening town-gown relationships A PR, marketing, and educational center A promoter of campus resources, research and development

Challenges and Opportunities Research, Resources, and Capacity Coordinating campus sustainability Center Director/Assistant Director Internships and Course Credits Educational and Outreach programs Town-Gown collaboration & development Clearinghouse for county sustainability initiatives

Faculty Support (Candidates)

David Smith - SocSci Dennis Silverman - PHY Peter Bryant - ECO Oladele Ogunseitan - EHS Michael Prather - ESS Kirwan Rockefeller - Extension Scott Bollens - PPD Dan Stokols - PPD

David Feldman - PPD Martha Feldman - PPD Bill Cooper - PPD Joseph DiMento - PPD Sarah Catz - PPD Richard Matthew - PPD John Hipp - CLS Karen Rook - PSB John Whiteley - SE Peter Bowler - Bio Sci

Administrative Support (Candidates)

Michael V. Drake - Chancellor Tom Mitchell - VC University Advancement Liz Toomey - Asst. VC Advancement, Community & Government Relations Wendell Brase - VC Admin. & Bus. Services UC Irvine Sustainability Committee Dean Gary Matkin - UCI Extension David Feldman - Chair, Planning, Policy & Design

UC Irvine Sustainability Committee

Admin. & Bus. Services Academic Unit Info Technology Research Center Campus & Env Planning Student Representatives Capital Planning AGS Design & Const. Serv. ASUCI Sustainability Coalition EH&S Facilities Management Hospitality & Dining Serv. Material & Risk Manage Housing Parking & Transp. Serv. UCI Medical Center Faculty Representatives

UC Irvine Sustainability Research Centers

Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics Newkirk Center for Science and Society Community Outreach Partnership Center Advanced Power and Energy Program Center in Law, Society and Culture Center for Unconventional Security Affairs Environment Institute Center for Global Peace & Conflict Studies Center for Organizational Research Center for Solar Energy Urban Water Research Center UC Humanities Research Institute

Student Sustainability Coalition

Anteaters for Recycling & Conservation AGS ASUCI CalPIRG Clean Education Engineers w/out Borders Environmental Law Society Global Water Brigades Green Campus Irvine Students Against Animal Cruelty OC Society for Conservation Biology Radical Student Union Real Food Challenge Students for Sust Sust Energy Tech Club The Green Initiative Fund Worker-Student Alliance

The Green Initiative Fund

Instituting student investment in sustainability and environmental awareness & social responsibility Subsidizing capital projects through rotating funds and income generation Providing for Sustainability Coordinator(s)/Projects Manager(s)

Social Media & Education

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Student Group sponsored by OCSC, OC4Good, UCHRI, and others Creating innovative communication networks through social media and web-based visual applications Building databases of sustainability support, orgs, events & projects Furthering the mission of OCSC, UCI, sustainable community development, regional, and even national/intl initiatives

Media Production & Sustainability

Student Group sponsored by OCSC Student productions on sustainability Collaborations w/ community orgs & events Building an archive of footage Promoting sustainability best practices, awareness, education, research metrics, the message of the movement
TGIF - UC Irvine

OC Food Sustainability Collaboration

UC Irvine has the profound opportunity of hosting the collaboration of OC food sustainability stakeholders brought together to collaborate around regional challenges and impacts. UC Irvine has begun to lead other UC campuses regarding Sustainable Foodservice Practices, providing and sourcing Sustainable food. UC Irvine has created comprehensive programs evaluating local food sourcing for the campus, hosting a campus garden, developing a composting system, and reaching out to key community stakeholders.

Sustainability Leadership Pipeline

Experience working with campus entities and community stakeholders is of significant value to students confidence, experience, resume-building, and practical job-skills. Students are increasingly nervous about entering the job market given current economic conditions. Although many academic departments offer internship opportunities in traditional disciplines, the market is progressing toward hybrid and interdisciplinary experience. Sustainability, systems dynamics, and integrated job skills are in high demand.

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Sustainability Resource Center

Similar to the Cross Cultural Center, this will be a physical location dedicated to supporting environmental initiatives projects, students, and student groups on campus by providing a place to coordinate and collaborate. Resources and materials will be available as well as information on upcoming events, programs, Sourced from: internships, and grant applications. http://www.designshare.com/index .php/projects/college-dupageThis will most likely house the carol-stream/images@364 office of the Sustainability Coordinator located strategically on campus.

Sustainability Office
A physical location dedicated to supporting sustainability initiatives, projects, students, faculty, research centers, administration, and staff, providing a place to coordinate and collaborate, supporting the community. Modeled UCSD Sustainability Programs after UCSDs were initiated by UCSD Sustainability Resource Chancellor Marye Anne Fox Center (pictured here).
Sourced from: http://sustain.ucsd.edu/

Sustainability Director
The coordinator and manager of UC Irvine's sustainability efforts to foster a culture of sustainability among students, faculty, administration, staff, and the community.

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Town-Gown Opportunities
Local Nonprofits and Community Groups (Partial list) Sustainability Organizations/Businesses OC Interfaith Coalition for Environment Local Native American Tribes OC Cities, namely City of Irvine Chambers of Commerce OC & Regional Bodies OC League of Cities OC Council of Governments US Green Building Council Urban Land Institute Sourced from: Sierra Club http://www.scup.org/asset/52020/473_co llaboration2-700565.jpg UCI Extension K-12 and other college/universities

Local Political Support (Candidates)

Irvine Councilmember and Congressional Candidate
Beth Krom

Partial List

City of Irvine Irvine Green Ribbon Env. Committee City of Anaheim Councilmember Katrina Foley
City of Costa Mesa

Mayor Miguel Pulido

City of Santa Ana
Sourced from: http://www.cityofirvine.us/index.php

Timing: Leveraging Opportunity or Missing the Chance

Opportunity exists when preparation meets the conditions for emergence based on a confluence of multiple factors. UC Irvine is prime for integrating the many campus entities and programs necessary for profound change, creating a campus culture of stewardship, engagement, and experiential learning within our adjacent communities and region.
THE TIME IS NOW! THE PLACE IS HERE!