| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 46.71 |
| Liaison | Matthew Harmin |
| Submission Date | May 14, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Goucher College
EN-9: Community Partnerships
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 3.00 |
William
Lederer Special Assistant to the President; Chair of Goucher Environmental Sustainability Advisory Council President's Office |
Does the institution have at least one formal sustainability partnership with the local community that meets the criteria as “supportive”?:
A brief description of the institution’s supportive sustainability partnership(s) with the local community:
Goucher has a partnership (supported by the Offices of Community-Based Learning and Community service) with Therapeutic Alternatives of Maryland (TALMAR) Gardens and Horticultural Therapy Center. Student Todd Troester '15 is student director through Goucher's Student Leaders for Civic Action Program. Info at:
Goucher also supports and patronizes community supported agriculture and local farmers' markets:
http://www.goucher.edu/about/environmental-sustainability/what-can-you-do/csa-and-farmers-markets
Does the institution have at least one formal sustainability partnership with the local community that meets the criteria as “collaborative”?:
Date Revised: Oct. 15, 2014
A brief description of the institution's collaborative sustainability partnership(s):
Goucher partners with Barclay Elementary/Middle School to form the Barclay Gardening Club where Goucher students serve as volunteers with the Gardening Club two days a week. In 2009, the school was placed on a list of "green" schools by the Maryland Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education. Two years later, Barclay won a Cleaner Greener Baltimore sustainability grant and used the funds to formalize a garden site at the school. Goucher students work with garden volunteers and school staff to help implement environmental education programs, physically work in the garden with the Barclay students, and to help support a cooking program that allows the students to cook and eat what is grown in the garden.
Date Revised: Oct. 15, 2014
Does the institution have at least one formal sustainability partnership with the local community that meets the criteria as “transformative”?:
A brief description of the institution's transformative sustainability partnership(s) with the local community:
A brief description of the institution’s sustainability partnerships with distant (i.e. non-local) communities:
Goucher partners with several national sustainability organizations:
1. EPA Green Power Partnership Member
2. Maryland Green Registry Member
3. American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment (President Ungar signed in 2007)
The website URL where information about sustainability partnerships is available:
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