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Liaison Richard Johnson
Submission Date Aug. 2, 2011
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Rice University
PAE-20: Inter-Campus Collaboration on Sustainability

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Richard Johnson
Director of Sustainability
Facilities Engineering and Planning
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Does the institution collaborate with other colleges and universities to support and help build the campus sustainability community?:
Yes

A brief summary of papers, guides, presentations, and other resources the institution has developed to share their sustainability experience with other institutions:

Greening the Campus Blog: Written by Rice's Director of Sustainability, Greening the Campus presents insights and observations from the perspective of a campus sustainability professional, addressing everything from operations and environmental performance to student life.

http://greeningthecampus.wordpress.com/

In addition, Rice's Director of Sustainability has published articles in such venues as ClimateEdu to share knowledge and experiences with other campus sustainability professionals.

Rice's Director of Sustainability frequently presents at local, regional, and national sustainability conferences to share lessons from Rice's experiences. (e.g. AASHE and Greening of the Campus conferences)


The names of local, state, regional, national, and other campus sustainability organizations or consortia in which the institution participates and/or is a member:

U.S. Green Building Council
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
Texas Regional Association for Campus Sustainability
Texas Medical Center Sustainability Advisory Council


A brief summary of additional ways the institution collaborates with other campuses to advance sustainability :

Rice's Director of Sustainability is in regular contact with counterparts at other area universities and has hosted visits from university peers.


The website URL where information about cross-campus collaboration is available:
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