Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.33
Liaison Larry Cook
Submission Date Feb. 13, 2012
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University of South Carolina
PAE-20: Inter-Campus Collaboration on Sustainability

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Larry Cook
Director
Office of Sustainability
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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:

Conference Presentation
Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference 2011 Student Panel on Sustainable Campuses;
Southeast Youth Food Activist Summit 2011 Local Food as a catalyst for Community Transformation;
Association of Outdoor Recreation 2010 An Essential Step to Your Program's Success…Go Carbon Neutral;
AASHE 2010 Greene Campus Sustainability Organizations Themselves: Creating a Green Organizational Culture;
AASHE 2010 Connecting Campust to the Wider Community;
Southeastern Student Renewable Energy Conference 2010 Working With Your Administration;
Student Leadership & Diversity Conference 2010 Green Leadership;
Student Leadership & Diversity Conference 2012 Engaging Students in Environmental Issues;
SC APPA 2012 Planning for Campus Sustainability;
SC Sustainability Conference 2012 Green Leadership


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

AASHE
ACUPCC
Southeastern Sustainability Network
Sustainable Universities Initiative (covers South Carolina institutions)
Carolina Recycling Association


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

Global Sustainability Skype Program w/ Schools in Europe to share experiences, student research and success; Great Power Race participant; Recycling Competition w/ athletic rival school during Recyclemania; developing and hosting an Eco Rep conference for schools in the region at no charge.


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