In this issue: Carleton 2033 | Campus Sustainability | Climate Resilience & Environmental Justice | Academics: What’s Now and What’s Ahead | Funding & Recognition
The Office of Sustainability:
- Sarah Fortner, PhD, Director of Sustainability
- Rob Hanson, Manager of Campus Energy
- Kenta Hikino ‘23, 5th-year Educational Associate, Coordinator
- Sustainability Assistants: Ashley Cohen, Juliana Baldo, Grace Bassekle, Sadie DiCarlo, Eva Leikikh, Elena Prichard, Peter Sallinger, and Eli Watt
- Farm Interns: Ella Peoples, George Perry, Aley Zimmerman Comas (mentor, David Hougen-Etizman, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Biology)
Carleton 2033 — Sustainability!
We have a new institutional strategic plan featuring climate action, sustainability, and environmental justice (See Goal 6). Our future includes a Center for Sustainability that will join the Environmental Studies Program, the Sustainability Office, and the Arboretum in shared action. We imagine supporting more experiential opportunities on campus and in our community, and intentionally deepening our work to engage students in climate, sustainability, and environmental justice solutions. We are continuing our operational leadership and progress toward campus electrification, and we are committing to “Sustainability Across the Curriculum.” To catalyze innovation and engage students in climate leadership, Carleton will establish a Sustainable Future Fund that we will shape with students, faculty, staff, partners, and alumni.
This year has meant that the Office of Sustainability has worked in support of developing Carleton’s next plan for climate action and environmental justice (forthcoming) as part of the Sustainability Working Group, contributing to model exploration, community meetings to gather input, drafting a review, and writing and rewriting! We heard you! The soon-to-be-released plan focuses on building the capacity of our students to act on climate, support sustainability and engage for environmental justice across the many fields students will enter and the communities they go into. It both supports building and uniting expertise connecting around the climate action, sustainability, and environmental justice issues that matter to us, to supporting learning and change.
Campus Sustainability
Annual Emissions Reporting
Since 2008, we have reduced our emissions by 60% by linking our climate action goals into facilities and utilities planning and building a culture of sustainability. This has included updating our district heating and cooling system, which incorporates a geothermal system. With the infusion of federal investment, we have been sharing our operational model with many other campuses and organizations. We also have offered many tours and invite you to collaborate on sustainability tours, or sharing our sustainability progress in exciting ways.
See some news examples:
- Buckley, Cara. “To Slash Carbon Emissions on Campus, Colleges Are Digging Deep.” The New York Times (2024): A12-A12., NY Times
- Thompson, Pamela. “Carleton College hosts sustainability tours of campus geothermal units.” Northfield News.
Wind Turbine One — Connecting to Campus
Most recently we have been exploring the possibility of connecting Wind Turbine One (installed in 2004) to our grid on campus which would provide about 20% of campus’ electricity. Last year, Minnesota committed to 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040 and part of our work has been attending meetings with our community to contribute to what this transition will look like for us and the Northfield community.
Transportation
Equity, Fleet Decarbonization, Electric Vehicle (EV) Chargers
As part of our climate action on campus, with community input we have framed goals for transportation that support both emissions reductions and equity and access. This year a task force including: facilities, fleet services, sustainability, campus services, met to explore the fleet decarbonization landscape to develop goals for our Climate Action, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice Plan and to make near-term decisions related to immediate charger needs, establishing a car share with ZipCars (beginning in 2024), and exploring connections with the City of Northfield and the First United Church of Christ (UCC) as charging infrastructure opportunities move forward.
In addition, IFSA students and STAS supported deepening equity discussions and community engagement surrounding transit equity. We are working through a process to support more decision-making here.
Campus Fleet Vehicle Services and Campus Security are planning to purchase a few EVs as soon as this summer. In preparation, an EV charger dedicated to Security will be installed east of the Chapel, and two EV chargers dedicated to Fleet Vehicle Services will be installed near the Stadium.
Net Zero Buildings
Elena, Eva, and Rob visit the Lilac Hill passive house site during a pause in construction.
The first phase of the Student Life and Housing Plan is nearing completion. The Lilac Hill housing will meet Passive House standards, which includes a thick building envelope, air-tight construction, and improved ventilation, and consideration of thermal conditions. With solar panels, these buildings will be net energy neutral and a model for sustainable housing.
Our next plan ensures that we maintain the high standards for low-emission buildings.
Food Emissions and Equity
We are exploring new food-related emissions reporting. Sustainability assistants Elena, Eva, Eli, and Julianna are working with Bon Appétit on food-related projects. This includes work to share some of our institutional data from their internal Food Standards Dashboard to build awareness of the role of dietary choices to our emissions. For example, in one quarterly snapshot we found that while beef represented around 5% of our purchasing it was around 50% of our diet/choice-related emissions.
Increasing food-related emissions reporting and decision-making will complement other work for food access and food equity. For example, the Food Recovery Network which has played a key role in reducing food waste and associated emissions. Likewise, we are eager to see a student-driven food recovery carbon offset protocol (mentor: Erica Zweifel, students/graduates: Beck Woollen, Stephanie Lee, David Aherns, partners include the Community Action Center) that former CCCE and Sustainability students helped develop with Second Nature for use by higher education. Food that would have been disposed of is recovered to food assistance. Likewise we (the Sustainability Office, Campus Services, and Bon Appétit are exploring opportunities to collaborate with the ZeroFoodPrint Model with Carleton Alum, Anthony Myint ’99.
Carleton Student Farm
The Student Farm Interns have just started up our 2024 Season. Farm interns work with Faculty Advisor David Hougen-Eitzman and the Sustainability Office to manage and operate our 1.5-acre plot of land. Our team of three interns handles all aspects of the farm work. This includes making a crop plan and operating our organic farm from the end of Spring Term to the beginning of Fall Term. We will be selling all of our produce to the Dining Halls as the season progresses.
The team is ready for a great summer and eager to see the results of all our hard work. The farm is a great way for us to learn about Sustainable Agriculture and how to operate a successful Market Garden.
Make sure to follow our progress on Instagram @carletonstudentfarm. Special thanks to Mary Savina for launching an endowment to support the farm. We are eager to develop more education and climate action collaborations related to campus food and the farm, including connecting to local interests. Please reach out to Sarah Fortner to explore curricular opportunities that link to interests on campus or to local climate resilience interests.
Programs & Climate Action Week
Sustainability Assistants (STAs) collaborated with many partners and worked together to examine energy data, support transportation decisions, and develop programming on campus including several events focused on mending and repairing, supporting students in developing storytelling skills, hosting a radio show that supported conversations with many on campus about how folks take action for sustainability or environmental justice, contributing to Mutual Aid Programming and connecting our partners into events.
Climate Action Week 2024 was during the fifth week of this Spring Term. The week of activities, workshops, panels, and talks revolved around our theme: ‘Where We Live’. The Sustainability Office invited the student body to participate in conversations and activities from a discussion of individual responsibility in the environmental movement to engaging for structural change through advocacy or developing strange strategies.
The Sustainability Office partnered with campus partners like the Makerspace, CCCE, Farm House, Facilities, ECO, WHOA (Wellstone House of Organizing and Action), Sunrise, Facilities, Custodial, the Writing Center, the Office of Health Promotion, the Chaplains’ Office and IFSA (Interfaith Social Action), the Division of Inclusion, Equity, and Community, the Arboretum, Bon Appétit as well as individual faculty and staff coming from many departments and units.
Activities included long favorites such as: a bike and clothing repair workshop with the Makerspace, a waste auditing workshop, and flip the switch to plants in our dining halls, as well as a farm tour. With the help of Facilities and BeaverFest’s own Jonah Doctor-Loeb, students were invited to ‘Beaver Walk’ around Lyman Lakes to see our campus’s beloved beaver population and early recruitment for Beaver Fest.
In addition, climate justice topics included mutual aid organizing, housing, transit, and a community conversation reflecting on individual responsibility and systemic change. In the housing justice panel, Scott Wopata from the Community Action Center who led an affordable and sustainable housing project in Northfield noted that he hadn’t realized there were alternative models and each time he hit a barrier in moving the project forward he found new expertise and network to build. Likewise, speakers discussing state level roll outs for energy efficiency, or the housing development space broadly said that there were many mismatches in the system, so they were actively building networks to exchange information faster and address common barriers. The Fighting for Public Transportation forum united discussions between IFSA, Sustainability, Facilities, and the Northfield Community in discussions on concerns about transportation.
Many activities were also integrated into Northfield’s Earth Day events, bridging the engagement of campus and community. For example as part of Northfield’s line-up we opened up a Mutual Aid workshop led by Payton MacDonald and Leah Ayer from the Mutual Aid Disaster Network to participants on and beyond campus that featured in also offered a tour of our campus’s energy (a discussion of our geothermal system, wind turbines, solar energy, and new Passive Housing at Lilac Hills) and participated in children’s booth activities. There were also many individuals and offices contributing to other activities downtown. A favorite was learning about “extra credit” to attend a very fun contra dance at Armory Square, being in community.
These moments were truly special and memorable, such as dinner, conversation, and a home cooked meal at Farm House, inviting the campus community over for dinner and discussion about environmentalism and how to support climate action and justice on campus. These community events increased dialogue on our responsibilities, and especially the steps students can take to support these efforts! Climate Action Week fell during the fifth week of Spring Term, and even with midterms, the week of events drew a lot of attention and interest. We are excited to see such strong participation and enthusiasm & already energized for next year.
Peer Leader Programming, Zero Waste, and Fifth-Year Associate
This year the Sustainability Office had an important 5th-year education associate, Kenta Hikino ‘23, who brought significant energy and expertise to our program. Kenta served as our liaison to the Peer Leader Program to connect our office to more professional development opportunities and discover potential partners to collaborate with. Additionally, he especially helped coordinate collaboration between the Sustainability Office, Facilities, and many student clubs and offices interested in Zero Waste events and outreach support. Kenta helped the STAs make connections on campus and develop projects and contributed to our Climate Action, Sustainability and Environmental Justice Plan, especially by exploring the carbon market landscape and contributing to draft development.
We appreciate Kenta’s calm presence, knowledge of sustainability, and ability to support our team in developing and completing sustainability projects. We also know that he has done fantastic work in his role connecting us to the Carleton Peer Leader Program and the Division of Student Life through his successful contributions in organizing the Peer Leader Winter Conference and guiding the STAs through New Student Week as they acclimated to their roles as leaders on campus. We know that our office and many more will miss you. We wish you happiness and success!
Sustainability and custodial services team up to audit waste streams around campus and develop outreach in collaboration with many members of our community for major events such as football games.
Climate Resilience & Environmental Justice
Carleton College has played an active part in shaping and supporting the city of Northfield’s Climate Action Plan. Part of our continued work is engaging students actively in supporting this plan as projects are developed or carried out. Colleges are important to climate mitigation and energy solutions, climate resilience, and environmental justice where we live. In the last few years, there have been several national initiatives working to deepen experiential education and the connectivity campuses have with their communities in supporting climate action and environmental justice. (See for example: The Second Nature Resilience Climate Justice Toolkit and the White House Campus Community Climate Forum). Engaging governance, providing information and technical assistance and supporting connections, or community building that accelerate climate action and environmental justice are important roles. The Sustainability office makes connections where we have expertise in mitigation, resilience, and environmental justice.
Action in Northfield
Northfield High School & Riverfront Geothermal Exploration
In the upcoming November election there will be a 3-part referendum to upgrade Northfield High School. Part 3 of the new construction proposed would include the installation of a geothermal system. The city is also actively exploring a potential geothermal system as part of riverfront development. The sustainability office plans sharing examples of our district energy geothermal system and attending meetings at the high school and in the city related to climate action to be an information resource. In addition, as we move into election season, we will actively look for and share ballot issues and candidate position information related to environmental issues.
Cannon River Opportunities in Climate Resilience
The Office of Sustainability collaborated with the City of Northfield, Clean River Partners, and the Humanities Center to host three workshops exploring opportunities to find common interests for action related to the riverfront. Read the opportunity targeting our campus audience. Attendees included Carleton and St. Olaf faculty, staff, and student club leaders and many city offices (e.g., library, stormwater, community development, city administration) and representatives from commissions. Common interests found included: 1) monitoring water quality in the Cannon River above and below the dam, 2) connecting our city as a corridor with the communities around it, 3) sharing case studies on upstream land and vegetation practices for flood protection, climate resilience, 4) processing change and connecting with community through history and narratives. The working group shared grant opportunities related to local implementation projects and education and will remain connected through a listserv.
Environmental Justice Workshop with Community Partners
Carleton College (including the CCCE and Sustainability Office) Partnered with Clean River Partners, Sharing Our Roots, Freshwater, Riverbend, St. Olaf, and the MN Department of Health to bring the Minnesota Humanities Center to Carleton for a 1-day workshop on Building Community Capacity for Environmental Justice Workshop. This workshop supported connections to water and environmental justice practitioners through Indigenous knowledge, narratives, and connection with community and place.
Establishing Community Science on the Cannon River to Engage Water, Climate, and Community Decisions
Clean River Partners, the Office of Sustainability, and the City of Northfield are pursuing a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to support the implementation of some of Northfield’s climate action goals related to climate resilience, on the Cannon River. Whether or not our project is funded, the Office of Sustainability plans to support regular monitoring of the Cannon River. We are interested in engaging members of our campus and the Northfield Community in the knowledge exchange needed for climate resilience. This will include reflection on flood solutions, upstream land practices and more. We are developing our engagement strategy through early efforts at Beaver Fest and as part of a Master Naturalist program at River Bend. We welcome collaboration that expands environmental analyses, surveys water and climate priorities, or that helps connect people to culture, histories, and future. A longer term vision is to uncover shared agendas for research, education, and action, and exploring water interests has been a great way to engage city climate resilience planning and upstream agricultural land use. Stay tuned for opportunities to participate, or reach out to connect.
Northfield’s Zero Waste Plan
The Office of Sustainability, CCCE, ECO and many others contribute to Northfield’s Zero Waste efforts through hosting Zero Waste Events, supporting resale, and mending. Move Out waste generation is reduced through Lighten Up which CCCE runs to support the sale of donated items to partner organizations. The Sustainability Office also helps coordinate and lead community education for the Master Recycler & Composter Program with the City of Northfield, Riverbend, and a MN Green Corps member. Programming addresses individual, organization, and policy change-related opportunities. In addition, it has been a chance to share student projects on sustainability related to Zero Waste. Read more in our local news.
Supporting East Phillips Neighborhood
Members of our office have collaborated with the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute in Minneapolis to support their environmental justice leadership. This includes organizing events and helping interpret garden chemistry data. EPNI community is working on food sovereignty initiatives, reducing active environmental harms to the neighborhood, and addressing longer term environmental pollution legacies.
Trip to Macalester
Grace Bassekle arranged a trip for our office to visit the Macalester Office of Sustainability over spring break. We had a chance to check out the Little Free Store, the Bike Repair Hub, and stormwater features designed to reduce flooding associated with climate change and urbanization.
Broader Networking, Leadership, & Collaboration
Cross City Zero Waste Collaboration
We have recently applied to partner in a Circularity Grant led by the Circularity Informatics Lab that engages in community assessments and mapping related to Zero Waste. Protocols in the project include auditing local stores, using a community science platform to map litter, and conducting community surveys. By measuring and engaging multiple parts of the system, and working with decision makers, the project advances change across communities. We will actively local businesses in reflecting on change opportunities using the information gathered. We imagine collaborating with colleagues in the CCCE, student organizations, the city Zero Waste interest group, and others. Whether or not we join this project, the model appeals also in its potential to be connected into the introductory undergraduate curriculum, where it might support both learning and sustainability outcomes.
Upper Midwest Association of Campus Sustainability
The Office of Sustainability contributed 2 presentations and networked with faculty and staff interested in education and operations projects. During the academic year, Rob Hanson also hosted a virtual discussion on Carleton’s Energy Projects.
Committee to Advise the US Global Change Research Program
Sarah Fortner co-developed sessions and attended advisory meetings and reviewed draft ideas related to USGCRP’s work on the national climate assessment, nature based solutions, climate services (tools and support that helps make decisions related) and climate scenarios.
Second Nature Climate Leadership Summit and Offsets Council
Sarah Fortner and Kenta Hikino participated in Second Nature sessions exploring offsets in higher education and questions related to vetting, use in education, and the role of higher education in improving them.
Carnegie Sustainability Elective-Feasibility Study
Sarah Fortner joined a small group of leaders in the institutionalization or scaling of sustainability education across campuses in workshops exploring a new Carnegie Electivity in Sustainability. This elective would recognize education and academic support that advances sustainability literacy. Workshops have been steered by the American Council on Education ACE in collaboration.
Juneau Icefield Research Program
Sarah Fortner continues to serve on the leadership team for the Juneau Icefield Research Program. JIRP is the longest-running glacier and climate research program primarily for undergraduates. It has long linkages with Carleton student participants and leadership including Operational Director Annie Boucher ‘11.
Academics: What’s Now & What’s Ahead
The Sustainability Office collaborates with student clubs, classes, and research groups to deepen learning about campus sustainability challenges, or to improve how we support climate action and environmental justice with partners in action. Projects this year engaged the geothermal system, food, consumption and product choices, transportation and more. This year, we have collaborated with students in FOCUS on sustainability research projects exploring solutions related to on-campus transportation, the USEFUL program. It was fun to review research on perspectives from sustainability offices, common practices. In addition, we have contributed to classes integrating sustainable development topics into the curriculum especially related to consumption and food, by sharing institutional and city-related sustainability actions. During Climate Action Week, we also brought together a small group of interdisciplinary faculty and staff including Chloé Fandel, Dan Maxbauer, Dan Hernández, Kate Meyer, and Sarah Fortner to share examples of their approach to climate action, sustainability, and environmental justice which included evaluating the efficiency of our geothermal wells, soil amendments that enhance mineral weathering and carbon drawdown in agricultural fields, regenerative agriculture, ecological modeling, and art-science collaborations.
We have many departments and programs that incorporate sustainability into the curriculum, including the interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Major. As part of the Sustainability Working Group input and a recent Arboretum Review we heard that there is substantial interest in increasing teaching and learning using campus and our nearby community and interest in more coordinated support to share resources and support collaboration. Future strategic investment in sustainability across the curriculum will include new support for sustainability and environmental justice curriculum development and building connections across the environmental issues that matter to us and the community around us. We imagine new resources to coordinate participation and action developing a shared agenda for action and learning informed by guiding frameworks, local opportunities, and the expertise and interests participants bring. For folks especially interested in curriculum development, and collective action models that help faculty, staff, and partners unite, we recommend the following references:
- Dickinson, Valley and Ridge, Sustainability Across the Curriculum, https://www.dickinson.edu/info/20052/sustainability/2464/valley_and_ridge
- This annual workshop supports curriculum development around place-based and experiential opportunities and has been expanded to invite faculty from many institutions.
- Program Models: Examples of Implementing InTeGrated Design Principles, InTeGrate, https://serc.carleton.edu/91212, 2014.
- This resource shows how an evidence-based design rubric can be used to support design in multiple programs and contexts for change, strengthening shared sustainability work.
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Strengthening Sustainability Programs and Curricula at the Undergraduate and Graduate Levels. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25821.
- This resource is a consensus study based on education research, capacity building, and practice that details design ideas for sustainability education within disciplines, across disciplines, or as its own field for solutions, and the need to incorporate strategies for inclusivity into all of that education.
- Weiss, M., Barth, M., Wiek, A., & von Wehrden, H. (2021). Drivers and Barriers of Implementing Sustainability Curricula in Higher Education–Assumptions and Evidence. Higher Education Studies, 11(2), 42-64.
- This reviews sustainability across the curriculum efforts at 133 institutions to uncover important factors to success and barriers to change that can guide design for support.
Key takeaways from these include the need to: incorporate authentic and solutions-focused approaches as well as engaging history, culture, ethics and new futures. Academic coordination is the number one driver of Sustainability Across the Curriculum. Professional development support is often designed to build interdisciplinary competence and to support inclusive teaching practice. Participants both build and contribute expertise. Participants involved plays a roll in shaping success and developing shared ideas, materials, and community building. Collaboration between faculty, staff, local experts, and opportunities to reflect on place-based opportunities supports intentional linkages between education, sustainability practice and decisions, and supporting a more connected and inclusive community.
Funding & Recognition
Across the college there have been several major grant awards and recognitions for sustainability research and education efforts, most notably a $1.5 million Mellon Foundation Award for Indigenous Engagement in Place that will support meaningful community engagement. Within our office we also wanted to recognize specific efforts that resulted in recognition and funding, and to highlight awards that we support. Kudos to these teams!
Two Case Studies for the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
Over the last twelve months we have contributed two case studies to AASHE on projects including:
- Embracing Plastic-Free: Reusable Takeout at Carleton College That is Actually Reused
- The Community Action Center Project: Where Food Shelves Meet Carbon Offsets* (mentored Erica Zweifel from the CCCE)
These examples are now resources for other colleges seeking to establish similar projects that address campus and local sustainability and environmental justice concerns. The format of these case studies may also be useful to others on our campus interested in establishing projects, and they detail the partners and steps involved to support project success.
Carleton Student Association Funding for Sustainable Detergent
The Carleton Student Association (CSA) has approved $8,000 in funding for a pilot program to provide free, sustainable detergent to students. The initiative, proposed by student Eli Watt ‘24, aims to address laundry accessibility issues and promote environmental sustainability. The program will distribute 20,000 detergent sheets via a dispensary machine from Generation Conscious, a minority-owned business. If successful, the pilot could lead to refill stations in all campus laundry rooms, furthering Carleton’s commitment to social and climate justice (The Carletonian).
IDE Mini Grant and partnerships with Sunrise, WHOA, & CSA to support Mutual Aid Workshops
Grace Bassekle and Myles Fisher received an IDE Mini Grant that contributed to funding two Mutual Aid focused workshops during Climate Action Week that brought in excellent Payton McDonald and Leah Ayer from Mutual Aid Disaster Network that supported reflection and skill building around disaster mutual aid in contrast with charity.
Stewsie Award Winners: Kelly Connole and Eli Watt ’24
Every year, the Environmental Advisory Committee awards the Stewsie Sustainability Award to one Carleton student and one Carleton faculty or staff member who has made a notable impact on sustainability efforts at Carleton. The Award is named for Dresdon Blake Stewart, better known as “Stewsie.” Stewsie served the College for more than 50 years and served as a grounds supervisor. This year’s winners are Kelly Connole and Eli Watt.
Kelly Connole
We honor Kelly Connole, Professor of Art at Carleton College, with the Stewsie Award for her exceptional integration of sustainability into her ceramics curriculum and her leadership in public sustainability efforts.
Kelly has made environmental impact a cornerstone of their teaching philosophy. She meticulously tracks the life cycle of studio materials and even undertakes the ambitious project of harvesting local clay to eliminate transportation carbon footprints. Kelly fosters a deeper environmental awareness by prompting students to contemplate the millennia-long lifespan of fired ceramics, promoting thoughtful creation and continuous recycling of unfired clay. Her commitment extends beyond the classroom through her leadership of the annual Empty Bowls event, which for 20 years has raised funds for the local food shelf by offering a shared meal of community-donated soup served in handmade bowls. Kelly sets an amazing example of environmental stewardship and community involvement in the arts.
Eli Watt ’24
We are thrilled to announce Eli Watt, Environmental Studies Major, and Sustainability Assistant (STA) as the recipient of the Stewsie Award. Eli’s outstanding leadership and dedication to sustainability at Carleton College are exemplified by their waste-free detergent project, reducing the campus’s carbon footprint and promoting hygiene equity. Additionally, while serving as a STA they have championed efforts in establishing a plant-based food supply line and organizing numerous sustainability events in collaboration with partners such as the CCCE, Mutual Aid, the MakerSpace, Bon App, and more.Eli consistently takes on important tasks that help build the ENTS community, serving as one of the student assistants for the ENTS program and communicating opportunities and events. They are a prolific collaborator for sustainability, equity, and environmental justice. Congratulations, Eli! We appreciate how you have built community & supported change!
2023-2024 Academic Year STA-ffice Graduates
We are sad to say goodbye to Ashley Cohen & Peter Sallinger both graduating this academic year! We are also very proud and excited for both of you as you take the summer to relax and plan your next steps!
Ashley Cohen
Ashley is an Environmental Studies Major who joined our office this year and was an asset to energy work. She analyzed energy and transportation data, helped us test new strategies for Zero Waste at events including documentation on what did not work. She has been instrumental in our energy related sustainability tours and has long worked with Energy Club! Most of all we will miss her solid team and leadership skills! Thank you!
Peter Sallinger
Peter Sallinger has worked for the office for three years and was instrumental in supporting the move of the Sustainability Office to the Provost’s Office. In addition to supporting continuity of programs, he has helped with STA hiring, support transportation initiatives, collaboration with Farm House, the Office of the Chaplain, and supported the development of our ideas on carbon offsets and transportation emissions from reviewing models. Peter has served on the Sustainability Working Group and helped to stage our forthcoming Climate Action, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice Plan. Thank you!