The Environmental Sustainability Committee @RooseveltU will have its next meeting (on Zoom) of the 2022-23 academic year the week of March 13th, day/time TBA. If you are interested in attending, please fill out this Doodle Poll by Mon 3/6/23. Pending your feedback, a meeting invite will be sent out by the end of this week as we head into spring break.

The ESC is an open committee formed in 2010 that welcomes participation and encourages collaboration across colleges and departments from all members of the RU community: students, faculty, staff, administration, alumni, and friends. Our key task this spring is to finish the Strategic Sustainability Planning effort begun in Fall 2022 and produce a revised Plan for 2023-28 by the end of this Spring 2023 semester.

This Wk9 meeting will focus on reviewing and analyzing feedback from the Fall 2022 campus planning workshops, events, and presentations as well as the ongoing surveys of current students and employees/alumni. From this foundation, we will develop consensus on RU’s campus sustainability goals for the next five years and prioritize concrete initiatives to achieve said goals.

Please see the Fall 2022 Campus Sustainability Planning webpage for notes, slides, zoom recordings, and other resources related to this effort. Everyone’s input, ideas, and perspectives are needed and valued! Also note that Roosevelt’s just-renewed annual membership in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) provides anyone with an active RU email address full access to AASHE’s online resources. Take advantage and avail yourself!

Here’s that link to the ESC Doodle poll again: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/er21o46e

Questions? Email Mike Bryson (mbryson@roosevelt.edu), professor & director of Sustainability Studies, chair of the Dept of Sociology & Sustainability, CAS.