RU’s Environmental Sustainability Committee (ESC) will meet via Zoom on Wed 2/21/24 from 9-10am CST to review the strategic planning process to date and prioritize the summary initiatives recommended by the RU community in 2023. This open committee est. in 2010 meets ~4x per year to discuss environmental sustainability initiatives, share information, and make policy recommendations.
All interested RU students, faculty, staff, admin, and alumni are welcome and encouraged to attend! RSVP to mbryson@roosevelt.edu.
Zoom link for meeting: https://roosevelt.zoom.us/j/93318500123
Our main task will be to share feedback on and discuss this Worksheet for Prioritizing Sustainability Initiatives (Word and pdf), which summarizes recommendations made through several surveys and workshops in 2022-23. Please take a few minutes to review and fill out the worksheet prior to meeting, if possible. Regardless of whether or not you can attend on 2/21, written feedback can be emailed to the ESC chair, Prof. Mike Bryson (mbryson@roosevelt.edu).
Additional Resources for the 2/21/24 ESC meeting:
- Strategic Sustainability Planning @RU: 2023 Update to the RU Senate (online slideshow and pdf)
- Home page of Campus Sustainability Planning @RU 2022-24 (online archive of info)
- Petition to Establish an Office of Sustainability @RU (started by RU Green student org on 3/29/23)
- Progress Report on 2015-20 Goals & Priorities (Excel and pdf versions) as of March 2023