Engage the university community (students, faculty, staff) in identifying ways to reduce energy/energy related costs.
Complete an environmental audit of the campus identifying what the university is currently doing and/or can do to reduce energy.
Identify best practices in higher education for attaining energy efficiency and sustainable operations.
Develop a plan to promote sustainability activities and practices on campus and in partnership with the Cedar Valley community through education, outreach, and publicity.
Participate with other Regents' universities in information exchange on ways to move toward an environmentally sustainable future.
Identify ways to adopt the ten tenets of the Talloires Declaration, a document that was created in 1990 in Talloires, France to guide each signatory institution around the world to "become a sustainable university."
Establish policies and procedures that emphasize resource conservation, and environmentally sound practices.
Seek external grants for environmental projects.
Questions or Comments
Michael Hager - UNI Sustainability Council Chair
Eric O'Brien - UNI Sustainability Action Committee Chair
| Committee Membership | |
| Student Body | |
| Kara Poppe | Student Body Representative |
| Jordan Bancroft-Smith | Student Body Representative |
| Corey Cooling | Student Body Representative |
| Margaret Nervig | Student Body Representative |
| Academic Affairs | |
| Jennifer Bruss | Recycling & Reuse Tech Transfer Center |
| Gowri Betrabet Gulwadi | Applied Human Sciences |
| Kavita Dhanwada | College of Humanities, Arts and Sciences |
| Kamyar Enshyan | Center for Energy & Environmental Education |
| Chad Heinzel | Earth Science |
| Recayi (Reg) Pecen | Industrial Technology |
| Alicia Rosburg | Economics Department |
| Bill Stigliani | CEEE |
| Student Affairs | |
| Joe Tripp-Rieks | Residence Administration |
| Kathy Green | University Health Services |
| Bart Schmitz | Maucker Union |
| University Advancement | |
| Lindsay Cunningham | University Marketing and Public Relations |
| Administration and Financial Services | |
| Jan Hanish | Administration & Finance |
| Marty Mark | Administration & Finance Technology Services |
| Dean Shoars | Environmental Health & Safety |
| Kelly Stark | Facilities Planning |
| John Streicher | Facilities Planning |
| P&S Council | |
| Matthew Copp | Dining Services |
| Merit Staff | |
| Brian Peters | Operations & Maintenance |
| Community Members | |
| Pete Olson | Cedar Falls Utilities |
| Bruce Sorensen | City of Cedar Falls |
| Ex Officio | |
| Eric O'Brien | Administration & Finance |
