San Diego State University
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination

The campus sustainability committee is a university senate committee and was established in April 2007. The Senate Sustainability Committee charge is as follows: 1.0 Sustainability refers to practices designed to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It encompasses teaching, research, and practice in a variety of areas including but not limited to policy development, building design and construction, waste management and recycling, energy production and use, water use, and transportation. 2.0 Membership (15): five faculty, with no more than two from any one college; one staff member; Vice President for Student Affairs or designee; Dean of Undergraduate Studies or designee; Director of Facilities Planning, Design & Construction or designee; Associate Vice President for Enterprise Operations or designee; SDSU Research Foundation Director of Facilities or designee; General Manager, KPBS or designee; CEO of Aztec Shops or designee; two students. 3.0 Functions. The Committee shall 3.1 study sustainability issues related to the campus and make recommendations to improve sustainable practices. 3.2 receive copies of Executive Orders or other instructions to the campus dealing with sustainability and report on them to the Senate. 3.3 Serve as the resource to faculty wishing to undertake research or propose curriculum in sustainability 3.4 coordinate with the Committee on Environment and Safety and the Campus Development Committee to ensure that sustainability is taken into consideration in the deliberations of those bodies.

Jessica Barlow, Professor, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Geoffrey Chase, Dean of Undergraduate Studies Lauren Cooper, Director of Facilities Planning, Design & Construction Eric Elson, designee for Norma Clark, Director of Facilities, SDSU Foundation Mina Azim, Student, Associated Students Berenice Rodriguez, Student, Enviro Business Society Steven Kiczek, Senior Assistant Librarian, Library and Information Access Paul Melchior, designee for Donna Tusack, CEO of Aztec Shops Nathan Oestreich, Professor, Accountancy Robert Schulz, Associate V.P. for Enterprise Operations Bruce Rogow, designee for Doug Myrland, General Manager of KPBS Mariah Hudson, Sustainability Coordinator, Staff Representative Trent Biggs, Associate Professor, Geography

The Center for Regional Sustainability is a part of the Division of Undergraduate Studies and has one full-time staff person and two interns. The Center develops and coordinates: co-curricular programming, academic programs to infuse sustainability into curriculum including the Faculty Sustainability Institute on course redesign and serves as a resource center for campus sustainability information, events and internships. The SDSU Associated Students also has sustainability initiatives and staff. The Center is located in the Administration Building room 220 and provides office space for Green Campus Interns.

Mariah Hudson,Sustainability Coordinator with Center for Regional Sustainability Support faculty development and efforts to infuse sustainability into the curriculum. Develop campus programing to raise awareness about sustainability issues and coordinate outreach events and programs to engage both the campus and the community. Seek outside funding such as grants to support CRS initiatives and programs. Assist SDSU in becoming a model University in sustainability. Glen Brandenburg, Sustainability Adviser and Director of the Mission Bay Aquatic Center with Associated Students Description: Create an awareness of sustainability throughout the Associated Students Inc. Measurably improve operations to meet as high of standard of sustainability as feasible. Create an awareness of sustainability throughout the University with an ongoing educational campaign. Encourage student organizations and residents to adopt sustainable habits. Assist SDSU in becoming a model University in sustainability.

SDSU employs a full-time sustainability coordinator to promote sustainability through campus-wide initiatives and programs. Associated Students, an auxiliary of SDSU, also employs a sustainability adviser to implement AS projects and programs.