University of Denver
PAE-20: Inter-Campus Collaboration on Sustainability

Presentations --2011 RMSS Conference Panel Presenter, Dr. Linda Kosten, “Reaching for the STARS: Institutional Perspectives on AASHE’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, & Rating System,” Denver, CO, February 17-18. --2011 RMSS Conference Presentation, Dr. Martin Quigley, “Is Brown the New Green?”, Denver, CO, February 17-18. --2011 RMSS Panel Presentation, Dr. Bruce Hutton and others, “Driving Social Entrepreneurship: The role of sustainability,” Denver, CO, February 17-18. --2011 RMSS Presentation, Dr. Donald McCubbrey, “Open Educational Resources: Status and Trends,” Denver, CO, February 17-18. --2011 RMSS Presentation, Dr. Lyndsay Agans, “Social sustainability: A new paradigm for diversity in higher education?”, Denver, CO, February 17-18. --2011 RMSS Panel Presentation, Dr. Donald Sullivan, Beth Walker, and ESLLC students, “The Environmental Sustainability Living and Learning Community: Shifting campus culture,” Denver, CO, February 17-18. --2011 RMSS Panel Presentation, Dr. KK. DuVivier, Dr. David Ceipley, Erin Hough, and Justin Jenkins, “Urban eating,” Denver, CO, February 17-18. --2011 RMSS Presentation, Dr. Robert Stencel, “Sustainable lighting practices and AASHE STARS ratings,” Denver, CO, February 17-18. --2010 AASHE Conference Panel, Drs. Lyndsay Agans, David Ciepley, Lisa Dale, Anne DePrince, Keith Miller, Rebecca Powell, and Matthew Taylor, “Building sustainability communities through service learning,” Denver, CO, October 10-12. --2010 AASHE Conference Panel, Dr. Rebecca Powell, Dr. Donald Sullivan, Beth Walker, and students, “Environmental Sustainability Living and Learning Community,” Denver, CO, October 10-12. --2010 AASHE Conference Presentation, Dr. Lyndsay Agans, “Be an Effective Sustainability Champion: Lessons from National Sustainability Fellows,” Denver, CO, October 10-12. --2010 AASHE Conference Presentation, Dr. Lyndsay Agans, “Standards of Sustainability Practice for Student Affairs Administrators,” Denver, CO, October 10-12. --2010 AASHE Conference Presentation, Sarah Coleman and Michael Harris, “Saving Environmental Law Clinics: The Benefits of A Real-World Education,” Denver, CO, October 10-12. --2010 AASHE Conference Presentation, Dr. Bruce Hutton, “Collaboration for Sustainable Development and Value Creation,” Denver, CO, October 10-12. --2010 AASHE Conference Panel Presenter, Dr. Linda Kosten, AASHE STARS Workshop, Denver, CO, October 10-12. --2010 AASHE Conference Panel Moderator, Sarah McElroy, Green Careers Seminar, Denver, CO, October 10-12. Documents --Rocky Mountain Sustainability Summit Program (see http://www.du.edu/green/media/documents/2011_RMSS_Conference_Book_final.pdf) --Campus Sustainability Tour Map (see --Sustainable Endowments Institute Report, “Greening the Bottom Line: The Trend toward Green Revolving Funds on Campus” (see http://www.greeningthebottomline.org/) --Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, Statewide Sustainability Roundtable Report (see http://sustainablecolorado.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2010-Statewide-Roundtable-Report_Revised_Mar2011.pdf) Campus Tours --2010 AASHE Conference, 4 tours, 15 participants each. --2011 Rocky Mountain Sustainability Summit, 1 tour, ~ 15 participants.

--Member, American Association of Sustainability in Higher Education --Signatory, American College &University Presidents' Climate Commitment --Collaborator, Alliance for Sustainable Colorado

On February 17-18, 2011, the University of Denver hosted the Rocky Mountain Sustainability Summit, which until this year had been held solely at the University of Colorado-Boulder campus. The event drew over 250 attendees and speakers from as far away as California and Massachusetts, representing 59 schools, government agencies and businesses. Approximately 25 staff and faculty volunteers coordinated the event, and 75 student volunteers provided support during the two-day conference. DU has always participated in this biennial Summit by sending faculty, students, and staff as presenters and participants. On November 4, 2010, the University of Denver’s Office of the Chancellor and Sustainability Council co-hosted a Statewide Sustainability Roundtable, along with the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, the Governor’s Energy Office, Recharge Colorado.com, and Connected Organizations for a Responsible Economy (CORE). Among the goals of the roundtable meeting were to foster a statewide sustainability network by laying the foundation for making contacts and building relationships across the nonprofit, business, government and education sectors and to aid in reaching consensus on next steps to implementing local and statewide sustainability goals. Over 200 sustainability directors and leaders from business, nonprofit, government, educational and religious sectors met for a day-long meeting at the University of Denver. The University of Denver co-hosted the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s (AASHE) 2010 national conference in Denver. Several DU staff, faculty, and students served on the planning committee for the event. In addition to approximately 20 faculty and staff who participated in the meeting, the Sustainability Council, in partnership with the Provost’s Office, sponsored 10 full student scholarships and 75 scholarships for the Student Summit. DU also hosted four tours, each emphasizing different sustainability features on campus (grounds, architecture, curriculum/research, dining).