Western Washington University
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination

The WWU Sustainability Committee was created In April of 2005 to further WWU’s strategic goal of sustainability. The Sustainability Committee is composed of faculty, staff and students, who share a desire to protect local and global ecology, uphold social equity, create economic vitality and maintain human health.

John Furman, Director of Facilities Management, BFA, Committee Co-Chair Steve Hollenhorst, Dean of Huxley College, Committee Co-Chair Arunas Oslapas, Associate Professor, Engineering Technology, CST AS Environmental and Sustainability Programs Associate Director (annual appointment) Carol Berry, 10x12 & Sustainable Transportation Manager, Office of Sustainability Dan Hagen, Professor, Economics, CBE Dan Warner, Professor, Accounting Department, CBE Fred Ramage, Operations Manager, CFPA Gary Bornzin, Lecturer, Fairhaven College Gayle Shipley, Director, Environmental Health and Safety, BFA Hart Hodges, Assistant Professor, Economics, CBE Kurt Willis, Associate Director, University Residences Nicolas Zaferatos, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, HCE Paul Cocke, Director of University Communications ResRAP Coordinator, Office of Sustainability (annual appointment) Richard Neyer, AS Recycle Center Manager Robert Lopresti - Government Information Librarian and Librarian, HCE Seth Vidaña, Campus Sustainability Manager, Office of Sustainability Student at large position (annual appointment) Victor Nolet, Associate Professor Secondary Education, WCE Sustainable Food Systems Coordinator Students for Renewable Energy Student Club Air and Waste Management Student Club

Western’s Office of Sustainability (OS) is dedicated to furthering the university’s goals for campus sustainability. As defined by Western’s Sustainability Committee, the Office of Sustainability facilitates the strategies, research, education, and implementation of projects and goals that protect local and global ecology, uphold social equity, create economic vitality, and maintain human health.

The Campus Sustainability Manager works to advance Western’s goals to become a national sustainability leader in higher education. To accomplish this goal, the manager works closely with university administrators and faculty members, staff, students and community groups to foster programs that are uniquely suited to Western’s community, environment, and lifestyles. The Manager also designs and implements sustainability curriculum, teaching the Campus Sustainability Planning Studio, a class that serves to provide solutions to on and off sustainability challenges.

• Sustainability Committee Charter Over the summer of 2012, the Sustainability Committee workgroup drafted a new charter for the committee, which was formed in 2005. The Charter provides direction for goals, guiding principles, and an updated membership roster that reflects campus-wide sustainability developments. Following editing, the draft Charter will be submitted to President Shepard for approval.