The story I'd like to work on focuses on WSU's sustainability efforts during the current economic climate. This year WSU's sustainability grade on the sustainability college report card dropped. What I'll talking about is how WSU is working through keeping sustainability efforts up despite working with their current budget... this includes meeting silver LEED certifications for building and renovation projects, dining hall food purchase standards, etc. The question will be whether the university is able to continue choosing green and more costly options over cheap and more non-recyclable ones.
WSU scored a B- on the 2009 sustainability college report card and this year a C. What I will be looking at is what sustainability means for WSU; why the university dropped a letter grade on this report card, what the savings incurred based on sustainability measures are, focusing on state-mandated silver LEED building requirements, what other schools are doing and why these measures are so important. WSU has many examples of sustainable projects and policies, ranging from an orchard that produces an estimated $10,000 worth of crops for use in the dining centers, to a sustainability award winning in-plant publishing group. Despite this, WSUs report card shows a possible decline in sustainability progress. I’d like to dig into this one and find out why. To do so, I’ll need to talk to Dwight Hagihara, the Committee Interim Administrator, the ASWSU senate committee on environmental issues, and the CUB director.
Some possible sources to look at:
Survey results for the sustainability report card WSU Environmental Management System Report American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment Silver-LEED minimum building requriements
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