Cornell University Cornell Sustainable Campus

President David Skorton formed the 13-member President's Sustainable Campus Committee (PSCC) to oversee all aspects of sustainability in campus operations and facilities.

The PSCC, includes representatives from operations and academic staff, students and faculty, will be involved across 10 areas of sustainable campus activities: energy, climate, water, food, waste, buildings, people, land, purchasing and transportation. Over the coming months, teams of staff, students and faculty will be recruited to implement actions in each of these areas.

A PSCC Communications Subcommittee will provide support for on-campus and external communications relating to campus sustainability and the PSCC will prepare an annual progress report on Cornell's campus sustainability initiatives and commitments. The new PSCC comes on the heels of the two-year process to create the Cornell Climate Action Plan, which was approved by the board of trustees in September 2009.

In August 2011, the PSCC adopted and approved the Cornell University Sustainability Plan.

Co-chairs:

• V.P.Facilities Services: Kyu Whang, co-chair;
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Natural Resources: Tim Fahey, co-chair;

Committee Manager:

• Sustainability Office: Daniel Roth, associate director for sustainability ;

Units with members involved include:

• Senior Director Energy and Sustainability Department: Bert Bland, committee manager;
• Entomology: Michael Hoffmann, Professor;
• Student and Academic Affairs: Dale Williams; assistant dean of students for Facility and Finance;
• Planning and Budget: Mary-Lynn Cummings, director of space planning;
• Government and Community Relations: Gary Stewart, deputy director, Community Relations;
• University Communications: Tracy Vosburgh, director of public affairs;
• Human Resources: Linda Croll Howell, director of work/life services;
• Agricultural Experiment Station: Lauren Chambliss, assistant director for communications;
• Undergraduate student: K.C. Alvey, student sustainability intern;
• Graduate student: Natalie Grillon interim student trustee, MBA candidate, S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, concentration in Sustainable Global Enterprise.