campus sustainability integrated assessment
As part of the Graham Institute's overall efforts to integrate academic activity to campus operations at the University of Michigan—and to help advance the cause of environmental sustainability on our campus—the Graham Institute is partnering with the Office of Campus Sustainability (OCS) on a new Campus Sustainability Integrated Assessment (IA). The project will involve students, faculty, staff, and other stakeholders in examining and making recommendations in the following areas:
- Buildings
- Energy Sources
- Transportation
- Land & Water
- Food
- Purchasing & Recycling
- Culture (Funding support for the Culture Team provi
ded by the U-M Institute for Social Research)
The Campus Sustainability IA project is designed to facilitate progress toward the following goals:
- Involve the full U-M community in capturing ideas for a campus sustainability strategy
- Identify opportunities to use the U-M campus as a sustainability learning laboratory for campus community members
- Identify opportunities for potential projects to foster campus sustainability research and learning
- Educate the U-M community on campus sustainability issues, and identify the means to change culture as appropriate
- Publish a final report in an appropriate journal to share what we have learned as a community
The map above indicates different sections of the U-M campus involved in the IA project. (Please click on the map to view it in full size or here for a printable pdf.) Click on the links below to learn more.
- Campus Sustainability IA Update (as presented at a Campus Sustainability Public Forum on July 26, 2010)
- Campus Sustainability IA Project Overview (as presented at the Town Hall meeting on April 12, 2010).
- Campus Sustainability IA Project Presentation (as shown at the Town Hall meeting on January 28, 2010).
To keep abreast of other important meetings and events related to this IA project, please visit the IA Meetings page on a regular basis. You may also e-mail us at integrated-assessment@umich.edu.
Have Ideas about "Greening" the U-M Campus?
Please log onto our Campus Sustainability Comment & Idea Submission Form if you'd like to give us YOUR input about this important project.