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Enviro Beat Sheet. What is sustainability?. According to GreenReportCard.org , sustainability means meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their owns needs. Sustainable Endowments Institute. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Enviro Beat Sheet

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What is sustainability? According to

GreenReportCard.org, sustainability means meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their owns needs.

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Sustainable Endowments Institute A nonprofit organization

engaged in research and education to advance sustainability in campus operations and endowment practices.

The GreenReportCard.org website and the College Sustainability Report Card are both initiatives of the institute.

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Sustainable Endowments Institute The institute has developed

relationships and joint projects with many organizations.

Partners• Energy Action, Washington, D.C.• Foundation for Civic Leadership, Cambridge,

Massachusetts• Of Balance Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts• Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, New York, New York• United Nations Foundation, Washington, D.C.

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Sustainable Endowment Institute The institute also has the support from

individual donors and other organizations. Supporters:

• Barr Foundation• David Rockefeller Fund• Henry P. Kendall Foundation• Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation• John Merck Fund• Kresge Foundation• Nathan Cummings Foundation• Merck Family Fund

• Rockefeller Brothers Fund• Roy A. Hunt Foundation• Rudolf Steiner Foundation• Surdna Foundation• V. Kann Rasmussen

Foundation• Wallace Global Fund

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What is the Report Card? The College Sustainability Report

Card is designed to identify colleges and universities that are leaders in sustainability.

The aim is to provide accessible information for schools to learn from each other’s experiences and establish more effective sustainability practices.

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Evaluating and Grading Schools The College Sustainability Report Card 2011 evaluates and grades

environmental sustainability efforts at 322 schools in the United States and Canada.

Four surveys were designed to gather information about sustainability in: Campus Operations Dining Services Endowment Investment Practices Student Activities

Surveys are sent to administrators and students at every institution .

A school’s overall grade is calculated from the grades received in nine equally weighed categories

The Overall College Sustainability Leaders award is given to schools who earn an overall grade of A or higher

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Campus Sustainability Campus Sustainability Day 2011

Webcast. Durham College, CA, Living Green -

Campus Sustainability

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Story Ideas The Sustainable Endowments Institute has announced that it is

suspending publication of the College Sustainability Report Card in order to channel its efforts into helping decision-makers utilize green revolving funds.

• Press Release from Mark Orlowski, Executive Director of the Sustainable Endowments Institute

University of Florida is one of the highest ranked in Florida by the Green Report Card and has an award-winning recreation facility that was the first Low Impact Development design on campus.

• Sustainability at the University of Florida• NIRSA Outstanding Sports Facilities Award Executive Summary

In the 2011 College Sustainability Report Card, Florida State University had the worst overall grade out of all Florida universities.• The 2011 Report Card evaluated five other universities in Florida and they are

compared HERE.

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University of Florida Sustainability The expansion of the Southwest Recreation

Center at the University of Florida is the first complete Low Impact Development design on the campus.

(Completed in August 2010)• UF was a grade higher than the previous year in the 2011 Green Report Card. Also ranked highest in Florida with the grade of B+, along with the University of South Florida and Rollins College.

• One of nine universities that were awarded the 2012 NIRSA Outstanding Sports Facilities Award.

• According to Green Report Card survey data, the University of Florida has:Pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent below 2005 levels by

2020 and 83 percent below by 2050.Organic dining services and dishware made of recycled or biodegradable content.Decreased water consumption on campus by 24 percent since 2005 despite an

increase in student population

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Report Card How to donate to the Report Card

• http://www.greenreportcard.org/get-involved/donate

Internship and research fellowship opportunities• http://www.greenreportcard.org/get-involved/internships

Ideas for students on how to improve sustainability at their school• http://

www.greenreportcard.org/get-involved/students

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Report Card Sources www.greenreportcard.org

Southwest Recreation Center• http://recsports.ufl.edu/about

Sustainable Endowments Institute• Phone: 617-528-0010• Email: [email protected]

Board of advisors• http://

www.greenreportcard.org/about/sustainable-endowments-institute