Using your

campus as the

living laboratory

TallChief A. Comet

Director, Office of Sustainability, Humboldt State University

2013 USASBE Conference

Favorable Structure

• Sustainability is a broad area of involvement

• Often results from “creative solutions”

• Conditions on campuses ripe for experimental

collaboration between academic and

administration & facilities/operations units

• Think beyond the traditional business areas

Example Opportunities

• “Green” Funds

• Sustainability offices

• Policy and procurement

• Operations offices

• Interdisciplinary class projects

Activity:

Take the next 15 min. to discuss in your groups:

1. What are the likely entities/offices you can

(or have) engage(d) on your campus to use as

an extension of classroom projects?

2. What is (was) the subject matter of the

engagement (e.g., marketing, policy, economic

analysis, ROI, etc.)?

Resources

• Humboldt Energy Independence Fund (HEIF): http://humboldt.edu/heif/

• Humboldt State Univ. Office of Sustainability (OS): http://humboldt.edu/sustainability/

• Humboldt State Univ. Green Scene: http://humboldt.edu/green/

• OS Director, TallChief Comet: tcc4@humboldt.edu