Medaille College Green Council
Green Pledge
Medaille College commits itself to enhancing stakeholders’ understanding of environmental issues and to the development of a campus culture
haracterized by individual and collective environmental responsibility, resource stewardship, and sustainable development.
- Bring together a team of dedicated individuals (students, faculty, administrators and service staff) to further the work began by the True, Blue and Gold Leadership students.
- Build a foundation for sustainability that will be carried out each year by the campus community.
- Create a cohesive team of environmental advocates to carry out the work of the Green Council.
- Help to ensure that our campus sustainability is comprehensive, including operations, teaching, research, and outreach.
- Make substantive recommendations for achieving sustainable operations and sustainability education based on environmental audits and needs assessments.
- Create an environmental charge for the college community to follow.
- Research and share data regarding the best Green practices in higher education
- Establish and prioritize annual institutional sustainability goals
Sustainability Resources for Higher Education
The Medaille College Green Council offers students, faculty, staff, and administrators at all campuses this “starter kit” of resources on sustainability efforts in American higher education.
We hope it will serve as an inspiration and practical guide to all individuals and groups searching for profitable ways to translate their commitment to environmental responsibility, resource stewardship, and sustainable development into tangible action.
Exemplary Green Colleges and Universities
The September/October 2008 edition of the Sierra Club magazine also provides a List of Cool Schools. The article provides a synopsis of campus efforts at the Top Ten rated schools. Here are the top three links that speak to student, faculty, staff, and administrative efforts at each institution.
Greening the Curriculum: Sustainability-themed Courses
Here of examples where faculty have “greened” the curriculum across academic disciplines at college and universities in the forefront of campus and civic sustainability matters.
Auburn University
Emory University
Stockton College (“New Jersey’s Green College”)
University of Maryland
University of New Hampshire
Additional Sustainability Resources
Higher Education Sustainability Associations
This website offers information on “programs, policies, trends and tools for implementing sustainability” in higher education through its twenty plus member organizations.
Sustainability and Education Resource List
This resource lists includes references to (a) websites, (b) carbon footprint calculators, (c) videos and book on education and sustainability as well as climate change, sustainability, green economy, and organizational change, and (d) education and business organizations committed to sustainability.
Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit: Web Resources
This website identifies many information and resource rich sites focused on the teaching and learning of sustainable development from multiple disciplinary and global perspectives.
Education for Sustainability Book List
The National Association of Independent Schools offers an extensive bibliography of books on environmental sustainability organized into three sections: General Curriculum, and Campus Operations, Climate Change, and K-12 students.
National Wildlife Foundation and CampusEcology
College Council of NYSAR3 (NYS Association for Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling)
