Transcript Slide 1
http://www.sustainability.ucsb.edu/sustainabilityvideos/uc-leadership-for-a-sustainable-future/
Jacy Brunkow, Jake Sultan,
Molly Troup, Kate Ziemba
December 5, 2012
Overview
Justification/motivation
Background
UC Santa Barbara
Chancellor’s Sustainability
Committee
Organization and structure
Achievements
Case Study: Meeting – Nov 16, 2012
Observations:
Strengths
Weaknesses & Opportunities
Recommendations
Justification
Group on campus that works on sustainability
issues
Diverse group of stakeholders that meet
infrequently and have large objectives.
Opportunity to analyze the leadership methods for
the decision making process in a group with
limited meetings
Opportunity to examine objectives that inspired
the creation of this committee, progress toward
the objectives, and possible shortcomings
UCSB: Significant Presence in
$214 million endowment
Santa Barbara County Largest employer in SB (6,200
people)
21,685 students
~7,500+ residents
1,055 acres (427 ha)
UCSB Campus Sustainability Structure 2011-2012
Chancellor’s Campus Sustainability
Committee
Student
Initiatives
-TGIF
-REI
-Coastal Fund
Associated
Students
-Recycling
-Food Bank
-Zero Waste
Chancellor
Co-Chairs
40 Student
Organizations
focusing on
Environment/
Sustainability
Subcommittees
Change Agents
Academic
Senate
Sustainability
Work Group
Chancellor’s Campus Sustainability Committee
background
•Established on Oct. 22, 2008 by Chancellor Henry Yang
•Advise the Chancellor and campus administrators on matters of
campus sustainability
•Make recommendations on sustainability initiatives
•Prioritize and monitor the execution and progress of the
campus sustainability plan toward goals
•Make Recommendations on allocations of available funding
resources
•Provide guidance in the creations and fostering of alliances
•Conduct an ongoing and thorough consultative process to
solicit campus input in developing a vision to enhance
international leadership
•Use the Campus Sustainability Plan as a blueprint for UCSB’s
sustainability efforts
CSC Mission
Statement
In striving to enhance UCSB
practices and to make a truly
“sustainable campus,” we use
the current budget
constraints as an opportunity
to look for ways to redefine
roles played within our
organization and reassess how
we manage and assign work.
On an annual basis, we will
identify a number of areas
for improvement, as they not
only provide opportunities to
reduce our environmental
impact, but also opportunities
to save the campus capital over
time .
Chancellor’s Campus Sustainability
Committee - members
• Appointed Members (15) – Designated by Chancellor:
3 year terms
– Energy Efficiency, Engineering, Bren School, Carsey-
Wolf Center, Academic Senate, Librarian,
Undergraduate Reps, Graduate Rep
• Advisors (4): Appointed, rarely change
– 2 Nobel Laureate
– Member of the public
– Requested faculty member
• Consultants (3)
• Staff
Achievements
Academics: 1ST group of Chancellor’s Sustainability interns
Built Environment: Implemented practices to include one
CSC member on each building committee
22% of energy from renewable sources
50% of food purchased organic and/or local
71% diversion rate of waste
12,000+ people bike to campus
90% of UCSB campus irrigated with reclaimed water
Meeting Dynamics
Structure
Introductions
Agenda
Presentations
Action Items
Adjourned
Strengths
Meets several pre-conditions & conditions of
Collective Impact
Unified values
Backbone support:
Champion- Chancellor Yang
Strong committee leader
High profile members and advisors
Adequate financial support
Urgency for change
Diversity of members provides technical expertise
Green civics: consensus building
Weaknesses & Opportunities
Time constraints
Lack of meetings
Busy schedules
Transportation committee example
Missing some conditions for Collective Impact
Lack of communication outside of the meetings
Lack of shared metrics
Various examples
Impact Recommendations
Prioritize innovative ways of reaching the ‘non-subscribing’ audience
in order to close performance gap
Increase involvement through campus events
Prioritizes a highly visible re-instatement of the Sustainability
Champions recognition award
Reconsider sustainability solutions that may have been seen as “too
risky” in the past
Identify a liaison for Bren GP and increase outreach to students during
proposal season
Process Recommendations
Prioritize filling vacant committee posts and
subcommittee chairs
Identify action items for intermeeting progress
Greater involvement of advisory/consultant committee
members
Leverage achievements, campus scale and shared
vision to collaborate with local government to facilitate
community impact
Secure multi-year funding commitments for increased
sustainability impact
Questions?