Resources
Paul Hawkins in his book, The Ecology of Commerce, defined sustainability as “an economic state where the demands placed upon the environment by people and commerce can be met without reducing the capacity of the environment to provide for future generations. It can also be expressed in the simple terms of an economic golden rule for the restorative economy: leave the world better than you found it, take no more than you need, try not to harm life of the environment, make amends if you do."
Sodexho
University Dining Services is committed to actively supporting procedures, policies, and practices that foster a sustainable food system at the University of California, Davis. As a leader in providing healthy, well-balanced nutrition to the campus community and by providing enriched educational materals that foster a balance of mind, body, and soul, Dining Services has launched the beginning stages of a sustainable food system at each dining room. For more information, please visit their website.
UC Davis Climate Change
UC Davis Climate Change is the result of over 6 months of collaboration between a campuswide faculty committee and the staff at the John Muir Institute of the Environment. A key component of this site is that faculty make their own contribution(s) by filling out the online form available on the Web site.
There is excitement about the breadth and depth of information being collected on this site and an eagerness to see it grow as more faculty contribute. It is the hope that this will be a useful tool for learning more about the expertise on campus, developing contacts and sharing knowledge.
R4 Recylcling
Take a look! One of the many components of the R4 program is to prepare students to integrate the ideas and practices of waste management with the environmental foundation they receive on Campus. Help the UC Davis campus continue building and utilizing their R4 recycling program.
UCD, The Sustainable Campus
To be a sustainable campus, to act in a sustainable manner, means to manage and allocate resources in a sustainable fashion, to make smart decisions and take actions today that will be in the best long-term interest of the UC Davis campus as a whole. That means meeting the campus’s present needs while enhancing its environment, all the time keeping a watchful eye on how today’s decisions and actions will affect tomorrow’s generations. For more information, please take a look at UC Davis Sustainability website.
University of California, Office of the President
Come see for yourself the University of California Sustainability Policies and Best Practices.
usgbc.com
USGBC is a great site to gather resources and information on Green building design and Green building.