Big Mo, Big Bro, Let’s Go – The Growing Trend Towards Sustainability Presented by: Kevin Palmer The Center for Sustainable Solutions Presented to Mary Baldwin College Team

The Challenge We’re at zero balance on earths – we’ve only got one, no spares. Resource Consumption Resource Availability

The Challenge as Viewed by Humans Human Survival Well being Natural Resources Goods & Services Raw Materials

The Triple Bottom Line

So Let’s Begin… The Growing Momentum of Sustainability in the United States… Big Mo – the story of a changing society Big Bro – the story of a changing government Let’s Go – the story of where we are going

Big MO Momentum is building - We are making, using and pursuing sustainable alternatives…

2008 Global List of Most Sustainable Companies US Firms Include: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Agilent Technologies Alcoa Inc Coca Cola Company Eastman Kodak Company General Electric Company Hewlett-Packard Company Intel Corp. Nike Inc. Walt Disney Company Source:

World’s second largest company ($312B revenues/yr) launches aggressive sustainability program that includes: Procurement of green products from its 60,000 suppliers Providing sustainable and fair trade agricultural products Reducing infrastructure energy use Reducing transportation energy use

Reduce gasoline useage by its truck fleet (one of the largest in the US) by 25% over the next three years and 50% by They estimate annual fuel savings of $310M/yr by Purchase 100% of its wild-caught salmon and frozen fish from “sustainable” fisheries within 3-5 years Cut energy use in 7,000 stores by 30% and greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by Reduce solid waste by 25% over the next seven years. Some Goals Source: USA Today 25 September 2006

Benefits By trimming packaging on its line of toys, it saved $2.4M/yr in shipping cost, 3800 trees, and 1 Million Barrels of oil. Exploring LED lights in refrigerated food cases – will cut energy use by 50% and outperform fluorescent lights. World’s largest buyer of organic cotton – based on one product line conversion.

“We take the position that the debate is over… We have to deal with greenhouse gases.” John Hofmeister President Shell Oil (U.S.) November 13, 2006 Source – Andrew Winston author of Green to Gold

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IBM helps retailers ‘go green’ IBM point of sale and self service solutions help retailers to provide environmentally responsible service to customers

Source – Andrew Winston author of Green to Gold

Jatropha… Africa’s new bio-fuel source may feed European demand for bio-diesel – Jatropha is a scrub plant used to fence cattle… What’s our next fuel source?

Coalition to Make Buildings Energy-Efficient A coalition of 16 of the world’s biggest cities, five banks, companies, groups, and one former president working to invest billions to reduce urban energy use. Target cities: Bangkok; Berlin; Chicago; Houston; Johannesburg; Karachi; London; Melbourne; Mexico City; Mumbai; New York; Rome; São Paulo; Seoul; Tokyo; and Toronto. Source:

Percentage of Energy Star New Homes Built 2007

Alternative Fueling Stations in the United States

Source – Andrew Winston author of Green to Gold

Every Corner… Plastic from plants Household products – Melaleuca-derived “Holy” Green Green shipping containers houses Green Burial Fecal Matters

Big Bro

Federal Government… Is establishing a National Direction on Sustainability every level of the government: Executive Legislative Agency Army

Bush Administration’s Executive Order Energy, Water and Buildings ENERGY EFFICIENCY BUILDING PERFORMANCE WATER CONSERVATION VEHICLES PETROLEUM CONSERVATION ALTERNATIVE FUEL USE PROCUREMENT POLLUTION PREVENTION ELECTRONICS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Legislative Regulations, like the Energy Policy Act of 2005 require Federal Agencies to change energy use patterns: 1.Annual energy reduction goal of 2% from FY FY 2015; 2.Electric metering required in federal buildings by 2012; 3.Buildings to be designed to 30% below ASHRAE standard or International Energy Conservation Code unless proven to be not life-cycle cost-effective 4.Renewable electricity consumption by the Federal government can not be less than: 3 percent in FY 2007-FY percent in FY 2010-FY percent in 2013 and thereafter Pending Energy Security Act to establish additional standards Source:

Jackson White Sands Missile Testing Center Fort Hood Pine Bluff Ars McAlester AAP Red River AD Lone Star AAP Camp Stanley Storage Actv Louisiana AAP Fort Sam Houston Corpus Christi AD Presidio of Monterey Fort Irwin Yuma Proving Ground Riverbank AAP Sierra Army Depot Hawthorne AD Fort Hunter Liggett (USAR) Parks RFTA (USAR) Natick R&D Ctr Devens RFTA (USAR) Fort McPherson Fort Gordon Fort Stewart Hunter Army Airfield Fort Benning Ft. Gillem Mississippi AAP Fort Bragg MOT Sunny Point Redstone Arsenal Holston AAP Milan AAP Blue Grass AD Detroit Ars USAG Selfridge Fort Leavenworth Kansas AAP Lake City AAP Dugway Proving Ground Pueblo Depot Fort Carson Tooele AD Deseret Chem Depot Yakima Training Center Umatilla Chem Depot USAG Miami Moffett Field RFTA (USAR) Fort Monmouth Picatinny Arsenal Watervliet Ars Ft. Hamilton West Point Fort Belvoir Fort Story Ft. AP Hill Radford AAP Letterkenny AD Carlisle Barracks Fort McNair Ft. Meade Fort Myer Walter Reed Ft Detrick Tobyhanna Army Depot Adelphi Lab Ctr Scranton AAP Lewis Carson Hood Polk Campbell Bragg Benning Rucker Stewart / HAAF Eustis Knox Installations implementing Sustainability Plans Current and Future Installation Sustainability Planning Efforts Lima Army Tank Plt Iowa AAP Rock Island Arsenal PANG Progress in Army Sustainability (9/08) Letterkenny AD Detrick AP Hill Anniston AD USAG-Wiesbaden Wainwright CA ARNG USAGHI Redstone USAG-Baumholder Drum Irwin Bliss Riley Radford USMA Huachuca MN ARNG Greely USAG-Japan

Defense Science Board Considering selected recommendations like: All installations able to achieve Net-Zero energy status, i.e., they will produce as much energy as they consume by Beginning with the FY09 MILCON program, all new construction projects and all renovation projects exceeding 50% of replacement cost will achieve an energy efficiency performance of 50% better than the current ASHRAE 90.1 performance standard. Sustainable Design criterion for all facilities that requires achieving the LEED-GOLD criterion for all new construction, major renovations, housing, and existing buildings.

Let’s Go! It’s our turn.

Higher Education

Three Parts Operation Endowment Degree Programs

Oberlin College: Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies Operation

Overall College Sustainability Leaders Schools that achieve an average grade of "A-" or better across all categories are recognized as Overall College Sustainability Leaders: Brown University Carleton College Columbia University Dartmouth College Dickinson College Harvard University Middlebury College Oberlin College Stanford University University of British Columbia University of Colorado University of New Hampshire University of Pennsylvania University of Vermont University of Washington Endowment

Degree Programs

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Degree Programs Many, many offerings in sustainable design, policy, engineering… Independent programs in a larger field of study (engineering, environmental science, etc.) Not so many integrated into core offerings

Why not try all three?

The Trifecta Look to create a sustainable campus operation, maintenance, and construction functions Develop a course of study where students complete projects that will support the development of a sustainable community Evaluate endowment programs to insure investment in responsible entities Create core degree programs that teach sustainable decision-making in the context of the field of study

The Question How do we leave the world and prepare them for the future?

Questions?