1. With little or no funding! Michael A Kane Associate Dean of Sciences & Mathematics, Sierra College Director, Sierra College Energy Technology Program President, Community College Sustainability Collaborative This Way to Sustainability CSU at Chico March 7, 2013

3. Awareness Education Action

5. Develop your Change Agent skills  Institutional Understanding  Personal vs. Positional Power  Multi-level Planning  Allies and Partnerships

6. Permission or Forgiveness Support Resources

7. A LOT!!!

8. We don’t do that hippy crap here!

9.  Energy Efficiency (pool, boilers, lighting, utility programs, LEED Bldg strd, controlers, etc…)  Core Value #8  Environmental Studies & Sustainability Program  PPA Covered Solar Arrays  Sierra College Sustainability Forum  Sustainable Action Planning Process  Sustainable Living Series  Planning for 10 Year Energy neutrality  Sustainability Fund

10.  Seventh Generation Group - $0  Student Clubs - $0  Governance Presentations - $0  Campus garden – low cost  Web Page, name, logo – staff time

11.  Flex Activities – 0$  Speakers - $0 to low cost  Sustainability Forum - $0 to low cost  Discussion Group/Book Club - $0  Community Education or Free Classes - time  Web Page – staff time  Green Schools List-serve

12.  Partnerships with facilities, community groups  Incorporating sustainability into the curriculum  Recycling programs  Earth Day Events

13. Don’t forget to market your work both internally and externally & leverage it to the next level

14. All of the resources discussed in this talk today and more are available online at the Community College Sustainability Collaborative website http://ccsustain.wordpress.com Look for the piece entitled: Chico Sustainability Conference

15. Michael A Kane Associate Dean of Sciences & Mathematics Director, Energy Technology Program Sierra College mkane@sierracollege.edu (916) 660-7902 President Community College Sustainability Collaborative http://ccsustain.wordpress.com/ ccsustain@aol.com Twitter - @ccsustain