1. Sustainability Strategic Thinking First Advisory Committee Meeting

2. Meeting Agenda First Advisory Committee Meeting

3. UIC Sustainability Initiatives Cynthia Klein-Banai, Ph.D. Associate Chancellor for Sustainability

4. Steps to Become Carbon-Neutral by 2050 1.Energy Efficiency/Conservation 2.Clean, Renewable Energy Resources 3.Improved Transportation Options 4.Improved Grounds Operations 5.Recycling & Reduced Waste Streams 6.Employment Strategies 7.Education, Research & Public Engagement sustainability.uic.edu/cli mateactionplan

5. UIC Energy Consumption

6. Recycling Matters!

7. Improved Transportation Options Expand transit incentives – Pre-tax transit benefit in NESSIE Electric vehicle charging stations Creating Campus bike plan Car sharing/car pool program Improve campus fleet efficiency  Employee/student cost savings  Healthier commute  Reduced infrastructure costs

8. Grounds: Tree Campus USA

9. OS Student Engagement

10. 275,000 metric tons eCO2 = 50,344 cars = 62,472 acres pine or fir forests Greenhouse Gas Emissions

11. Connections http://sustainability.uic.edu http://facebook.com/SustainableUIC http://twitter.com/SustainableUIC cindy@uic.edu

12. Outcomes of Thinking Consensus around what sustainability means Basis for Sustainability Strategic Plan Four products of working groups Broader campus engagement Earth Day (April 22) community engagement event Multi-media report Metrics

13. Rosa Cabrera: Director, Latino Cultural Center Civic Cinema

14. Bill Knight: Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Dentistry Dental Clinic Pediatric Dentistry Retrofits Dentistry Tour

15. Douglas Hall Video Douglas Hall: LEED Gold Sustainable Buildings

16. Frank Goldberg: Vice Provost for Resource Planning and Management Campus Budget Office Fiscal Management

17. Lisa Sanzenbacher: Laboratory Sustainability Analyst, Environmental Health and Safety Office Green Labs Pipette Tip Box Recycling Program Pipette Tip Box Recycing

18. Hull House Farm Lisa Junkin: Project Coordinator Jane Addams Hull House Hull House Farm

19. Kellen Marshall-Gillespie: Doctoral Candidate, Department of Biological Sciences Urban Health and Food Urban Gardens and Food Quality Urban Food Research

20. Making Connections: How our vignettes are intertwined Vignettes Topical Areas

21. Making Connections: How our vignettes are intertwined

22. 1. Project, Unit, Person 2. Description: how does it relate to topic? 3. Anything interesting or creative to pay attention to? 4. Is this work related to: Research, Curriculum, Operations, Community? 5. Who is the best person to contact about this work? 6. Name of person who suggested this— and are you comfortable following up with contact? Brainstorm Exercise 1 (10:25 – 10:40) Projects, Units, and People Working on Issues Related to Our Topic

23. Brainstorm Exercise 1 (10:25 – 10:40) Most Creative or Cutting Edge Projects, Units, and People on Campus or Related to UIC 1. Project, Unit, Person 2. What’s creative or cutting edge about the work? 3. Any immediate connection between this work and sustainability or this Working Group topic? 4. Is this work related to: Research, Curriculum, Operations, Community? 5. Who is the best person to contact about this work? 6. Name of person who suggested this— and are you comfortable following up with contact?

24. Making Connections: How our vignettes are intertwined