1. Sustainable UF Envisioning Success and Empowering Action

2. Who we are ► Dedee DeLongpre Johnston, MBA  Director, UF Office of Sustainability  Social scientist ► Anna Prizzia, MS  Outreach Coordinator  Real scientist ► Our story…

3. Why we did it ► Low hanging fruit – picked! ► A few BHAG’s : Zero Waste and Carbon Neutrality ► Moving forward – towards what and where? ► Inclusive, collaborative process  Diversity and resiliency

4. How we communicated our objective ► Through a series of 14 facilitated discussions ► Our overall objective was to gain a university-wide perspective about integrating sustainability into our campus community ► This perspective, in turn, will be used by the UF Sustainability Office to inform its efforts

5. Getting Started ► Mission and Vision for campus sustainability ► Definition of sustainability using campus icon ► Common sense maxims

6. How we did it ► Identify most and least sustainable aspects of UF ► Identify strategies already employed at UF ► Dream BIG  Generate “big ideas”  Develop visions of UF as a model for sustainability ► Indentify tactical issues for key vision statements  Back casting to develop strategic implementation plan

7. Tools we used ► Facilitator’s role ► Guidelines ► Small and large group discussions ► Bike rack

8. Framework for visioning ► Institutional Commitment ► Academics ► Buildings ► Campus Culture ► Community Service and Civic Engagement ► Dining Services ► Diversity and Social Justice ► Employee Wellbeing ► Energy and Climate Change ► Grounds ► Investment ► Purchasing ► Transportation ► Waste ► Water Our Focus

9. Where do we go from here? ► Strategic Implementation Plans ► Community Based Social Marketing ► Feedback and Adjustments ► STARS Indicators ► Green Team “web” support and training

10. Questions?