The purpose of the Princeton Sustainability Committee is to collaborate closely with the Office of Sustainability to monitor the University’s relationship with the environment and to encourage improvements by:

• Creating a forum for faculty, students, and administrators to bring their very different perspectives to bear on our relationship with the environment.
• Providing a mechanism for cross-fertilization of ideas and coordination of efforts within the institution to improve and preserve the environment.
• Encouraging the implementation of these ideas when appropriate.
• Establishing economic and environmental goals for improving Princeton’s relationship with the environment.
• Recommending and justifying to the administration those policies and practices that can only be implemented by mandate.

Charter of the Princeton Sustainability Committee

The Princeton Sustainability Committee meets monthly during the academic year.  All meetings start at noon. All meeting agendas are subject to change so please check back frequently.

October 9, 2008 - Forbes College Multipurpose Room

November 13, 2008 - Wilcox Private Dining Room

Presentations:

Current High Meadows Supported Projects
-Butler green roof monitoring project (Eileen Zerba, PEI)
-Student update: Garden Project/Farmer's Market (Ruthie Schwab '09/Steph Hill '10)
-EPICS program (Catherine Peters, CEE)

Office of Sustainability Updates:
-NECSC recap (Shana Weber)
-Electric vehicle project (Roger Demareski)
 

December 5, 2008 - High Meadows CERP meeting (closed meeting)
December 8, 2008 - High Meadows ARP meeting (closed meeting)

December 9, 2008 - Prospect House Presidential Dining Room

Presentations:

Student Environmental Communication Network (SECN) update and screening of green roof short film - Alex Renaud ('09)
Campus Bulb Exchange Program update - Connor Diemand-Yauman ('10)

PSC Working Group Updates:
Solid Waste & Recycling - Jon Baer, Building Services
Green Purchasing - Don Weston, Purchasing

High Meadows Sustainability Fund:
Overview of CERP/ARP Recommendations - Shana Weber, Office of Sustainability

January 15, 2009 - PSC Business Meeting (for PSC voting members and HM Review Panel members only)

February 9, 2009 - High Meadows CERP meeting (closed meeting)

February 12, 2009 - Theme: COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND ACTION

Location: Whitman College Class of 1998 Private Dining Room (this meeting will begin at 11:45 am)

Guest Presenter: Jim Waltman, Executive Director, Stonybrook-Millstone Watershed Association

Office of Sustainability Updates:

• EcoReps program (Wesley Loo '10/Zakk Burns '10)
• Rocky/Mathey dorm energy competition (Thomas Chen '11)
• Washington Road stream restoration project (Sean Gallagher, Facilities)

March 24, 2009 - Theme: FOOD

Location: Wilcox Private Dining Room

Guest Presenter:

Sustainable Food Systems: Honeybrook Organic Farm CSA, Sherry Dudas

Tentative Updates:

• Stu Orefice, Director, Dining Services
• Greening Princeton Farm to Fork program
• FoodTASK project 

May 14, 2009 - Theme: PRINCETON'S CO2 EMISSIONS REDUCTION STRATEGIES AND PROGRESS

Location: Forbes College Multipurpose Room

• Presenter/discussion leader: Tom Nyquist, Director, Facilities Engineering
• Announcements: Renewing the role of the PSC, and changes to next year's meeting structure