12 noon

Butler/Wu, Private Dining Room

Committee Attendees: Michael McKay, Chair; Janet Gruschow, Cathy Kunkel, Tom Nyquist , Barclay Satterfield

Committee Members Absent: Andy Dobson, Dana Graef, Joe G. Conley, Robin Izzo, Emmanuel Kreike, Leila Shabender, Don Weston, David Wilcove

Other Attendees: Peter Allen ’07, Jon Baer, Mary Banfield, Sarah Bavuso, Steve Elwood, Robert Ortego, Lisa Ridolfi

Guest: Julie Newman, Ph.D., Director, Office of Sustainability at Yale University

Sustainability

Julie Newman, Director of the Office of Sustainability at Yale University, gave a presentation about the evolution of sustainability and the strategy for institutionalizing sustainability at Yale. Julie also discussed:

• How sustainability results will be achieved at Yale (i.e., green fund/grassroots initiatives, independent initiatives, ad hoc committees)

• How sustainability progress will be measured

• The Northeast Campus Sustainability Coalition, - a regional commitment to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, 2005-2014

Developing a Sustainability Director/Coordinator position at Princeton and funding the position will be discussed at the fall PEOC meeting.