ENVS 570 Campus Sustainability
Spring 2010 Instructor Davidson
Readings for ENVS 570 Campus Sustainability
Readings are listed here by topic. Most of these are available as a PDF file locally. A few are only available as a link to a website. Consult the syllabus for actual reading assignments.
Introduction
Carlson, Scot. 2006. In search of the sustainable campus. The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 20, p A10-A14.
Lipka, Sara. 2006. Students call for action on campuses. The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 20, p A18-A19.
Sustainability at SFSU
Sustainable SF State webpage http://www.sfsu.edu/~sustain/index.html
SFSU master plan, executive summary. 11 pp.
CSU systemwide sustainability plans and goals. 7 pp.
Pinderhughes, Raquel and Erin E. Patch. 1999. Towards a Sustainable Campus: San Francisco State University Preliminary Environmental Audit. Urban Studies Program. San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA. 77pp. [pages 1-6, 36-49 and 66-70]
SFSU organization chart
CSU organization chart
Assessments
AASHE Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) for Colleges and Universities Early Release version 1.0 Technical Manual. 2010. Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. 267 pp
Clean air, cool cities campus toolkit – conducting a greenhouse gas emissions inventory.
Clean Air-Cool Planet Carbon Calculator, version 6 Users Guide. 2008. Clean Air Cool Planet Inc.
Climate change I Commitments and Inventories
American College and University President's Climate Commitment – the commitment. Also available at http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/html/commitment.pdf
Fager, C. and C. Davidson. 2008 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory 1990-2006 for San Francisco State University. Report prepared for the SF State Facilities Department for submission to the American University and College Presidents Climate Commitment. Pp 22.
Clean Air-Cool Planet Carbon Calculator, version 6 Users Guide. 2008. Clean Air Cool Planet Inc.
Climate change II Action Plans
American College and University President's Climate Commitment. – Solutions Overview and Examples of Climate Action Plans. http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/html/overview.php
American College and University President's Climate Commitment. – A call for climate leadership.http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/pdf/climate_leadership.pdf
Clean Air-Cool Planet Carbon Calculator, version 6 Users Guide. 2008. Clean Air Cool Planet Inc.
Examples of climate action plans
University of Florida, Office of Sustainability. 2004. Carbon Neutral Assessment Project. http://www.icbe.com/about/uf/documents/UF_Carbon_Neutral_Assessment_Project.pdf
Oberlin College. Climate Neutral by 2020 (Executive Summary)www.naels.org/Assets/naels_documents/CCN/Oberlin2020ExecSumJan02.doc
Yale University. Yale’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategy 2005-2020. http://www.yale.edu/sustainability/greenhouse_fin1.pdf
Recycling, Waste diversion and Composting
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Management of Selected Materials in Municipal Solid Waste. Executive summary. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Washington D.C. http://epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/waste/downloads/execsum.pdf pp20
Transportation
SFSU master plan, Chapter 9, Campus Circulation.
Citizens for a Better Environment. 2006. MTC - Where are our Buses?: Challenging the Bay Area's separate and unequal transit system. San Francisco, California.
Sustainability Finances
Clean Air-Cool Planet Carbon Calculator, version 6 Users Guide. 2008. Clean Air Cool Planet Inc.
Grounds
SFSU water resource plan http://plopws.sfsu.edu/water_resource_plan/
Green Buildings
Aitken, Donald W. and Philips, Julie. 2006. The Kirsch center for environmental studies—a 17-year odyssey from campus vision to architectural fulfillment. Environmental Studies Program, De Anza College. Cuppertino, California. pp4.
Kirsch Center submission for CBE Livable buildings Award. http://www.deanza.edu/kirschcenter/pdf/kces_cbe_2007.pdf
Student Sustainability Activism
California Student Sustainability Charter
UC Policy on Sustainable Practices
UC Office of the President Sustainability Best Practices Case Study: UC Davis Sustainable Food Systems
UC Office of the President Sustainability Best Practices Case Study: UC Santa Cruz Sustainable Food Systems
U.C. Berkeley sustainability achievements: application for AASHE award
Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP) example Course Syllabus
Santa Barbara City College pamphlet on ESLP
