Green Up

Plymouth State University is a regional comprehensive university with a strong record of teaching, research, and service focusing on the environment and sustainable development. This document highlights some of the many exciting initiatives specifically pertaining to mitigating and adapting to climate change. These activities represent every aspect of the University, and it is particularly relevant to note key PSU programs that have strong impacts in this area, namely: The President’s Commission on Environmental Sustainability, The Center for the Environment, The Environmental Science and Policy Department, the University Environmental Committee, and the Center for Rural Partnerships. (more…)

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PCES Meeting Minutes
28 March 2008

Present: Ellen Shippee, Trevor Chandler, Bill Crangle, Steve Whitman, Linda Dauer, Danielle Dustin, Brian Eisenhauer, Brad Allen, Bill Bayard, Bruce Lyndes, Len Reitsma

The February 22nd meeting minutes were accepted as written.

Dwight Fischer, Ted Wisniewski, and Jo-Ann Guilmett from ITS (Info Tech Svcs) attended to discuss green strategies:
• Ted overviewed the effort to keep clusters updated for sleep mode functions, and a new “virtual server” strategy that allows us to run fewer servers.
• Jo-Ann reviewed use of paper and other supplies in the student clusters (handout). 12% of the paper users account for over 30% of the ¾ million pages used last semester (one of those 12% was a faculty member). (more…)

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