{"id":128346,"date":"2020-11-05T11:10:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T18:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=128346"},"modified":"2020-11-05T11:11:36","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T18:11:36","slug":"four-ways-to-engage-with-the-2030-sustainability-strategic-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=128346","title":{"rendered":"Four ways to engage with the 2030 Sustainability Strategic Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020-05-IMG_0028-1-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020-05-IMG_0028-1-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020-05-IMG_0028-1-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020-05-IMG_0028-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020-05-IMG_0028-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020-05-IMG_0028-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A rainbow arcs over campus after a rainstorm.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the UCCS Sustainability Strategic Plan 2020 sunsets this year, the Sustainability Committee is seeking feedback on the UCCS Sustainability Strategic Plan 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All UCCS students, faculty and staff, as well as Colorado Springs\ncommunity members, are invited to engage with the sustainability strategic\nplanning process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The draft 2030 Sustainability Strategic Plan has four core\nstrategies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Foster a culture of sustainability at UCCS and\nbeyond.<\/li><li>Cultivate excellence in research and teaching\nrelated to sustainability.<\/li><li>Model sustainability, efficiency, and innovation\nin our campus operations and facilities.<\/li><li>Engage UCCS students, faculty, and staff, and\nmembers of the Colorado Springs community with events and programming related\nto sustainability.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In turn, here are four ways to help guide the future of sustainability at UCCS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Join the Sustainability Committee and attend monthly meetings.<\/strong> Email <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Joel Tonyan (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"mailto:jtonyan@uccs.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Joel Tonyan<\/a>, chair of the Sustainability Committee, with inquiries. <\/li><li><strong>Join a subcommittee and focus your efforts on one of the four core strategies.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=-kOTUsjon0GrLqcMEAOIEKHaFXr4PL5MtleZ_f7hFDVUQTI4VzM3V1JGQjFNUFpBOUlDRTgyQzA0Ui4u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sign up online. (opens in a new tab)\">Sign up online.<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Stay up-to-date on progress.<\/strong> Get regular updates by signing up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitor.r20.constantcontact.com\/manage\/optin?v=001povWiHOjwz8-9mr_ZN3MLJhhm6kEZCkCVbB7gF2ZUdSOT0iQFSwWegN_-kKGfSBeyzBiCCB8nsuurxGytk0a1MwlXVVGQl6idEYq2z7ui9iCoL4FEPJOuCRgQXP0F09TWDLQ6nibEEcOR386EBCr65SpwwR1p9vZfZjNq1CTNL4%3D\">Office of Sustainability newsletter<\/a>.<\/li><li><strong>Share the news about the strategic planning process.<\/strong> The more people who know about the strategic plan, the more UCCS can work towards reaching its sustainability goals.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about getting involved, visit the Office of\nSustainability <a href=\"https:\/\/sustain.uccs.edu\/\">website<\/a>. View the 2020 Sustainability\nStrategic Plan <a href=\"https:\/\/uccs.edu\/Documents\/sustain\/Sustainability%20Strategic%20Plan%20-%20rev1%20Final.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sustainability Committee is a regular standing advisory committee\nof the UCCS Faculty Assembly. The purpose of the committee is to advance\nsustainability ideas and efforts at UCCS in diverse ways, including curriculum,\nscholarly and creative works, faculty development and campus policies. The\nSustainability Committee strives to create a welcoming, inclusive environment\nfor all interested faculty members, staff and students, and to involve as many\ndisciplines and perspectives as possible from across campus to improve\nteaching, research, operations and practical works related to sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>As the UCCS Sustainability Strategic Plan 2020 sunsets this year, the Sustainability Committee seeks feedback on the draft 2030 Sustainability Strategic Plan. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=128346\" title=\"Four ways to engage with the 2030 Sustainability Strategic Plan\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":128349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,49],"tags":[331,89],"class_list":["post-128346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-campus-announcements","tag-campus-announcements","tag-office-of-sustainability"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020-05-IMG_0028-1-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-xo6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128346"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128390,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128346\/revisions\/128390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/128349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}