ACUPCC Reporting System

Climate Action Plan for Washington State University, Tri-Cities

Submitted on January 15, 2010; last updated on January 15, 2010

Climate Action Plan Details

Climate Action Plan WSU TriCities Regional Campus Climate Action Plan
January 15, 2010
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Emissions Targets

Climate Neutrality Target
2099
If you have any qualifying statements with regard to the climate neutrality target date, please include them here, and/or if you have chosen "TBD" and not specified a neutrality date, please enter the reason and explain the process for establishing a target date in the future.

Benchmarks will include meeting the requirements passed into law by the Washington State legislature in April 2009. These benchmarks are reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 15% of 2005 levels by 2020 (WDOE benchmark # 1) and by 36% of 2005 levels by 2035 (WDOE benchmark # 2).

Interim Milestone Emission-Reduction Target Target Date Baseline
15% reduction in Total Scopes 1, 2, 3 Emissions by 2020 relative to baseline emissions in 2008
26% reduction in Total Scopes 1, 2, 3 Emissions by 2035 relative to baseline emissions in 2008
58% reduction in Total Scopes 1, 2, 3 Emissions by 2050 relative to baseline emissions in 2008
Nonstandard Emissions Targets
Please enter below any targets that do not fit into the above format.

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Narratives

Please describe your institution's greenhouse gas mitigation strategies.

To achieve our greenhouse gas reduction goals, WSU will implement four major strategies.

? ?green development
? ?energy conservation
? ?transportation
? ?carbon offsets

Please describe your institution's plans to make sustainability a part of the curriculum for all students.

In 2002 serious, persistent faculty-driven efforts were initiated to create a focal point for these faculty members to coalesce around in order to facilitate a more coherent approach to environmental studies at the university. In due course these faculty members succeeded in convincing a cadre of five deans to support their efforts and succeeded as well in creating a formal proposal to create the Center for Educational Research, Education and Outreach [CEREO]. That proposal was accepted by the WSU Faculty Senate in 2006, and the university’s administration recognized the new unit and allocated funds for its operations. At the present time more than 150 faculty members from throughout the university are participating members of CEREO, and many of those faculty are actively engaged in the promotion of sustainability through the research, education and outreach work in which they engage. The creation of and the activities of CEREO (see website) have resulted in three major accomplishments:
? The creation of “roadmaps” for both undergraduate and graduate studies at WSU, allowing students and faculty alike to locate and take advantage of environmental offerings at the university.

Please describe your institution's plans to expand research efforts toward the achievement of climate neutrality.

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Please describe your institution's plans to expand community outreach efforts toward the achievement of climate neutrality.

At the present time more than 150 faculty members from throughout the university are participating members of CEREO, and many of those faculty are actively engaged in the promotion of sustainability through the research, education and outreach work in which they engage. The creation of and the activities of CEREO (see website) have resulted in three major accomplishments:
? The facilitation of outreach education and applied research in local communities seeking to promote sustainability through policy adoption and operational programs.
Students will continue to support movements and issues they find relevant, important, and worthy. As the environmental movement ebbs and flows like is has over the last 30 years student involvement will also ebb and flow. However, students at Washington State University have clearly showed dedication to reducing green house gases and energy consumption. By supporting the above mentioned programs and projects they are using their voice, choice, and resources to commit to changing the face of WSU and the community.