A more sustainable university

• Recycling bins in each office with weekly or bi-weekly pickup or a central place in each building for recycling.
• Improve online course / program opportunities
• Politically / economic sustainable by giving training to legislature
• Recognize enrollment as a priority
• Incentives for online education
• Bioregional politically sustainable by provider of choice for government
• Service learning for Boise students - use Boise Center on service learning to get additional credit
• Serving/Educating state and local governments – work is through others
• F&A to originators
• Work more on affordable distance education, meeting/training approval online
• Grow it local – take the lead on how
• Use engineering Outreach as an example of cost → revenue
• Use technology to be in more places advising, serving, consulting
• Stabilize funding for MOSS so that graduate level outreach to K-12 learning occurs
• Expand utilize extension and service learning services to develop and promote active, healthy communities. Communities can be university, local, state, regional, global. This work can be driven throughout our university curricula- inherently creates outreach and should result in grant procurement and scholarship. Addresses global and national health care concerns with focus on prevention. An integral piece of sustainability. Connects us globally – should pull together multiple disciplines across campus.
• No/low cost benefits for faculty and staff – benefit employer – retention of employees (Rec Ctr, etc.)
• Incorporate a student – led “green” movement (i.e. solar & wind power)
• A diversity recruitment plan
• Meeting community/commodity needs
• Research stations can provide demonstrations for alternate energy
• Training for locals
• Prevention, healthy living/economically
• Projects in local community to promote sustainable development
• Increased fundraising opportunities via web for small donations – need to have project to build opportunities
• Integrate university sustainability goals with Moscow, WSU & Pullman
• More desirable summer courses
• Permanently fund director of sustainability
• Promote recycling and sustainable practices throughout (extended) university system