Policy Matters: The State College Role in Advancing Environmental Sustainability: Policies, Programs and Practices

From our friends at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) comes this new Policy Matters document (PDF):

Many institutions and state college systems are using campus resources to carry out grassroots environmental initiatives that yield important environmental, educational, and economic dividends. Continued campus efforts will be most successful to the extent that policymakers provide leadership and support to advance common environmental agendas. . . . This paper first presents a background of key changes college campuses can make to limit emissions and provide institutional savings. Also provided is an analysis of creative campus-level efforts yielding key economic, educational and environmental dividends. Finally, leadership and legislative efforts are highlighted to demonstrate how state and federal policies and partnerships can effectively enhance campus-level efforts to invest in the next generation of technologies, practices and leaders.