Sustainable Cornell Council
The SCC directs and coordinates Cornell's role as an international leader in addressing climate change and sustainability.
Here are it's current priorities:
CNC implements the Climate Action Plan. It's current priorities are to make/buy summer electricity, a protocol for upstream methane leakage, and low carbon business travel & air travel carbon offsets
CO advances initiatives that support climate resilience and human health. It's current priorities are purchasing and inventory optimization, dining operations food waste reduction, and transportation impact prioritization
E&E cultivates literacy and a culture of sustainability responsibility. It's priorities are incoming student climate literacy, behavior change & choice architecture, and a living laboratory program assessment
make or buy summer electricity create a protocol for upstream methane leakage offset air travel and low carbon business travel optimize purchasing and inventory reduce dining operations food waste prioritize transportation impact develop incoming student climate literacy change behavior through choice architecture design a living laboratory program assessment increase number of green certified buildings grow investments in alternative energy tech expand clean and renewable energy sources and many more...
If you want to learn more about Cornell's progress towards campus sustainability,
check out this year's AASHE STARS annual sustainability report.
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The SCC directs and coordinates Cornell's role as an international leader in addressing climate change and sustainability. Here are it's current priorities: