Alum Julian Dautremont-Smith discusses colleges’ progress toward carbon-neutrality goal

As the associate director of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, Julian Dautremont-Smith ‘03, promotes sustainability in all aspects of the higher education sector including governance, operations,  curriculum, and professional development. He recently offered his perspective on the progress colleges are making toward meeting goals outlined in the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, (ACUPCC) a project designed to make the higher education sector carbon neutral.

Though less than one-half of the institutions met the September milestone for submitting reports on their greenhouse-gas emissions, Dautremont-Smith is confident that the data gathered from public reports will provide this environmental cause with a sufficient stepping stone: “Our sense of it is this is a long-term commitment, multi-decade for most schools, so we’re not going to fret about being behind a little on this particular deadline.”

See the progress Lewis & Clark is making toward its ACUPCC goals and learn about the institution’s greenhouse-gas report online.

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8 October 2008

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