Monday, April 23, 2007

American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment

The Cabrillo College Planning Council meeting agenda for Tuesday, April 24th includes an item about the American College & University President's Climate Commitment. Cabrillo would only be the 189th campus to sign on. Do I smell leadership? Let's show our support at the meeting! From the website:

"The fight against global warming will shape the 21st century. Colleges and universities must exercise leadership in their communities and throughout society by modeling ways to eliminate global warming emissions, and by providing the knowledge and the educated graduates to achieve climate neutrality. Campuses that address the climate challenge by eliminating global warming emissions and by integrating sustainability into their curriculum will better serve their students and meet their social mandate to help create a thriving, ethical and civil society. We hope you will join us in supporting the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment.

Sincerely, The Signatories of the Americal College & University Presidents Climate Commitment"

Email Dr. Brian King, Cabrillo College President, to voice your support:
brian.kingcabrillo.edu or call 831.479.6302

Below is the meeting agenda:
COLLEGE PLANNING COUNCIL

Wednesday, April 24, 2007

1:00 pm

Room 804A

AGENDA

1.0 Call to Order

Introduction of Substitutes

2.0 Review of Agenda

3.0 Minutes
Approval of the minutes of April 18, 2007

4.0 Oral Communications
Members of the audience may speak to non-agenda items
(2 minute time limit per speaker)

5.0 Management Dialog

6.0 One Year CMP 2007-08 30 minutes

7.0 Accreditation Plans (Bullet Points) 15 minutes

8.0 The Vision Thing (Accreditation) 10 minutes

9.0 Retiree Benefits Funding Plan 15 minutes

10.0 American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment 10 minutes

11.0 Shared Governance Definition – Final Approval 10 minutes

12.0 Role of CPC 15 minutes

13.0 Agenda Building

14.0 Adjourn


Next Meeting: Wednesday, May 2nd – 2:00 pm
• Diversity Committee Update
• Task Force: Personnel
• Tech Plan (30 minutes)

Future Agenda
• Policy Revision Overview

Separate Meetings
• Component Structure – May 30, 2:00-4:00?
• Enrollment trends

2 comments:

Earth2Cabrillo said...

I attended this meeting yesterday, and there seemed to be unanimity among those present that Cabrillo should move forward and sign the Commitment. This item will go before the Board of Trustees on the first Monday of May. Let's all show up to the meeting and endorse the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment! More on this later.

rustic society said...

National Geographic published two great articles in October 2007: one titled Carbon's New Math, the other titled Green Dreams. Carbon's New Math gives great background information about global warming, and what types of efforts are needed and goals what goals need to be met to begin decreasing our CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions.

Carbon's New Math

Green Dreams is about biofuels.
Green Dreams

I don't know how long the links will be good for but you can still view (as of today,) the articles for free online.