Chill Out Campus Actions: ESF's Commitment to a Carbon Neutral Campus by 2015

SUNY-ESF is committed to expanding sustainability efforts on campus, in the local community, and beyond. Two fundamental prerequisites of a sustainable and prosperous human society are a healthy environment and a stable climate. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) air pollution and the climatic disruption it contributes to are a threat to sustainable human prosperity and all life on earth. In 2007 ESF became a charter signatory of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, "a high-visibility effort to address global warming by garnering institutional commitments to neutralize greenhouse gas emissions" (ACU-PCC, 2009). ESF President Dr. Cornelius B. Murphy has set a target date of June 30th, 2015 for achieving institution-wide carbon neutrality. ESF students, faculty, staff, and administration have united to craft a unique and creative plan for reducing campus GHG emissions & energy use. The findings of this analysis indicate that ESF is on-track to meet its carbon neutral commitment and is well positioned to emerge a leader in campus sustainability & climate action.

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