Jefferson Community and Technical College is committed to the stewardship of the environment and to reducing the College’s dependency on non-renewable energy.
Consistent with the KCTCS Vision to be the nation’s premier community and technical college system, Jefferson Community and Technical College is becoming a leader in practices, educational and workforce training opportunities, and community leadership related to sustainable development or sustainability. The most commonly accepted definition of sustainable development is found in the 1987 United Nations’ Our Common Future: Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (also known as the Brundtland Report): Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainability is more than “being green.” Multifaceted, sustainability touches every area of a college. Facilitating cultural change to enhance the well-being of people, sustainability includes improving efficiencies and effectiveness in a socially equitable manner. Implementing sustainable practices demonstrates responsible stewardship of social, economic, and environmental resources.
The JCTC Green Teams are aimed to help students, faculty, and staff members make their classrooms and workplaces more sustainable. Green Teams can serve as sustainability resources within their departments or offices, learning about ways to green their areas and encourage the college to become more sustainable on each campus. The Green Team initiative is very important to our college president, administration, faculty, staff, students, as well as the KCTCS systems office. Here are some other goals for the JCTC Green Teams: To reduce the environmental footprint of JCTC’s operations To enable students, faculty and staff to play a direct role and have a personal stake in greening efforts at JCTC To build a sense of community by networking like-minded students, faculty, and staff, around a shared commitment to sustainability To enable the college to use energy and other resources more efficiently and save money To generate new ideas and implement the best practices for sustainability
The JCTC Green Teams are aimed to help students, faculty, and staff members make their classrooms and workplaces more sustainable. Green Teams can serve as sustainability resources within their departments or offices, learning about ways to green their areas and encourage the college to become more sustainable on each campus. The Green Team initiative is very important to our college president, administration, faculty, staff, students, as well as the KCTCS systems office. Here are some other goals for the JCTC Green Teams:
JCTC Green Teams will have representative(s) that will partially comprise the JCTC Sustainability Council; areas of focus include, but are not limited to the following: Sustainable Administration & Finance: Ensure that economic, social, and environmental impacts are taken into consideration during financial planning and decision-making Sustainable Operations: Promote sustainable decisions and practices amongst students, faculty, and staff in personal and college life. Sustainable Education & Research: Integrate sustainability topics into curriculums, and research current and future sustainability initiatives at JCTC Sustainable Outreach & Social Justice: Raise awareness about the importance of sustainable and social justice at JCTC by coordinating events and distributing pertinent information throughout campus. (*PLEASE NOTE: These descriptions are the first drafts of green team missions and goals. They are subject to change once the green teams meet and make the appropriate revisions.) If you are interested in joining a Green Team on your campus, please complete the following information and return by January 20, 2012. It is critical to the JCTC Sustainability focus to have equal faculty and staff representation. Name: Department: Campus: Interested Area of Focus: For those of you who responded to the previous Green Team invitation last semester, we appreciate your interest and will contact you with more information. Please contact Maggie Peake, Sustainability Coordinator (maggie.peake@kctcs.edu) for any questions or concerns.
JCTC Green Teams will have representative(s) that will partially comprise the JCTC Sustainability Council; areas of focus include, but are not limited to the following:
(*PLEASE NOTE: These descriptions are the first drafts of green team missions and goals. They are subject to change once the green teams meet and make the appropriate revisions.)
If you are interested in joining a Green Team on your campus, please complete the following information and return by January 20, 2012. It is critical to the JCTC Sustainability focus to have equal faculty and staff representation.
Name: Department: Campus: Interested Area of Focus:
For those of you who responded to the previous Green Team invitation last semester, we appreciate your interest and will contact you with more information. Please contact Maggie Peake, Sustainability Coordinator (maggie.peake@kctcs.edu) for any questions or concerns.
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Here’s everything you need to know about single-stream recycling at JCTC.
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If you’re interested in learning more about sustainability at JCTC or want to get involved, please contact: Maggie Peake, Sustainability Coordinator maggie.peake@kctcs.edu 501-213-2113
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