Environmental auditing; Energy consumption; Renewable energy sources; Water reuse; Conservation methods; Urban ecosystem
This team documented the historical usage of key resources and utilities - electricity, natural gas, and water - in order to establish baselines against which to compare future usage, and to identify targets for conservation programs. The team also...
Claremont Colleges; Environmentalism; Survey and analytical studies series; Claremont Graduate University; Trees; Tree planting
This is a preliminary report of the Claremont Colleges Sustainability Survey (CCSS). The CCSS is a supplemental social survey for a project called the Urban Ecosystem Analysis (UEA). The UEA is a scientific inventory and analysis of the ecological...
Claremont Colleges; Environmentalism; Survey and analytical studies series; Claremont Graduate University; Trees; Tree planting
ABSTRACT
The Claremont Colleges Sustainability Survey was conducted to assist efforts to improve ecological sustainability at the colleges, specifically by serving as an evaluative tool and by highlighting the social utility of campus conservation....
Hodges, Kelly; Tom, Corina; College students; Presentations
Kelley Hodges, (Harvey Mudd College ’09, left) and Corina Tom, (Harvey Mudd College ’08, right), student researchers for the "5-College Sustainability Audit," presenting "All That We Can’t Leave Behind! Emissions, Waste, and Recycling at...
College students; Claremont Colleges Sustainability Initiative; Presentations
"The Triple Bottom Line! Water and Landscaping at the Claremont Colleges,” at Sustainability Presentations Day, Beckman Auditorium, Harvey Mudd College. Trevin Murakami, (Harvey Mudd College ’09, left), Corina Tom, (Harvey Mudd College ’08,...
Lauryn Baranowski, (Harvey Mudd College '09) (left) and Annika Eberle (Harvey Mudd College '09) (right), student researchers for the "5-College Sustainability Audit," presenting "Where Do We Go Now? Conservation, Participation, and Final...
College students; Presentations; Claremont Colleges Sustainability Initiative
Sam Brunswick, (Claremont McKenna '07, left) and Rose Haag, (Pomona '10, right), student researchers for the 5-College Sustainability Audit, delivering the first presentation, "An Introduction to Environmental Sustainability at the Claremont...