Current Partnerships and Memberships
The Center for Sustainability, the Green Team and several dedicated staff and faculty at Moraine are currently involved in and support the following organizations to further enhance Moraine's commitments to sustainability.
- Moraine Valley President Dr. Sylvia Jenkins signed the , pledging to eliminate Moraine Valley鈥檚 net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2042, the college's 75th anniversary, as well as to promote the research and educational efforts of higher education to accelerate society鈥檚 progress toward climate neutrality and sustainability. The Carbon Commitment defines climate neutrality as having no net GHG emissions, to be achieved by eliminating net GHG emissions, or by minimizing GHG emissions as much as possible, and using carbon offsets or other measures to mitigate the remaining emissions. Signatories also commit to taking 鈥渁ctions to make climate neutrality and sustainability a part of the curriculum and other educational experience for all students,鈥 and 鈥渁ctions to expand research or other efforts necessary to achieve climate neutrality. 鈥漈he signatories of the Carbon Commitment, and higher education as a whole, are leading society by driving the thought and defining the cutting edge of what is necessary and possible in mitigating climate change and fostering sustainability. Through Dr. Jenkins鈥 leadership, Moraine Valley now joins the other signatories in the necessary cooperative and united action to make positive change for today and tomorrow.
- Illinois Green Economy
- IGEN is an initiative that unites the state鈥檚 48 community colleges in a joint effort to stimulate the green economy through a strategic provision of green workforce training, market transformation and community outreach. Dr. Jenkins is on the President's Steering Committee Stephenie Presseller is a Network Affiliate.
- South Metropolitan Higher Education Consortium (SMHEC) - Sustainability Taskforce
- Task force staff representative (Stephenie Presseller, sustainability manager)
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- The SEED Center is a leadership initiative, , and online for community colleges to ramp up programs for America's workforce and build the green economy
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- A partnership with , and colleges around the nation in an effort to strengthen the capacity of community colleges to develop, enhance or refine green career pathway programs in six regions of the U.S.
- Task force staff representative (Stephenie Presseller, sustainability manager)
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- The U.S. Green Building Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community of leaders working to make green buildings available to everyone within a generation. Moraine Valley holds a national membership Some Moraine Valley Staff and faculty are Illinois Chapter members and Stephenie Presseller is the co-chair of the education programs committee for the .
Past聽Partnerships and Memberships
Green Governments Coordinating Council, Green Universities and Colleges Subcommittee
- GGCC GUCS was the sponsor of the Illinois Campus Sustainability Compact from 2011 to 2015, of which Moraine Valley achieved Gold in 2012. Symposium task force chair (Stephenie Presseller, sustainability manager)
Compacts, Commitments, Awards and Policies
Moraine Valley has the following formal commitments to sustainability, locally, regionally and nationally.
- Illinois Campus Sustainability Compact
- AASHE STARS 鈥 Report
- AASHE STARS 鈥 Press release
- Board of Trustees, Statement of Sustainability Commitment
- Computer Purchasing and Recycling Policy
- Illinois Sustainable University Compact Pledge
- Assessment 7 Dimensions
