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Office Elevated to Strengthen UNH’S Commitment to Sustainability; Founding Director Named Chief Sustainability Officer |
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This July, UNH President Mark Huddleston announced the elevation of the University Office of Sustainability (UOS) to strengthen its across-campus mission and reflect its leadership role in continuing the university’s national visibility in sustainability. Along with its move to the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President, the office’s founding director, Tom Kelly, assumed the role of Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) for the university. “Sustainability is now recognized as one of UNH’s core identities and strengths with faculty, staff, and students from many disciplines working together in new and innovative ways to advance a common goal,” said Huddleston. |
“The role of the chief sustainability officer is to help ensure that we are considering every strategic opportunity to unite the spirit of discovery with the challenge of sustainability across our land grant, sea grant, and space grant missions." The longest-standing endowed sustainability program at an institution of higher education in the country, the newly-named University Office of Sustainability’s mission remains the same -- to unite the UNH community in advancing the university as a nationally recognized Sustainable Learning Community that integrates sustainability across its curriculum, operations, research and engagement through four broad initiatives in biodiversity and ecosystems; climate and energy; culture and sustainability; and food, agriculture, and nutrition. |
Did You Know?Tom Kelly, UNH’s Chief Sustainability Officer as of July 1, has directed UNH’s sustainability program since its inception in 1997. He is also one of UNH’s 2007 Presidential Excellence Award winners! |
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Wednesdays through September 11 AM - 2 PM Organic Garden Club Farm Stand Murkland Courtyard, UNH Durham Campus Contact: UNH Organic Garden Club |
September 18 3:30 - 6:30 PM UNH Durham. Open to the UNH Durham community. Visit the “Pathway to Sustainability” area to learn more about sustainability in the UNH community! Contact: unh.edu/presidentialevents/uday/ |
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September 20 4:30 - 9:00 PM 3rd Annual Local Harvest Dinner Holloway Commons, UNH Durham Open to the community. $12.50 plus tax adults or UNH meal plan; $6.50 plus tax children under 10. Join us for this "all you care to eat" gourmet dinner! Contact: El Farrell, 862-5040 |
October 8 & 9 4th Annual Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium Conference Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME Registration: $135 (including meals) due September 24 Contact: Visit Bowdoin Conferences |
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October 12 & 13 "Global Warming & Energy Solutions: Primary Concerns, National Priorities.” Clean Air-Cool Planet 3rd Annual Energy & Climate Solutions Conference. Manchester, NH Contact: Clean Air - Cool Planet |
October 30 1:00 - 6:00 PM Fair Trade Fair MUB Theater II, UNH Durham Free and open to the public. Films, speakers, fashion, free coffee, chocolate, and more! Contact: El Farrell, 862-5040 |
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Since 1997, the University Office of Sustainability -- the oldest endowed sustainability program in higher education in the U.S. -- has been uniting faculty, staff, and students in integrating sustainability across UNH’s CORE (curriculum, operations, research and engagement) through four initiatives that follow four foundational systems of sustainability – Biodiversity Education, Climate Education, Culture and Sustainability, and Food and Society – and in advancing sustainability in civic and community life across the state, region, and nation. A spirit of discovery. A small, New England liberal arts college feel. A top-tier university with research in climate science, sustainable energy and engineering, sustainable agriculture and food systems, marine science, natural resources, public health, nutrition, and more. A dedication to community, citizen engagement, diversity, cultural and natural resources, and public arts. Discover sustainability at UNH. UNH University Office of Sustainability 107 Nesmith Hall, 131 Main Street Durham, NH 03824 USA 603.862.4088. 603.862.0785 fax |
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How did UNH first become committed to being a sustainable learning community? Sustainability at UNH began with the grassroots leadership of faculty, students, and staff, which lead to the establishment of the University Office of Sustainability as an endowed, university-wide program in 1997. UNH has always recognized its unique responsibility to the state and region. Its commitment to sustainability extends this vision to future generations and to national and international issues as the university undertakes the purposeful reform of its cultural and ecological relationships with the broader world in a manner consistent with sustaining the foundations of human development. After 10 years of success, what do you envision for the next 10 years at UNH? We will build on our past decade of collaborative work in order to address the unprecedented challenge of sustainability with innovative curriculum, campus operations, research, and engagement that empowers all graduates to advance sustainability in their civic and professional lives.
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What motivates you personally to be involved in sustainability? My motivation is rooted in a sense of responsibility and obligation to community in all senses of the word, including future generations. Freedom and responsibility are inseparable. -------------------------------- You're Invited!Work up an appetite visiting the many organizations and offices tabling at the “Pathway to Sustainability” area of University Day on September 18, 3:30 - 6:30 PM, Thompson Hall lawn on the UNH Durham campus. You can learn how all of these groups help make the UNH community sustainable. Then bring that appetite to the 3rd Annual Local Harvest Dinner on September 20, 4:30 - 9 PM, Holloway Commons, UNH Durham. Eat gourmet, local foods, talk with local farmers, pick up information on buying local, listen to live music, and view photographs by Charter Weeks taken at Lasting Legacy Farm in Barrington. |
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