Welcome to the APUS Sustainability Blog
by President and CEO, Wallace E. Boston, Jr.
In September 2007, I signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) on behalf of American Public University System (APUS). My decision to sign this commitment was an acknowledgement that an institution of higher learning should be committed to measuring and minimizing its environmental impact, particularly in a world with depleting natural resources. As required by the commitment, in January 2009 APUS completed its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory. Since that time, the school has taken several significant steps toward effectively addressing its overall carbon footprint. APUS has established a Sustainability Committee comprised of interested employees who are dedicated to the goals we have established. The Committee researches and develops proposals for additional mitigation and education strategies. This blog is one such effort.
Members of the Sustainability Committee will contribute the majority of the articles that will be published here, but from time to time, the Committee may publish articles from guest authors. This blog is intended to serve as a mechanism for sharing ideas and generating dialogue related to sustainability efforts at APUS, issues of sustainability as they relate to higher education, and topics of sustainability in general.
I hope that you will find the information posted here interesting and educational. The Committee welcomes your comments and suggestions and I encourage you to engage in what I hope will become an ongoing discussion about how higher education and individuals can effectively address the problems associated with climate change and the depletion of natural resources.
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