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Dr. Mittelstet Gives Opening Best Wishes at the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award 20th Anniversary Gala in Washington, D. C. Read More (pdf)

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On June, 2007 President Mittelset joined more than 300 leaders of higher education institutions across the country to sign the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment.

This commitment obligates Richland to a series of actions which will be challenging but important.

* The development and implementation of a comprehensive plan to achieve climate neutrality (original commitment was to complete this by November 15, 2007).

* Completion of an emissions inventory within one year of signing—i.e., by September 15, 2008.

* Setting a target date and interim milestones for becoming climate eutral, within two years.

* Taking immediate steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by choosing from a list of short-term actions
Integrating sustainability into the curriculum and making it part of the educational experience.

* Making the action plan, inventory, and progress reports publicly available.

Richland is now an institutional member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. This means that -- in addition to the the free materials at the Web site -- students and employees can use their institutional e-mail addresses to get access to a wealth of member-only resources .
So investigate the Web site today. But first, be sure to create your individual member account so you can access everything that's available.

Richlanders Present at Sustainability Conference

The first National Conference on Sustainability for Community Colleges was held in Eugene, Oregon on April 16 and 17, and hosted by Lane Community College.

Richland Pilots STARS System

STARS is a voluntary, self-reporting framework for gauging relative progress toward sustainability for colleges and universities.