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Are you interested in and informed about ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú’s sustainability and climate action efforts?  

The Student Engagement and Faculty/Staff Engagement Working Groups of the Climate Action and Sustainability Council are accepting self-nominations for up to five additional members of each group. 

Student Engagement Working Group: Interim chair, Olivia Herron, director of Sustainability  

• Responsible for educating the student body about ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú’s efforts to address environmental problems and their opportunities for involvement on campus and in their professional careers. 

Faculty and Staff Engagement: Chair, Olivia Herron, director of Sustainability

• Responsible for educating faculty and staff about ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú’s efforts to address environmental problems and how this relates to their duties as ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú employees.  

Climate Action and Sustainability Council Working Groups

Last year the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University Climate Action Task Force — established in 2020 —  and the Sustainability Committee — established in 2009 — combined to form the Climate Action and Sustainability Council (CASC).

The council helped finalize the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú 2040: Climate Action Plan for ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University, signed in May by President Gregory Crawford. 

Executive Steering Committee

Recently President Crawford established the Climate Action and Sustainability Council Executive Steering Committee and appointed members of the President's Executive Council to serve. This committee will guide and ensure the implementation of the objectives that will lead to the achievement of ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú's goals for carbon neutrality and pursuit of a platinum ranking from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s (AASHE) Sustainability Tracking and Assessment Rating System (STARS). 

This committee has the appropriate authority and institutional knowledge to oversee the council’s six working groups.

CASC Executive Steering Committee Members, 2024-2025

Working Groups

• Energy Use and Production: Chaired by Malcolm Drane, director of Energy Systems 
• Transportation (Scope 3 Emissions): Co-chaired by Cody Powell, associate vice president, Facilities Planning and Operations; and David Prytherch, professor of Geography and member of the City of Oxford’s Climate Action Steering Committee
• Environment and Sustainability Curriculum: Chaired by Tom Crist, professor of Biology
• Procurement and Waste: Co-chaired by Allen Sizemore, associate director of Analytics and Data Administration, Office of Strategic Procurement, and Chelsea Green, assistant clinical professor of Finance and Business Legal Studies
• Student Engagement: Interim chair, Olivia Herron, director of Sustainability  
• Faculty and Staff Engagement: Chaired by Olivia Herron, director of Sustainability

CASC Working Group chairs and charges