{"id":3814,"date":"2018-08-22T22:22:14","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T22:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/?p=3814"},"modified":"2018-08-23T19:51:27","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T19:51:27","slug":"cc-makes-sustainability-gains-in-stars-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/2018\/08\/22\/cc-makes-sustainability-gains-in-stars-report\/","title":{"rendered":"CC Makes Sustainability Gains in STARS Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Leah Veldhuisen \u201919 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CC made a number of appearances in the recently published 2018 Sustainable Campus Index. Run by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aashe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SCI-2018.pdf\">Sustainable Campus Index<\/a>\u00a0is a self-reporting system to highlight colleges&#8217; and universities&#8217; sustainability efforts.<\/p>\n<p>They measure 17 different areas and rate them on the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Ranking System. CC\u2019s Director of Sustainability Ian Johnson highlights the significance of the report, saying \u201cit is important to be in the know about what other schools are doing and to make sure that we remain leaders in our work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The newly renovated Tutt Library was highlighted in the \u201cBuildings\u201d section of the report, saying the library is a \u201cmajor contributor to the college\u2019s goal of carbon neutrality by 2020.\u201d CC also tied for 10th place on the \u201cPurchasing\u201d list, which reviews the environmental and social responsibility of a school\u2019s services and products.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cWater\u201d section evaluates conservation, recycling, and reuse of water, as well as effective use of rainwater; CC was number two on the list. Johnson sees these results as a big step for CC, as it \u201cis a clear indication that not only is our approach working, but that in some cases it\u2019s put us at the head of the pack.\u00a0 That tells me that we\u2019re doing something real and doing it right, not just embracing an image.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Leah Veldhuisen \u201919 CC made a number of appearances in the recently published 2018 Sustainable Campus Index. Run by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, the Sustainable Campus Index\u00a0is a self-reporting system to highlight colleges&#8217; and universities&#8217; sustainability efforts. They measure 17 different areas and rate them on the Sustainability &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/2018\/08\/22\/cc-makes-sustainability-gains-in-stars-report\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;CC Makes Sustainability Gains in STARS Report&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":648,"featured_media":3815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-campus","category-kudos","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/files\/2018\/08\/TuttSTARS.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3814"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3819,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3814\/revisions\/3819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}