Sustainability Committee
UF’s sustainability committee is composed of faculty members elected by the faculty senate, faculty or staff appointed by the President's designee, and student members selected by the dean of students. The director and an academic officer appointed by the provost serve as nonvoting ex-officio members.
The committee's role is to promote sustainability within the university and with the larger community and to enhance the university's standing as a global leader in sustainability. It assesses the progress of the university's sustainability efforts and pursues their implementation when appropriate. It aids in the development of policy with the Office of Sustainability.
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Task Forces
The sustainability committee has developed three task forces, to address goals within the university. Following are the missions of those task forces.
- Zero Waste by 2015: to assess the university's solid waste streams and to suggest policies and create user incentive programs to dramatically reduce solid waste on campus to nearly zero by the year 2015. Zero Waste Task Force Forum .
- Energy and Climate Change: to assess the energy system of the university, including the supply and consumption sides, for the purpose of minimizing both energy costs and environmental impacts in order to recommend measures to accomplish these goals. Energy and Climate Change Task Force Forum
- Education and Research: to facilitate ideas and methods in order to integrate sustainability into the research and educational fabric of the university, using the university as a living laboratory for sustainability research and education. Education and Research Task Force Forum
- Water:
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