“Climate change is the defining issue of our era.”

-- Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations Secretary General, in Time (23 December, 2009)

What is our Carbon Footprint?

• In 1990: 7,360 metric tons eCO2

• In 2007: 21,000 metric tons eCO2

• In 2008: 26,000 metric tons eCO2

In 2007 students voted to purchase RECs to offset 100% of electricity:

• 2007: 9,000 metric tons eCO2

• 2008: 14,000 metric tons eCO2

Who be these emissions?

Transportation

Standing Sources

Purchased Electricity

Ways to wipe out emissions

• Reduce Energy Use• Increase Energy Efficiency • Change to Renewable Energy • Purchase offsets • Make carbon offsets • Engage in other sustainable activities

Sub-groups?

• Transportation• Standing sources• Purchased electricity• Curricular/campus life

How we wipe out emissions• Energy Conservation and Efficiency • Appropriate Heating and Power Plant Fuel Choices • On-Site Renewable Energy Technologies • Buy Green Power • Maximize Space Utilization to Minimize or Avoid New

Construction • Design and Construct Only the Greenest, Most Energy

Efficient New Buildings • Sustainable Transportation Solutions • Other GHG Mitigation Strategies (waste disposal, purchasing,

food) • Carbon Offsets to Address Remaining Emissions

What does an ACUPCC College do?

• Teaching students to understand climate change and to help solve it after they graduate

• Achieving deep cuts in GHG emissions• Setting an example and inspiring the wider

community to become part of the solution too