Why is having sustainability in the Strategic Plan so important?
As far as institutional planning goes, the strategic plan is the best place for sustainability to be housed: the strategic plan identifies our core values as an institution, guides our operations, and is closely linked to budget allocations. Therefore, carefully considering how we define “sustainability” in the college strategic plan helps to define who we are as academic institution. Ultimately, how sustainability is defined is important to those of us who work, live, and study at Evergreen. Moreover, when sustainability became one of the major foci of the college strategic plan, TESC became one of the only college’s in the nation officially committed to a sustainable future. So, how Evergreen defines sustainability has far reaching implications extending well beyond our campus borders. How will Evergreen carry out its commitment to sustainability? The answer starts with a good definition of what sustainability actually is.
