Sustainability Plan Goal Examples

Stewardship of the built environment

• Progressive planning and smart growth
• Green architecture and ecologically sensitive design
• Efficient and reliable transportation systems
  

• Environmentally and biodiversity friendly infrastructure and waste management
• Maintenance and enhancement of biodiversity of plants and animals
• Promotion of organic-regional agriculture
• Energy conservation and enhancement of renewable energy
• Advanced water conservation and efficiency
• Elimination to the extent possible of human exposure to toxic and biologically active substances
  

Build a campus culture of sustainability

• Communicate and market sustainable practices
• Offer incentives and provide recognition of sustainability practices
• Sponsor sustainability competitions
• Integrate sustainable living information into student programs
• Policies of sustainability
  

Integrate Sustainability into the curriculum and research

• Integrate sustainability into the curriculum
• Establish sustainability focused courses and academic programs
• Promote sustainability research
• Foster interdisciplinary research addressing community, regional, national and global sustainability issues
  

• Partner with other higher education institutions in advancing sustainability learning, research and practices
• Partner with Memphis community and region in sustainability initiatives