Policy

Elon University’s Sustainability Policy clearly identifies Elon’s commitment to sustainability and provides a series of goals that will serve as the guiding principles for Elon’s sustainability initiatives. It was created using the Sustainability Master Plan as a guide and is meant to compliment it rather than supersede it.

Elon University’s Sustainability Master Plan was created by the Environmental Advisory Council at the request of President Lambert in 2006. The plan is the culmination of several months of research and serves as the starting point for Elon’s sustainability initiative going forward. It identifies campus practices already in place that were reducing Elon’s environmental impact and lists several recommendations to expand Elon’s efforts.

University Environmental Advisory Council

Elon University’s Environmental Advisory Council is a standing Council whose members are appointed by the President. Members typically serve a two-year term. The role of the Council is to raise awareness of environmental issues and sustainable practices and promote environmental awareness. The Council may make recommendations to the President on new sustainability initiatives to undertake or improvements to current ones. The Sustainability Coordinator and Council work together to implement the University’s Sustainability Policy.

The current Council members are as follows:

Kyle Altmann
Associate Professor, Physics 

Robert Buchholz
Director of Physical Plant

Jeffrey Coker
Assistant Professor, Biology

Brian Collins
Associate Director of Residence Life for Community Building and Residential Education

Elaine Durr
Sustainability Coordinator

Michael James
Student Representative, Junior

Michele Kleckner
Senior Lecturer, Computing Sciences

Mica McCullough
Student Representative, Senior

Brad Moore
Associate Director of Planning, Design and Construction Management

Rob Springer
Director of Institutional Research

Gerald Whittington, Chair
Vice President of Business, Finance and Technology