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Campus Sustainability Officers Page

In recent years, a number of campuses in the US and Canada have established staff positions devoted to advancing sustainability on campus, and many more are considering it. The resources below are aimed at helping campuses establish these types of positions as well as strengthening and supporting existing campus sustainability officers.

Directory and Surveys

• Directory of Campus Sustainability Officers  
• AASHE Surveys of Staffing, Salaries, and Positions

Publications

• A Practical Guide to Hiring a Sustainability Professional for Universities and Colleges (pdf)
  Campus Consortium for Environmental Excellence (C2E2) and Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges, Jan. 2006.
• Campus Sustainability Practitioners: Challenges for a New Profession (pdf)
  Sharp, Leith, Harvard Green Campus Initiative, 2005.
• Creating an Environmental Coordinator Position: A Portfolio of Case Studies (pdf)
  National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology Program, Oct. 2000. 

Example Job Descriptions

Listed below are job descriptions for existing sustainability officer positions. (Note: these are not job openings or announcements.)

• American University - Environmental Coordinator
• Berea College - Sustainability Coordinator
• Bowdoin College - Coordinator for a Sustainable Bowdoin
• California State University, Chico - Sustainability Coordinator
• Concordia University
  • Sustainability Coordinator
  • Environment/R4 Coordinator
• Cornell University - Sustainability Coordinator
• Duke University - Sustainability Coordinator
• Dartmouth College - Sustainability Coordinator
• Emory University - Director of Sustainability Initiatives
• Green Mountain College - Service Learning Sustainability Coordinator
• Harvard University - HGCI Program Assistant, High Performance Building Service
• Humboldt State University - Sustainability Coordinator
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Deputy Director, Sustainability Program
• Muhlenberg College - Sustainability Coordinator
• Middlebury College - Director Sustainability Integration Office
• Oregon State University - Sustainability Coordinator
• Princeton University - Sustainability Manager
• Portland State University - Sustainability Coordinator
• Rice University - Director of Sustainability
• Santa Clara University - Sustainability Coordinator
• Seattle University - Campus Sustainability Coordinator
• Sterling College - Sustainability Coordinator
• University of British Columbia - Director, Sustainability
• University of Calgary - Environmental Management System Specialist
• University of California, Berkeley - Director of Campus Sustainability
• University of California, Santa Cruz - Sustainability Manager
• University of Colorado at Colorado Springs - Sustainability Officer
• University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill - Sustainability Coordinator
• University of Oregon - Environmental Resource & Recycling Manager
• University of Prince Edward Island - Director of Environmental Studies and Sustainability
• University of Toronto
  • Sustainability Coordinator
  • Environmental Project Manager
• University of Toronto at Mississauga - Sustainability Coordinator
• University of Vermont
  • Environmental Coordinator
  • Green Building Coordinator
• University of Victoria - Sustainability Coordinator
• Yale University - Director, Office of Sustainability

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