Sustainability Coordinator Nick Brown joins UA Staff
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Lindsey Pruitt
Issue date: 1/16/08 Section: News
Brown's favorite part about the job will be his central position on campus.
"I'm at the center of the most exciting body of information and events on campus. I'll be able to help a wide variety of students, researchers and managers with information, connections and institutional support. I'll be part of fulfilling commitments to sustainability that have meaningful ethical dimensions, and which will add luster to our institution's image," Brown said.
Brown said he truly wants to make a difference on campus.
"I'll measure my progress in two ways. First, I'll try to make projects happen on campus that would otherwise not happen because there had not previously been time and effort available to coordinate them. Second, I'll look for signs that more people are doing more of the things I mentioned earlier," he said.
"Part of my job is spreading the ethos of personal environmental responsibility across the campus. As implementation of the 'green ethic' spreads across our university, we'll have better success in attracting the nation's most talented faculty and students. My challenge is to effectively promote this important ethic, and to do so without appearing didactic."
From a personal development standpoint, there is much to learn, and that is exciting, Brown said. "From a professional accomplishment standpoint, I'm excited about providing leadership toward making the UA climate neutral. As a worker bee, I am constantly inspired by the accomplished, knowledgeable people that I have an opportunity to meet as I do my job."
Brown's future plans for the campus include creating a Sustainability Council and bringing nationally recognized speakers to campus. The sustainability program has twelve components: energy, water, materials, pollution prevention, food, land, transportation, built environment, academic and research, endowments and investments, health safety and social justice and community outreach.
"We'll organize a UA Sustainability Council, and within that Council a working group for each of twelve components. We intend to mobilize students and staff as well as faculty, to provide task work, organization and intellectual leadership for our work in these areas. Second, we'll bring nationally known speakers to campus to recharge the UA community with fresh ideas about conservation and sustainability development, and to inspire us to continue progress toward our sustainability goals," Brown said.
"I'm at the center of the most exciting body of information and events on campus. I'll be able to help a wide variety of students, researchers and managers with information, connections and institutional support. I'll be part of fulfilling commitments to sustainability that have meaningful ethical dimensions, and which will add luster to our institution's image," Brown said.
Brown said he truly wants to make a difference on campus.
"I'll measure my progress in two ways. First, I'll try to make projects happen on campus that would otherwise not happen because there had not previously been time and effort available to coordinate them. Second, I'll look for signs that more people are doing more of the things I mentioned earlier," he said.
"Part of my job is spreading the ethos of personal environmental responsibility across the campus. As implementation of the 'green ethic' spreads across our university, we'll have better success in attracting the nation's most talented faculty and students. My challenge is to effectively promote this important ethic, and to do so without appearing didactic."
From a personal development standpoint, there is much to learn, and that is exciting, Brown said. "From a professional accomplishment standpoint, I'm excited about providing leadership toward making the UA climate neutral. As a worker bee, I am constantly inspired by the accomplished, knowledgeable people that I have an opportunity to meet as I do my job."
Brown's future plans for the campus include creating a Sustainability Council and bringing nationally recognized speakers to campus. The sustainability program has twelve components: energy, water, materials, pollution prevention, food, land, transportation, built environment, academic and research, endowments and investments, health safety and social justice and community outreach.
"We'll organize a UA Sustainability Council, and within that Council a working group for each of twelve components. We intend to mobilize students and staff as well as faculty, to provide task work, organization and intellectual leadership for our work in these areas. Second, we'll bring nationally known speakers to campus to recharge the UA community with fresh ideas about conservation and sustainability development, and to inspire us to continue progress toward our sustainability goals," Brown said.
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