Report
Muscatine Community College Sustainability and Environmental Responsibility (SER) Initiative
University of Iowa
05/2022
DOI: 10.17077/rep.006454
Abstract
Muscatine Community College (MCC) and Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) members partnered with the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities to work towards fostering a more sustainable campus. This agreement established a UI Project Team that would perform a multi-faceted project: a) assist PTK with their Honors-in-Action project, b) assess the culture of sustainability at MCC, and c) develop a framework for MCC to create a unique and customized Sustainability and Environmental Responsibility Plan (SER Plan).
The UI Project Team created, administered, and analyzed surveys regarding behaviors, beliefs, and perceptions about environmental sustainability. Members of PTK and the UI Project Team completed a waste audit to collect data on the efficiency of the waste management methods utilized at MCC. The UI project team completed research of peer institutions to determine methods of developing an SER Plan.
With these findings and participating in stakeholder engagement through a focus group, the UI project was able to create a customized framework for MCC to establish an SER committee, create an SER plan, and propose several actions such as improving the waste management system, increasing
sustainability education in the curriculum, and encouraging low carbon transportation that will help MCC reach their sustainability goals.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Muscatine Community College Sustainability and Environmental Responsibility (SER) Initiative
- Creators
- Michaela DohlemanNoel MillsJackson Wright
- Contributors
- Jerry Anthony (Contributor) - University of Iowa, School of Planning and Public AffairsTravis Kraus (Contributor) - University of Iowa, School of Planning and Public Affairs
- Resource Type
- Report
- DOI
- 10.17077/rep.006454
- Publisher
- University of Iowa; Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- Number of pages
- 56 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2022 the authors
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2022
- Academic Unit
- Public Affairs Final Projects; Center for Social Science Innovation; Public Policy Center (Archive); School of Planning and Public Affairs; University College Courses
- Record Identifier
- 9984287151102771
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