PACES

PACES (the Program for the Assessment and Certification for the Environment and Sustainability) motivates students, staff and faculty at the university to take action as individuals and as members of their respective departments. We look to raise awareness and communication within the department, both in the sense of the individual awareness of the department/university’s policies and in the sense of the department’s recognition of individual efforts/needs. We also work to encourage behavioral change. Rather than placing solutions in structural retrofits and improvements (which are important and necessary), we try to recognize the power daily human (inter-)actions can have on the functioning of a department. In this, we recognize the importance of increasing knowledge (of university policies, for example), connecting departments to campus resources, and incentivizing sustainable behavior.

PACES is a student-led coalition between two groups: the Ellison Hall Sustainability Committee and Associated Students Recycling.