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one-stop-shop for all information related to sustain-
ability at the university. Her Office also coordinates the
many diverse programs that help promote sustainabil-
ity concepts within the confines of the NAU campus.
For example, the Environmental Caucus facilitates
creative and strategic communication to advance the
institutional commitment to sustainability and to pro-
mote education, research, and collaboration on the
environment. Green Jacks, also known as the Student
Environmental Caucus, seeks to create a culture of
sustainability on campus via extra-curricular initiatives
and programs.
But Vaughan also stresses the activities that take the
school’s sustainability programs beyond the campus
and into the broader community: “We have quarter-
ly meeting with the sustainability leaders at the city
and county levels to try and see if we can have similar
messaging or collaborate on purchasing,” she relates.
“We also have student action groups’ whose main pur-
pose is to go out into the community and help create
student gardens, participate in public achievement,
teach resource efficiency, etc. For example, we give a
lot of our compost to the community gardens, so we’re
always looking at ways to share resources.” CRAFTS
– Civic Re-engagement for Arizona Families, Transi-
tions and Sustainability - is a campus program whose
aim is to foster sustainable communities through en-
gaged learning, community partnerships, and action
research with NAU.
But fostering sustainability consciousness at NAU is
not restricted to its students. Avi Henn is the Program
Coordinator for the campus’ Energy Mentors Program.
He outlines the program’s focus and genesis: “We re-
cruit volunteer faculty and staff to go through training
NAU’s Yellow Bike Program gives free bikes to any
interested student.
