MISSION
Our mission is to challenge and empower Dartmouth College and our students to take on the human and environmental problems of a rapidly changing planet. We do this via applied learning, building community, supporting teaching and scholarship, and transforming campus operations.
VISION
WE IMAGINE A DARTMOUTH WHERE:
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We provide our community and the world with the scholarship, teaching, and people needed to tackle complex climate and sustainability challenges and work towards a flourishing future.
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Anyone interested in our work feels welcomed, valued and supported in our community.
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Students feel hopeful and empowered to contribute.
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Improving sustainability is central to operational decision-making.
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Students are informed about campus operations, learn about related decision-making processes, and have opportunities to contribute.
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Students are invested in the Upper Valley community and they collaborate with that community towards a just and sustainable future.
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Students understand how sustainability is relevant to them and the issues they care about and graduate prepared to be leaders in the world.
OUR APPROACH AND VALUES
(If you read this list, you will get a sense for who we are and how we function.)
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We prioritize well-being and happiness, and encourage genuine connections within our community.
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We embrace challenging conversations, opportunities for growth, and diverse experiences and perspectives.
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We are committed to questioning norms and being open to new ideas because we care about Dartmouth.
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We pause to reflect on our work and its impact, seeking out and responding to constructive feedback.
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We work to empower everyone in our community so they feel comfortable fully participating.
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We don’t tolerate hate.
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Many points of view are necessary for generating effective solutions. We prioritize hands-on learning and collaboration amongst broad, interdisciplinary groups of students, faculty, and staff to create great solutions.
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We strive to build strong, lasting, honorable partnerships that are mutually beneficial.
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We care about Dartmouth, and take pride in working here. We are invested in our community and we strive to embody what is most positive about this place when working on solutions within our institution.
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We strive to accurately identify problems and generate solutions. We fearlessly brainstorm new ideas and thoughtfully act on them.
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We actively educate ourselves about the cutting edge of sustainability solutions and the big picture of global sustainability. We are constantly learning!
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Our team works with a sense of adventure and we seek to spark moments of joy.
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We strive to be an active collaborator with other university sustainability offices to build and share best practices.
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY "SUSTAINABILITY?"
In our work and our approach, sustainability means reducing Dartmouth’s negative impacts and improving our positive impacts. It means improving balance: balance in terms of our impact on natural systems, balance with other people, balance in our own lives. Sustainability is inherently rooted in place and considers the culture, context, and natural landscape when generating solutions. Sustainability requires and implies long-term thinking and accounting of full cost, not just first cost.
INCLUSIVITY IN SUSTAINABILITY WORK
Sustainability problems are systemic and multifaceted. Therefore diverse points of view are necessary for generating effective solutions. As part of our vision for successfully carrying out our mission statement, we imagine a Dartmouth where diverse interdisciplinary groups of students, faculty, and staff come together to develop solutions that are just, equitable, and available to all people. Additionally, we envision a future in which campus operations are reimagined to prioritize human and environmental wellbeing. We have created a living document that has helped us to outline our values, goals, and action steps we will take in the next two years that will help us center justice, equity, diversity, and inclusivity in our work.
We know that our work in inclusivity is never done and we aim to create a culture that is always striving towards a better vision for the future. If you have thoughts on what we could be doing better, we love to hear feedback! You can talk to us at Office Hours (Wednesdays from 12-1:30pm in Robinson 106) or send us an email.
ROSI KERR
Rosi aims to transform Dartmouth into a global leader of sustainability scholarship, education, and action. She brings experience in community-based energy systems, energy markets, environmental nonprofits and organizational change to her role. She loves doing fun things with her kids, the far North, hiking, rowing, bikes (especially old ones) and cooking brunch.
Director of Sustainability
MARCUS WELKER
Marcus works on Dartmouth’s carbon accounting, greenhouse gas emissions accounting, resource inventories, and annual reporting to assess our progress towards goals in energy, food, water and waste systems and in sustainability planning. Marcus loves hiking, biking, swimming, playing Ultimate frisbee, keeping bees, and cooking and spending time with family and friends.
Assistant Director for Operations
JACK WALKER
Jack manages the day-to-day operations of the Organic Farm, such as planting, pest management, and harvesting. Jack also teaches students sustainable agricultural techniques. Jack also manages undergraduate intern teams focused on the farm and first-year programming. He loves listening to live music, cooking and fermentation projects, watching food documentaries, and building campfires.
Program Coordinator
LAURA BRAASCH
Laura builds experiential learning opportunities in sustainable systems, including the Dartmouth Organic Farm and sustainability immersion trips. Laura also manages our digital media and website, finding new ways to creatively share our sustainability stories. Laura enjoys chasing around her twin boys, playing the mandolin, biking, wood carving, and foraging.
Assistant Director for Experiential Learning
RACHEL KENT
Rachel aligns institutional efforts with the action necessary to build livable, just futures, and helps students grow into sustainability changemakers via experiential learning opportunities. Rachel completed a Fulbright in Italy studying food anthropology. When she’s not zipping around campus, she's organizing for community and land care in the Upper Valley, contra dancing, cooking, or traversing beautiful trails & waterways.
Program Coordinator
ERIN KELLY
Erin stewards sustainability intern programs with a focus on collaborative mentorship practices. Erin helps facilitate Dartmouth’s sustainability initiatives on campus. Erin also aims to promote vibrant, sustainable, communitarian action and planning in and around the upper valley. Outside of the office Erin is a practicing environmental anthropologist, herbalist and lifelong learner!
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