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Table of Contents

Title Page .1

Table of Contents .2

Executive Summary..3

Research and Gathered Data.....4

Princeton Review Guide ..5

Honorable Mention...6

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle ...............7

Other Recycling Activities ...8

Goodbye Plastic Water Bottles.9

New Science and Technology Building......10

Global Sustainability...........................11

SEEDS.12

Adopt-A-Road Project.13

National Solar Energy Competition14

First School of Global Sustainability...15

Forget the Tray16

Interview Transcript17

Image Source Cited.19

Annotated Bibliography..20


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Executive SummaryBlack Mambas have constructed a research project on the University of South Floridas efforts at

becoming a green university. Our team primarily focused on USFs efforts through the new School of

Sustainability. We researched their website and also conducted an interview with a USF career center

advisor who is very familiar with what the new degree programs have to offer. In our research and

gathered data section you will see information that exemplifies USFs commitment to recycling and their

pursuit at becoming a leading green university. By offering their newly developed degree programs,

USF will become pioneers in serving a sustainably conscious world.


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Research &

Gathered Data


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The Princeton Review GuideSustainability at University of South

Florida

The school colors at the University ofSouth Florida may be green, but their efforts to

"go green" have gone way beyond that. They

have been recognized through The Princeton

Review's Guide to 286 Green Colleges, which is

the first guidebook that focuses on colleges and

universities that go above and beyond the

average commitment to sustainability when it

comes to campus initiatives, activities and

infrastructure. Their inclusion in the list is a

reflection of their sustainable activities and their

strategic plan. The faculty, staff and students at

the Office of Sustainability serve as the USFs

hub for environmental initiatives. The office

sponsors several sustainability programs that

support mentors for students, academic

fellowships, service learning scholarship and

teaching grants.

Christian Wells, director of the USF

Office of Sustainability says It is an honor to be

singled out for inclusion in the recent Princeton

Reviews Guide to Green Colleges, which was

prepared in conjunction with the highly

respected U.S. Green Building Council. Our

inclusion is testament to the hard work and

steely dedication of numerous students, staff,

faculty, administrators, and alumni over the past

few years to make USF a cleaner, greener place

to live and work,

About the Princeton Review Guide

The guide was created in partnership

with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)and is based on a survey of hundreds of colleges

nationwide and profiles the nations most

environmentally-responsible campuses. From

solar panel study rooms to the percentage of

budget spent on local/organic food, The

Princeton Reviews Guide looks at an

institutions commitment to building

certification using USGBCs LEED green

building certification program; environmental

literacy programs; formal sustainability

committees; use of renewable energy

resources; recycling and conservation

programs, and much more. The free guide can

be found at

www.princetonreview.com/greenguide

Beyond the cost savings to an

institution, even the simplest aspects of a green

campus, such as increased use of natural light,

have been found to improve student learning andquality of life, said Rick Fedrizzi, president,

CEO and founding chair, USGBC. Green

facilities make colleges more attractive to

students and can dramatically reduce energy

costs. Higher education is a top priority market

segment for USGBC because graduates of green

colleges become incredible drivers of change

when they call for similar surroundings in their

jobs and communities.
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Honorable Mentions from the Princeton Review

USF ranks 2nd in Florida and 25th Nationally in the 2010 Recycle Mania Waste minimization

Host of the Going Green Tampa Bay Expo

USF Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) were named regional champions for the third time in fiveyears with a project to help two local businesses transition to more sustainable business practices

The School of Architecture + Community Design created award-winning projects for sustainablebuilding practices.

Semi-finalists in the prestigious Global Venture Challenge 2010.

Received a competitive Phase II Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as part ofthe EPAs prestigious People, Prosperity, and Planet (P3) Competition.

USF launched the nations first School of Global Sustainability


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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Mania

The

University of South

Florida has been

named one of the

top schools in the

nation in a

competition judging

which school can

reduce, reuse and

recycle the most

campus waste.

Earlier this

year, USF entered

the Waste

Minimization contest inRecycle Mania and

placed second in Florida and 25th out of 199

universities in the United States. In the Waste

Minimization competition, schools competed to

see which one produced the least amount ofmunicipal solid waste per person.

Joseph Michalsky who coordinated USF

participation said It's widely known that we all

need to live more sustainably, and recycling is

the simplest form of being green that anyone canget involved in,

Recycle Mania was a 10-week friendly

competition between hundreds of universities in

multiple countries, in which campuses attempt to

Minimize waste generation and

maximize recycling participation. As part of the

waste minimization competition, USF pledged

to purchase office equipment with waste

prevention in mind, work with vendors to reduce

transportation packaging, and reuse and

redistribute packing materials and inter-office

envelopes.

But while ranking high in thecompetition gives USF bragging rights, it is not

the most important result of the universitys

participation in

Recycle Mania.

Michal

-sky said that

more needs to

be done to

lessen the

universitys

and students

impact on the

environment,

but campus-

wide green efforts such as Recycle Mania have

taken USF in the right direction.

Recycle Mania was originally launched

in 2001 as a friendly challenge between Ohio

University and Miami University to increase

recycling on their campuses. The contest has

expanded rapidly in nine years time from two

schools in 2001 to 607 colleges and universities

in 2010 spanning 49 states, the District of

Columbia, and Canada.

USF produced 20.8 pounds per

person.
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Other Recycling Activities

On Site Recycling Centers

More than 10 mini-recycling centers

have been set up under the direction of the

Office of Operations and Maintenance of

Facilities, giving the USFSP community easy

access to recycling. Those centers have three

product containers: plastic, paper and aluminum.

The rule of thumb for plastic recycling, this

includes most water bottles and milk jugs, is the

item must be empty and have a neck or cap. In

addition, aluminum items must be clean with no

food.

More than 60 paper recycling containers

are available throughout campus. There is a

main recycling center near the chiller plant that

can be accessed by car, which also includes a

container for glass. A cardboard container is

available behind the Coquina Club. Cardboard

or glass can be picked up from an office by a

request from USFSP employee. To request a

pick up, it is recommended to call Chris

Heinrich in OMF at 3-4135. In addition,

Cardboard left outside of an office door needs tobe marked trash so it can be picked up.


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Goodbye Plastic Water Bottles

Students in Free Enterprise

The USF branch of Students in Free

Enterprise (SIFE) has come up with an award-

winning idea that has earned $6,000 in support from

Wal-Mart for a project that promises to help keep

millions of plastic bottles out of landfills and save

students well over a million dollars a year: free

refreshing reverse osmosis filtered water available at

popular locations around campus and inexpensive

refillable bottles. The Wal-Mart Market 111 grant is

funding installation of the filtration systems.

The USF branch ofStudents in FreeEnterprise(SIFE) has come up with an award-

winning idea that has earned $6,000 in support from

Wal-Mart for a project that promises to help keep

millions of plastic bottles out of landfills and save

students well over a million dollars a year: free

refreshing reverse osmosis filtered water available at

popular locations around campus and inexpensive

refillable bottles. The Wal-Mart Market 111 grant is

funding installation of the filtration systems.

This project aims to help promote

awareness about and reduce the consumption ofplastic water bottles as well as help the USF

community make environmentally sustainable

personal and business decisions, said Dameion

Lovett, assistant director in the Department of USF

Scholarships and Financial Aid Services, who serves

as SIFE advisor. This is all in support of USFs

commitment to fight global warming.

After conducting an online survey to gauge

interest among USFs students, faculty and staff,

results indicated the potential for tremendous impact

by installing custom use water systems in high trafficareas. SIFE estimates over 22,000 students would

obtain overall savings of $1,746,158 and save over

two million plastic bottles from being dumped into

landfills each year. A test machine was installed and

water bottles were passed out to test the idea further.

Field testing yielded positive and

encouraging results, Lovett said. Then the team

won $250 for the project by placing first in a poster

contest at theGoing Green Tampa Bay Expo 2009.

Now the grant from Wal-Mart will be used to install

six systems on campus with the direct goals of

decreasing the carbon footprint of packaging andtransporting bottled water, reducing plastic waste in

landfills and saving students, faculty and staff money

in tough economic times.

Lovett and the SIFE team expect the machines to be

installed after the first of the year. They are working

on gaining further financial support for the project

and have received endorsements from the USF Office

of Sustainability and the Office of Strategic

Initiatives.

"The next step is to get these systems in place and

implement a 'Refill-a-bull Our Bottle program with

reusable metal water containerssimilar to Student

Governments Our Shirt concept, at a cost of only

five dollars, Lovett said. The team is also seeking

corporate sponsors to help provide the reusable

bottles to USF students.

SIFE is a global organization active in over 1,500

colleges in 40 countries that promotes six key

educational criteria: market economics, success

skills, entrepreneurship, financial literacy,

environmental sustainability and business ethics.SIFE students implement programs that impact

members of their communities.
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New Science & Technology Building

@ USF St. Pete Campus

LEED Certification

The new Science and Technology is the

first building in the USF System to earn

Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design

(LEED) certification. The new building located

at USF St. Petersburg will broaden science

teaching and research at the institution. Faculty

members and administrators from the St.

Petersburg campus and the USF College of

Marine Science collaborated to create this multi-

functional building.

Through its planning, construction

materials and design, the building earned enough

credits for Gold LEED certification. The LEED

green building certification program, managed

by the U.S. Green Building Council, is a

national rating system for buildings designed,

constructed and operated for improved

environmental and human health performance.

Funding

Support from the Progress Energy

Foundation funded the Progress Energy Earth

Science Laboratory. Matched by the state

Courtesies Capital Facilities Match Program, the

gift equipped the laboratory and provided lab.

With so many things going "green" such asbuildings, cars, industries, theUniversity of

South Floridawill soon offer a master's degree

in green. Last week, a new MA inGlobal

Sustainabilitywas approved by USF's Board of

Trustees. This new master's degree is most

suitable for professionals who deal with

sustainability issuesin their jobs and for

students who want to work in other countries or

in the United States casework and equipment for

research tailored to the study of physics, geology

and other geosciences.

The expanded classroom space supports

a cross-section of university programs while the

teaching and research labs enhance the

undergraduate and graduate Environmental

Science and Policy programs and the Pre-

Medical and Pre-Health Sciences tracks. Many

incoming first-year students express interest in

the institutions pre-medical and pre-health

sciences tracksundergraduate course

sequences that give students the flexibility to

pursue a broad-based liberal arts education while

integrating the advanced-level science

coursework required by graduate and

professional programs in the health sciences.
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Global Sustainability

Hot Green Careers

The proposal was to establish a new sustainability school at USF. It is called "the process of

improving the quality of human life while living within the carrying capacity of supporting eco-systems."

Today, 10 "hot green careers" in environmental design and engineering, hydrology, solar energy

and transportation system planning, are identified by Kaplan's new College Guide. According to the

report of ThePew Charitable Trust, Florida's cleanenergy economygrew nearly 8 percent from 1998 to

2007.

As stated in the master's degree proposal: "With its unique strengths in research on water,coastal

environmentsand globalization, theUniversity of South Floridais poised to make a significant

contribution to training students for the new Green Economy."

With most of the courses offered online, this program's first students will start in the summer and

fall of next year. Those students will focus on sustainability related to water issues. This program will be

expanded over time and will include health, economics, engineering and other disciplines.

The instructors will be provided from existing colleges such as architecture and nursing. The part

of the new School of Global Sustainability is still "in a framing period," said Provost Ralph Wilcox.

"We're havinginternal discussionswith everyone who will be involved, in business, the arts and sciences,

the marine sciences."

Because of its courses being taught online, the school will have a director but not a dedicated

building.
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Sustainable Electrical Energy Delivery

System (SEEDS) project

SEEDS Project

Public-Private partnership supports

energy technology of the future. On May 27,

2008 at USF St. Petersburg and at Albert

Whitted Park, cutting-edge renewable energy

technology was unveiled what could become

part of the energy of the future.

By diversifying energy sources and

lowering costs for consumers, the SustainableElectrical Energy Delivery System (SEEDS)

project has the potential to become part of

tomorrows Smart Grid power delivery system

that could improve the environment.

The City of St. Petersburg, Progress

Energy Florida, a public-private partnership

including the University of South Florida, and

the Florida High Tech corridor made the project

possible. By developing energy solutions while

training the next generation of powerengineering professionals, the twin installations

were designed and developed by researchers at

Progress Energy Florida and the USF Power

Center for Utility Explorations.

Previously, no efficient way existed to

store electricity and being compatible with the

needs of the power grid. Innovative tools for the

collection and storage of renewable energy, such

as solar and wind for later use, are provided by

SEEDS. This advanced energy-storage systemhas a potential to become a part of a future

Smart Grid power-delivery system. This

system could also be used to store energy

generated by power plants during off-peak

times, resulting in lower costs to generate and

deliver that energy back to the grid during times

of peak demand.

To store along with off-peak grid power

in a high-tech energy storage system, all of the

SEEDS sites use a photovoltaic system to collect

solar energy. To make optimal use of the stored

energy and other multiuse technologies, the

system can be managed accordingly.

NOTE: USF St. Petersburgs SEEDS

site is located on the east side of the chiller plant(next to Bayboro Hall). Solar panels are visible

on the south side of the building. Nearby signage

colorfully explains the SEEDS operation OMF.
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Adopt-a-Road Project

USF-SM is Going Green

The Student Government Association (SGA) at the USF Sarasota-Manatee has always been

concerned about the environment, but the new members plan to Go Green and Gold.

On Thursday, May 20, the group will be honored at a dinner at the Venice Convention Center

hosted by Keep Sarasota County Beautiful for their work with the Adopt-A-Road program. Four times

a year, SGA participates in a clean-up of their adopted road, University Parkway, as a way to give back to

the community.

We picked University Parkway because its a road that our faculty and students use a lot, and it

just seems appropriate that we are involved with a road that leads to the Education Corridor, said Alyssa

Anderson, current secretary and past president of the SGA. This is our way of taking responsibility for

the environment in our community and making a difference.

SGA provides gloves and orange vests for the clean-ups, which typically include 8-10 students

and faculty members volunteering for the mission.

I think its a great opportunity to help clean up our own community and give back, said Dr.

Stephen Graves, a professor of Education at USF Sarasota-Manatee who volunteered to help with the

cleanup. University Parkway is a busy area so it was a big job, but I think that helping with the clean-up

shows the community that people who live here care enough about our area to help protect the

environment.

Environmentally Friendly

The Adopt-a-Road project is just one of the ways that the student body is going Green and Gold.

Students are working with facilities to explore more ways to help USFSM be more environmentally

friendly. Their ideas and efforts include providing recycling bins on campus, switching to LED light

bulbs for increased efficiency and energy savings, evaluating USFSM for LEED certification, using

recycled pens, paper, and notebooks, using email instead of printed documents and providing reusable

water bottles for students. The SGA even plans to designate an officer who will be in charge of Green

initiatives to make sure that future students continue the effort.

The environment is affected by everything we do, said Anderson. Its our responsibility as the

student body to reduce our carbon footprint and preserve our community for future generations of

students.


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National Solar Energy Competition

Team Florida

USF will be among 20 schools in the nation to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy SolarDecathlon next year, with positions on the Universitys team still available. The University will join

students from the University of Florida, Florida State University and the University of Central Florida torepresent the state in the competition as Team Florida.

The Competition

The biennial competition, which began in 2002, challenges 20 collegiate teams to create solar-

powered homes that are cost-effective, energy-efficient and attractive, according to its website. Thewinner of the competition is the team that best blends affordability, consumer appeal and design

excellence with optimal energy production and maximum efficiency.

Teams will have until fall 2011 to complete the homes and transport them to the Washington

National Mall to be evaluated by experts in the fields of architecture, engineering and communications.Christina Heath, a senior majoring in mass communications, is a member of Team Floridas

Communications Team, which will be judged on a created website that delivers the solar energy-

efficient details of the project. Heath said the team is still being compiled and will begin building the

home in the spring.We just got briefed a week and a half ago, she said. Our goal would be just to

prove that a solar-powered, cost-efficient home is possible and it can happen in the state of Florida.Team Floridas house will be called the FlexHouse. The home, which must fit on the back of a

flatbed truck, will be designed for a young, middle-class couple, will be able to sustain Floridas humidclimate and will include features like high-ceilings and sliding glass panels, she said. Rebecca Hagen, a

mass communications instructor and adviser for the communications team, said that Mario Rodriguez, a

College of Architecture graduate student, first thought of this idea and applied for the competition.

The whole idea generated out of him and faculty and theyre still in the process of recruitingstudents people who want to go intobuilding, she said. Were kind of spear-heading this. They hadto come up with something to enter into the competition to even see if youre accepted. Once wereaccepted, then we have to put the team together.

About 10 USF architecture students, five communications students and two students from otherFlorida universities have been recruited, but Heath said she expects those numbers to grow before the

competition. The homes will be judged in 10 contests during the decathlon that will test them in areas like

affordability and architecture. All we have to do right now is to look out (at) that disaster we have in the

Gulf to understand why its important to start thinking of alternative energy sources, Heath said. We

need to be serious about it. Its (the governments) way to try to educate the general public about solar

energy. Theyre encouraging college students to come up with solar-based home designs, and that is what

we are doing.


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First School of Global Sustainability

Preparing for the Future

The University of South Florida is creating

the nations first School of Global Sustainability, an

innovative effort aimed at preparing students for a

new generation of green collar careers and to find

solutions for a world challenged with the protection

of its fragile environment and limited resources. The

school will unite USFs world-class researchers in

water, clean and renewable energy, climate change,

coastal environments, human health and sustainable

cities in programs which recognize the worldwide

challenges to creating sustainable systems.

The School of Global Sustainability also

will help educate a new workforce for the new green

economy - estimated to create 2.5 million new jobs in

coming years. The school formally launched on

Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010 with the start of a two-day

conference at the Marshall Student Center featuring

some of sciences leading thinkers on climate change

and sustainability.Representatives from USFs

partner universities from around the world were in

attendance and Ewha Womans University President

Bae-Yong Lee of South Korea received the

President's Global Leadership Award for her work inpromoting global cooperation.

The University of South Florida is

committed to creating a 21st Century which is

healthy, sustainable and prosperous for both Florida

and for communities far beyond our borders. This

school is a major step in that direction, said USF

President Judy Genshaft. The School of Global

Sustainability will leverage USFs existing strengths

to build new opportunities for our students and

faculty. We are dedicated to preparing our students to

face the challenges of the world we know now and of

the world that will exist in their lifetime.

The school will not be a traditional bricks-

and-mortar school and will use online learning and

the latest technological advances to allow students to

complete programs efficiently. A worldwide search is

underway for a director to lead the School of Global

Sustainability, whose first class of graduate students

will enroll in summer 2010. Its first degree program,

a masters degree in global sustainability, will

initially focus on water with other concentrations

being developed in such themes as food security and

health, natural environments, gender, ethnicity and

class, global citizenry, climate change, coastal

wetlands, the history of sustainable communities and

megacities.

The School of Global Sustainability will

incorporate an interdisciplinary approach to learning

which will allow students and researchers to explore

issues through the lenses of corporate social

responsibility; public policy, poverty reduction and

educationparticularly in areas of science,

technology, math and engineering which are crucial

to the development of sustainable technologies. The

schools estimated $3 million annual budget will be

funded through tuition of students who enroll and

faculty research grants and private and corporate gift.

The creation of the School of Global

Sustainability caps a nearly two-year planning

process at USF to create the first school of its kind

with a worldwide focus. And while the schools

focus will be global, it will draw on USFs local roots

in a major coastal city facing the challenges of

climate change, protection of threatened natural

resources and population growth. In creating this

School of Global Sustainability, we are re-imagining

and redefining higher education, said USF Provost

Ralph Wilcox. We are leveraging our

interdisciplinary strengths and partnerships in

academia and private industry and positioning our

students for success in a competitive, globalized

world.


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Forget the Tray

Trayless Dining Policy

To remember the Earth, USF has forgotten

the tray. Thats the tagline printed across one ofthe

signs on campus informing students of USFs new

trayless dining policy.

USF and universities across the nation are

implementing environmentally friendly practices, like

phasing out the plastic trays traditionally used in

dining halls.

Supporters of the move said the removal of

trays minimizes pollution and waste, though others

remain skeptical of the plans benefits.

On-campus food service provider Aramark

said the move encourages social and environmental

change.

Trayless dining reduces an institutions

environmental footprint by decreasing waste and

conserving natural resources, stated an Aramark

news release. Socially, it encourages all students to

participate in a green initiative that has personal and

community impact. Economically, going trayless

reduces the cost of energy, water, cleaning agents and

waste removal.

Saving Money

The exact amount of money saved by the

plan cannot be calculated because of differences in

local water and electricity prices, said Aramark

Resident District Manager Tom Williamson.

Williamson did say, however, that washing

one tray requires from one-third to one-half a gallon

of water. Aramark used 400 trays at Andros and

Argos, and those trays are in storage, he said. By not

using these trays, USF potentially saves about 200

gallons of water per daythe equivalent of about

four bathtubs fullif every tray would have been

washed once daily.

Another way trayless dining helps the

environment, he said, is by limiting food waste.

A government study reported Americans

waste an average of 27 percent of food available for

consumption, and rotting food waste in landfills

produces methane gas, according to The New York

Times. This gas is a major source of greenhouse gas,

the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

reported.

Aramark Study

Aramark said it hopes trayless dining can

minimize this impact by encouraging portion control

so that people will be less likely to load up on more

food than they can consume.

In its own study, Aramark found that when

trays were removed from a dining facility, the food

waste quantity was reduced by 1.2 to 1.8 ounces per

person, per meal. This amounts to about a 30 percent

reduction in food waste per person, according to the

Aramark news release.

USF Senior Dietician Kim May, said the

portion control caused by trayless dining offers

another benefitweight control. Though there are

many factors that go into students eating habits,trayless dining could have an indirect impact of

losing weight, she said.

It might help promote less food intake

because students cannot carry as much food, and they

will get tired of having to get up to get more, she

said.

Students Opinions

Students, however, reacted differently to the

removal of trays. Some students arent bothered by it.

Dayna Nilsen, a freshman majoring in international

studies, said she eats at one of the two student dining

halls every day. I dont mind not having trays, she

said. Im still able to pile on all the food I need.


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Interview Transcripts

Interviewer:Jessica Brady

Interviewee:USF career center advisor

Topic:Green Degrees Offered by USF

Date:7/29/2010

What degrees are being offered that are incorporated with this going green conservation act that

USF is initializing starting the beginning of next year.

The first degree is a masters degree that is being offered is Global Sustainability and its part of

the new School of Global sustainability. The school is promising to branch off and create more degrees

as each semester passes based on want and needs of not only the students but of local and global

businesses.

What area of the job market will these degrees pertain to?

This degree is setting up professionals for jobs in the eco-system fields or developmentally green

fields. Some of the top jobs depending on this new Masters program are; hydrology, solar energy, and

environmental design and engineering. Plus, government jobs and engineering of new green products or

new wave movements of already existing products with anti green issues can also be jobs obtained with

given degree.

Is there a big market for these jobs, by employers or future prospects?

The job market is ever so slightly growing in this field of work, mostly because of the new age

thinking that going green is sustainable and it will always be needed, will keep jobs readily available.

Obviously, like anything new you have pros and cons.pros that the first flow of graduates with this

degree will have ample choices of work. Cons being the first will have to be bridge builders to show why

this is important and what this degree actually pertains, like anything else thats new, you have to prove

it.

How many people are interested in this field?

Cold cases of interested would peak at over 400 in our entire USF system; locally the number is

smaller because we are a much smaller school. It doesnt require a huge number to increment a new

Masters program, most graduates courses carry on a couple handfuls of students anyways.

Future ten year job hire. Good, bad, undecided?

Monster and other predictions sites say that this field is like technology started about 5 years

ago. When students would come in wanting to know what industry to be in that would be good for next 20

years everyone said technology and medical. But now there seems to be a new consensus that

environmentally green jobs are here to stay and can be rewarding financially and in other ways.

What range of pay?

Well like anything entry level is low but with experience, this masters degree and other obvious

things you can work from 30,000 upwards of six digit salaries a year. This is all still a learning curve for

us too, because it is new and we cant promise or look into history and give you an accurate prediction

about future salary prospects and etc.


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Why do you think USF is leaning into this, or jumping feet first into going green?

If we didnt wed get left behind? Lets see thats like saying lets not jump into this whole

technology craze.we would have been out of business and probably have half the students we

currently have enrolled if that had been the case or decision. This is the same deal schools have to keep

up with the so called trends; this is like any other job, or business. You have to stay fresh and with it or

you get left behind and no one will be interested.

Are other schools showing the same feelings and embracing new degrees and going green concepts.

Of course, kind of leads right out of the previous question no school wants to be left behind or the

one that doesnt offer something and get passed up because of it. All the USF campuss are embracing

the new ideas of going green and other local schools have already introduced degree programs

pertaining to going green.


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Annotated Bibliography

Research includes activities and accomplishments that the University of South Florida has completed as

far as Going Green and Sustainability. Conducted interviews from those stated in the research found asto find out more information as to why they choose the projects they did and if they have more plans for

future projects.

Peterson, Lindsay. "USF Offering New Green Degree." Tampa Bay Online 07 Dec. 2009 Web. 28 Jul

2010. .

University of South Florida begins to offer new master's degree. It is for professionals who deal

withsustainability issuesin their jobs and for students who want to work in other countries. According to

the master's degree proposal,University of South Floridais poised to make a significant contribution to

training students for the new Green Economy. The school will have a director but not a dedicated building

and its instructors will come from existing colleges such as architecture or nursing. This is used in our

research and gathered data section.

SEEDS Technology Public-Private partnership supports energy technology of the future ." Green USFSP.

University of South Florida, Web. 28 Jul 2010. .

SEEDS is a cutting-edge renewable energy technology that could become part of the energy

system of the future. It has a potential that could improve the environment and diversify energy sources,

resulting in lower costs for consumers. The system could be used to store energy generated by power

plants during off-peak times when it costs less to generate. This program is based on developing energy

solutions while training the next generation of power engineering professionals. This is used in our


Gadsden, Sandra. "Gadsden, Sandra." www.tampabay.com. St.Pete Times, 01/22/2010. Web. 28 Jul 2010.

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The new Science and Technology building at USF St. Petersburg will broaden science teaching

and research at the institution, and it will do so as the first building in the USF System to earn Leadership

in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) certification. Faculty members and administrators fromUSF St. Petersburg and the USF College of Marine Science collaborated to create this multi-functional

building. This is used in our research and gathered data section.
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Anderson, Alyssa. "Anderson, Alyssa." usfweb3.usf.edu. University of South Florida, 05/19/2010. Web.

28 Jul 2010. .

The Student Government Association (SGA) at the USF Sarasota-Manatee has always been

concerned about the environment, but the new members plan to Go Green and Gold.At USF Sarasota-

Manatee, green is more than one of the school colors. USFs efforts to go green have been recognizedthrough inclusion inThe Princeton Reviews Guide to 286 Green Colleges, the first comprehensive

guidebook solely focused on colleges and universities that have demonstrated an above average

commitment to sustainability in terms of campus infrastructure, activities and initiatives. Inside look at

USFs adopt a road project. This is used in our research and gathered data section.

Cash, Jacqui. USF One of Nations Top Green Colleges. USF. 05 May 2009. 21 July 2010

USFs efforts to go green have were recognized through inclusion in The Princeton Reviews

Guide to 286 Green Colleges, the first guidebook solely focused on colleges and universities that havedemonstrated an above average commitment to sustainability in terms of campus infrastructure, activities

and initiatives. This site also includes some of USFs sustainability activities. This is used in our research

and gathered data section.

Miller, Daylina. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Mania. USF. 19 April 2010. 21 July 2010

University of South Florida was named one of the top schools in the nation in competition to see

which school can reduce, reuse and recycle the most campus waste. Earlier this year, USF entered the

Waste Minimization contest in RecycleMania and placed second in Florida and 25th out of 199

universities in the United States. This is used in our research and gathered data section.

Chachere, Vickie. USF Launches Nation's First School of Global Sustainability. USF. 4 Feb. 2010. 21

July 2010

The University of South Florida is creating the nations first School of Global Sustainability, an

innovative effort aimed at preparing students for a new generation of green collar careers and to find

solutions for a world challenged with the protection of its fragile environment and limited resources. The

school will unite USFs world-class researchers in water, clean and renewable energy, climate change,

coastal environments, human health and sustainable cities in programs which recognize the worldwide

challenges to creating sustainable systems. This is used in our research and gathered data section.

Fehr,Kimberly and Estenger, Sandra, Correspondents. Going Green Means Going Trayless for USF.

USF. 7 Oct. 2008. 21 July 2010
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USF and universities across the nation are implementing environmentally friendly practices, like

phasing out the plastic trays traditionally used in dining halls. By limiting trays, there were hopes of

limiting water usage, food waste, and control eating habits. This is used in our research and gathered data

section.

Melendez, Barbara. Goodbye Plastic Water Bottles. USF. 17 Nov. 2009. 21 July 2010

The USF branch of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) has come up with an award-winning idea

that has earned $6,000 in support from Wal-Mart for a project that promises to help keep millions of

plastic bottles out of landfills and save students well over a million dollars a year: free refreshing reverse

osmosis filtered water available at popular locations around campus and inexpensive refillable bottles.

The Wal-Mart Market 111 grant is funding installation of the filtration systems. This is used in our


Melendez, Barbara. Team Florida Chosen for Solar Decathlon. USF. 26 April, 2010. 21 July 2010

The University of South Florida is part of a team selected to participate in the U.S. Department of

Energy Solar Decathlon which will be held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in the fall of 2011.

Teammates include Florida State University, the University of Central Florida and the University of

Florida under the banner Team Florida. This is used in our research and gathered data section.
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