Sustainability Advisory Council
The Sustainability Advisory Council brings together representatives from across campus to promote and align sustainability efforts as well as share observations, insights, experience, and expertise related to sustainability. The structure and function of the Council is intended to help ensure that NMU is effectively communicating and coordinating sustainability initiatives and programs across campus and in the community.
Guiding Principles Council Members Student Member Application Meeting Minutes & Notes
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Guiding Principles
The Sustainability Advisory Council is also designed to demonstrate NMU’s commitment to the 8 Key Principles for Action outlined in the Okanagan Charter:
- Use settings and whole system approaches
- Ensure comprehensive and campus-wide approaches
- Use participatory approaches and engage the voices of students and others
- Develop transdisciplinary collaborations and cross-sector partnerships
- Promote research, innovation, and evidence-informed action
- Build on strengths
- Value local and Indigenous communities’ contexts and priorities
- Act on an existing universal responsibility
Council Members
Jelili Adebiyi
Vice-chair
jadebiyi@nmu.eduAssistant Professor; Earth, Environment & Geological Sciences
Kari Farkas-Lasich
kfarkas@nmu.eduAssistant Professor; Indoor & Controlled Environmental Agriculture
Dave Nyberg
dnyberg@nmu.eduExecutive Director of Business Engagement & Economic Development; NMU Foundation
