Working Group 2 discussed key issues around campus planning, climate preparedness, human health, and sustainable food initiatives. They found that some universities have established expert groups on climate adaptation and risk management. Environmental refugees and communicating preparedness were also discussed. The group proposed collaborating through online workshops on climate preparedness and increasing attention to chemicals and green chemistry on campuses.

1. Working Group 2

2. Working Group 2
Campus wide planning and target setting.
Research Agenda:
Principle 2 of the ISCN-GULF Sustainable Campus
Charter
To ensure long-term sustainable campus development,
campus-wide master planning and target-setting should
include environmental and social goals.
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3. WG2: Key Issues Discussed
! Climate preparedness
! The planning experience of Boston and Cambridge MA
! Human Health
! Exposure to chemicals / Indoor air quality
! Sustainable food initiatives
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4. WG2: Key Findings
! CAMPUSES AND CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS (CP) - PROPOSALS
! Some universities established expert groups on adaptation and
have experience in risk management
! We have to learn from past events (also from campuses that
experienced environmental disasters
! Environmental refugees is going to become a hot topic
! Working on the communication and reach-out of preparedness/
adaptation/mitigation (are ley people informed?)
! Moving attention from climate prediction and modeling alone, to
action (the scale of the campus might be a good start!)
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5. WG2: Key Findings
! CAMPUSES AND CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS (CP) - PROPOSALS
! Some universities established expert groups on adaptation and
have experience in risk management
! We have to learn from past events (also from campuses that
experienced environmental disasters
! Environmental refugees is going to become a hot topic
! Working on the communication and reach-out of preparedness/
adaptation/mitigation (are ley people informed?)
! Moving attention from climate prediction and modeling alone, to
action (the scale of the campus might be a good start!)
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6. WG2: Key Findings
! HUMAN HEALTH AND EXPOSURE TO CHEMICALS and
SUSTAINABLE FOOD - ISSUES
! In common: chemicals and ingredients are inputs for our body
! Conflicting certification of chemicals
! Huge amount of chemicals that are present in our daily life,
especially in indoors (and only few ones are tested and certified –
about 7%)
! Red list of chemicals proposed by the Living Building Challenge 3.0
as a reference for universities
! Relationship space and exposure of chemicals (Harvard study on
dorms)
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7. WG2: Key Findings
! HUMAN HEALTH AND EXPOSURE TO CHEMICALS - PROPOSALS
! Green products purchase
! Inventory of chemicals in the labs
! Personal care WS
! SUSTAINABLE FOOD
! Healthy framework
! Food for life program > freshly prepared, preparation of food
certified and mapped
! Sustainable diet on campus to minimize meet consumption (meet
less days, vegetarian restaurants)
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8. WG2: Goals for 2014/2015
! Promoting a collaboration through ISCN / online WS on the
topic of CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS (CP)
! Posing more attention to chemicals and green chemistry
and communicating the topic to the community
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