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LSA freshman Liat Weinstein on her story “MESA facilitators lead peer-
led teach-in to oppose racism, inequality on campus:
“My favorite person I got to interview was probably one of the peer leaders for MESA, Ade,
who ran the session. He gave some really interesting quotes about why it was important
ot teach about racism, especially today, and to teach undergraduate students about their
roles in recognizing racist incidents in their communities.”
“There were only about six students at this event, which I think made it even more powerful
because they were all talking one-on-one about racist incidents in their communities and
actions that have impacted them personally. It wasn’t so much like a panel discussion
with a large group of people in an auditorium. There was definitely some space for
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QUOTE OF THE WE E K
“
When we remember Dr. King, of course we do it
selectively, don’t we? We pick out only the pretty and the easy
parts, the simple parts, the one line from one speech. You know
the speech and you know the line, the one about judging
people by the content of their character not the color of their
skin. That is the easiest, least radical, least revolutionary thing
Dr. King has ever said. That’s why we pull that one out. ”
Tim Wise, anti-racism activist and writer, during his keynote speech at the Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium Memorial Lecture
“We are a little skeptical
for us committing to a 25
percent reduction and saying
that we will get there by doing
this central campus power
plant expansion,” Vear said.
“The reason for that is given
that this would commit us to
using natural gas directly on
our campus, and that could
potentially lock us in for more
years than we would hope, to
later inhibit us to potentially
getting
to
that
carbon
neutrality goal. The campus
plant expansion is somewhat
opposing to a commitment to
carbon neutrality.”
According
to
Andrew
Berki, director of the Office
of Campus Sustainability, the
University has found success
in reducing greenhouse gas
emissions despite significant
campus expansion.
“From 2006 to 2018, we
really
invested
in
energy
conservation in our buildings
on
campus,”
Berki
said.
“We’ve
seen
a
reduction
of 50,000 metric tons over
that time. Over that same
time
period,
our
campus
has grown in infrastructure
over 20 percent, so if you
think about that, we’ve really
made
tremendous
strides
in energy conservation in
existing buildings and new
construction by mitigating
carbon creep, even through
tremendous campus growth.”
Berki said measures such
as
gathering
energy
and
water conservation reports,
as well as calling for energy
audits, are considered when
planning any campus building
or expansion project.
“All construction projects
mitigate
greenhouse
gas
emissions
through
energy
conservation
measures
and
water
conservation
measures,”
Berki
said.
“We use a number of these
different
both
statewide
regulations
and
internal
regulations and policies we’ve
put in place to try and make
sure our buildings are built as
efficiently as possible.”
After the announcement
of the Central Power Plant
expansion in October, Berki
said the project would push
greenhouse
gas
reduction
efforts
to
about
halfway
toward
their
25
percent
decrease goal.
“It takes time to develop
strategies and to get those
strategies approved, and I’m
happy to say we have a couple
strategies that we really think
are going to get us to that goal
actually ahead of schedule,”
Berki said. “One of those is
the expansion of our central
power plant where we’re
going to add a 50-megawatt
turbine to increase natural
gas, increase the capacity
of our natural gas plant,
and reduce the amount of
electricity that we’re buying
from DTE, so that is going to
get us about halfway towards
our goal.”
In a Jan. 13 interview,
University President Mark
Schlissel expanded on the
University’s
utilization
of
the Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design
certification
program,
a
rating system that looks at the
energy efficiency of building
designs. The LEED system
attempts to create efficient,
cost-saving green buildings.
“We’ve established energy
efficiency
standards
for
our
buildings
and
we’ve
established a commitment to
use the LEED certification
program to shoot for a certain
minimum level, if not exceed
a certain level, of LEED
certification, all of which
are designed to diminish the
energy needs of a building.”
According
to
Vear,
the
LEED program highlights a
weakness in the University’s
efforts to aggressively reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
“When it comes to our
expansion
on
campus
in general and all the
construction going on — a
lot of that currently, our
standard is only LEED
silver
for
sustainability
measures
for
any
new
construction,
and
that
has
been
demonstrated
over the past few years
to
not
be
the
most
aggressive and the most
beneficial measure to be
taking in order to truly
be sustainable and reduce
emissions
effectively,”
Vear said.
According
to
Berki,
Schlissel’s
announced
commission
to
create
a timeline and distinct
goals for the University
to reach carbon neutrality
is the next big step for
the
University’s
efforts
to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.
“I think that commission
is
being
formed
right
now, so the membership
scope
and
schedule
of
that
commission
is
being
formed
by
the
president, and we expect
an announcement very soon,
what that’s going to look
like, and that’s really the
next step,” Berki said. “So
that commission is going to
be tasked with developing
strategies and plans to submit
to him on how to put the
University on a track towards
carbon neutrality.”
Berki
also
said
the
commission
would
be
a
benefit
not
only
to
the
University,
but
to
the
nationwide effort to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions as
a whole.
“The president has made it
clear that this commission is
not only going to look at our
own campus footprint, but
it’s going to be tasked with
developing technologies that
can be transferable beyond
the University of Michigan
borders,” Berki said.
Schlissel
said
the
University is in a perfect
position to aid others with
the
findings
of
his
new
commission.
“At an academic institution,
we’re in a great spot to solve
the problem for us in a way
that others can take what
we’ve learned and come up
with and tested and use it for
themselves,” Schlissel said.
Despite construction and
campus expansion, Berki said
he still expects to achieve
their goal of 25 percent
reduced emissions by early
2025.
“We’re going to meet our
goal ahead of schedule,”
Berki said. “I would say
early 2020s, and the next
step is to figure out how to
do more, how to get on the
path
towards
neutrality,
and the commission is going
to be taken with doing so.”
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