Kenyon House, home of the Sustainability Integration Office.

You can contact the SIO at sustainability@pomona.edu. See more contact information here. 
 

Staff
Director, Bowen Patterson Close
Bowen is the College's Assistant Director for Campus Planning and Maintenance - Sustainability, and directs the Sustainability Integration Office. She is responsible for developing, managing, and coordinating all campus-wide sustainability efforts, including policies, administrative programs, curricular development, and extra-curricular activities.

After graduating from Pomona with a Bachelors of Arts in Environmental Analysis - Policy in 2006, Bowen spent two years at the University of Southern California earning a Masters of Planning degree and a Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Cities. As a student at Pomona, Bowen served as the Environmental Affairs Commissioner for two years, was chair of the Environmental Quality Committee, and was involved in the student-run Farm and other sustainability-related efforts on campus. Bowen's main areas of interest include food and agriculture, green building, and land use.

You can contact Bowen at bowen.patterson@pomona.edu or x71765 (909-607-1765).

Sustainability Assistants
Every semester and summer, the Sustainability Integration Office hires students for a moderate number of hours per week to work on outreach for events and programs, the development of projects, and general assistance with sustainability efforts.

Fall 2009 Sustainability Assistants are:
Joanna Ladd '10
Wendy Lovinger '12
Samantha Meyer '10
Nate Wilairat '11

History
In July 2008, Pomona College hired its first ever Sustainability Coordinator, responsible for directing Pomona's sustainability efforts and for serving as a sustainability link between students, faculty, staff, the administration, and other parts of the Pomona College community. In May 2009, the Board approved a new Environmental Policy that, among many other things, officially created the Sustainability Integration Office.

For more history of sustainability at Pomona, see this timeline.
 

AASHE is a non-profit membership organization for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, which provides resources and direction for institutional sustainability initiatives and efforts.  It assists with developing efforts in all parts of the institution, from curriculum and operations to communication and research.
 

The ACUPCC is an agreement that institutional presidents can sign, which commits the institution to a variety of deadlines and programs for moving toward carbon neutrality. Among other things, signing onto the commitment requires that the institution:

• Conduct an emissions audit of the campus
• Prepare a Climate Action Plan, with distinct dates for achieving carbon neutrality
• Annually update the campus emissions audit and report progress on the Climate Action Plan.

Pomona College President David Oxtoby signed the Presidents Climate Commitment on April 20, 2007. The College has met the initial deadlines, including turning in the carbon emissions audit on September 15, 2008. The Climate Action Plan is due September 15, 2009. Pomona has decided to conduct a full sustainability audit and action plan, going beyond the requirements of the Presidents Climate Commitment.