Welcome to the official website for FIU’s Green Initiative and the Presidents Climate Commitment Task Force. The Green Initiative is a collaboration of the Presidents Climate Commitment Task Force and the greater university community. By serving as a catalyst for sustainable policies, practices, research and curricula, the movement seeks to help establish a continuum from innovative ideas to practical implementation.

The Green Initiative and President’s Climate Commitment Task Force were created after FIU President Modesto A. Maidique signed the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment in May 2007. The commitment provides a framework and support for America’s colleges and universities to go climate neutral. (Going “climate neutral” essentially means the university will emit no greenhouse gases or will offset its emissions through energy credits and other methods.) FIU is one of more than 500 universities participating in this historic movement.

To learn more about the Presidents Climate Commitment and what it means for the university, please click here.

Implementation of key university sustainability initiatives is being led by FIU’s Presidents Climate Commitment Task Force, a group of faculty, staff and students appointed by the president. Following is a list of 2007-‘08 committee members:

• Charles Scurr, committee chair and associate vice president, Real Estate Development and Planning
• Nick Diciacco, senior director, Facility Operations
• Ali Dutton, student intern
• David Fonseca, Community Relations and Environmental Affairs Director, Student Government Association
• Bill Foster, director, Parking and Traffic
• Hector Fuentes, professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Li-Kai Lin, graduate student intern, Green House Gas Inventory
• Maria Marasigan, president, Students for Environmental Action (SEA)
• Liane Martinez, associate vice president, Strategic Development
• Stephen Millspaugh, director, Purchasing
• Jennifer Mwaisela-Rose, associate vice president, Risk Management and Environmental Health and Safety
• Susana Neira, student intern
• Steven Oberbauer, professor, Biological Sciences
• Gregory Olson, senior director, Student Affairs
• Jose Rodriguez, director, Operations Analysis, Real Estate Development and Planning
• John Stuart, associate professor, School of Architecture