Campus sustainability is undertaken by many people throughout Tufts. Below you will find a list of Tufts departments, organizations and people involved in applied sustainability.
| Tufts Division of Operations The Division of Operations oversees energy and water projects, from comprehensive lighting efficiency projects, ongoing energy efficiency projects, to water conservation. Often the projects are funded by savings through the Energy Loan Fund. | |
 | Vice President of Operations |
| Tufts Facilities Department Energy and Water projects are planned and implemented through the facilities department on an ongoing basis. The Grounds department has pilot tested an organic baseball field, an electric lawn mower, green roofs, and bio-diesel. | |
| Director of Facilities TBH | |
 | Elizabeth Isenstein holds a B.S.E. in Civil Engineering from Tufts and an M.B.A. from Northeastern University. Betsy Isenstein oversees Tufts' energy projects including energy management, energy contracts, and energy efficiency programs. Prior to joining Tufts in 1994 she managed energy programs for General Electric Company. |
| Grounds Supervisor John Vik | |
| Construction The Construction Department has undertaken significant sustainability efforts with energy efficient measures in new buildings, and a recent LEED Gold residential building. | |
| Tufts Recycles! | |
 | Tufts Recycles! CoordinatorDawn Quirk is the Facilities Department recycling coordinator for the Tufts Recycles! program. Dawn organizes recycling initiatives on the Boston and Medford campuses and consults with organizers of the Grafton campus' efforts. Before accepting the position at Tufts in July 2004, she was a Recycling Specialist with the Cambridge Department of Public Works. In Cambridge she worked closely with the city's curbside recycling contractor, city departments and the city at large to improve recycling participation. She holds a B.S. from UMASS Amherst. email: recycle@tufts.edu |
Department of Environmental Health and SafetyEHS oversees compliance. Over the last 15 years they have increased training and awareness, implemented improved procedures for hazardous materials handling and disposal. Unlike most other area research universities, Tufts has not had major violations. | |
| Director of Environmental Health and Safety TBH | |
| Industrial Hygiene Technician Peter Nowak | |
| Dining Services Dining Services has environmental citizenship goals as part of its master plan. Dining has implemented a variety of programs to reduce waste, compost food waste, increase organic and fair trade offerings. | |
| Director of Dining Services | |
| Nutrition Marketing Specialist | |
| Purchasing The Purchasing Department has included environmental criteria in recent contracts for office furniture and printing services. They manage the copy contract and oversee office supply vendors. | |
Purchasing DirectorDiane Devlin | |
 | Food Education and Action for Sustainability at Tufts (feast) feast is a partnership between Tufts students, The Center for International Environment and Resource Policy at The Fletcher School, Tufts Institute of the Environment, Tufts Dining Services, and food service operations on all Tufts campuses. feast is devoted to educating the Tufts community about the environmental, social, and health challenges associated with food production, and promoting the benefits of local farms, organic growing methods, and Fair Trade. |
Greening Initiatives on the Grafton CampusThis committee represents a campus wide initiative to address the environmental impact of activities occurring on the Grafton Campus. The committee strives to be responsive to the community as a whole and welcomes any suggestions that members of the community bring to the committee's attention. | |
 | Greening Grafton OrganizerGretchen KaufmanAssistant Professor, Wildlife Medicine Department of Environmental and Population Health Director of the Tufts Center for Conservation Medicine Wildlife, Zoological and Exotic Animal Medicine, International Veterinary Medicine, Conservation Medicine |
| Tufts Institute of the Environment Tufts Institute of the Environment (TIE) is an interdisciplinary, university-wide education and research institute which facilitates and coordinates environmental programs at the University. TIE is devoted to advancing and disseminating knowledge about the many ways human interactions affect the environment. TIE's specific areas of focus are water issues, energy and climate, and health and the environment. | |
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Student GroupsTufts has many student groups. Below are a few we work with frequently. | |
 | Environmental Consciousness Outreach (ECO)ECO is Tufts undergraduate environmental organization. ECO works closely with the OOS and Tufts Climate Iniative to run annual programs like Do it in the Dark!, a month long energy-conservation competition; and to launch initiatives like Get Clean! Power It Green! voluntary carbon offset purchasing program. ECO meets weekly- watch their website and Tuftslife.com for the next meeting. |
Fletcher GREENFletcher GREEN (previously known as ESI) works to better inform the Fletcher student body on cross-cutting, international issues that relate to the environment and energy, while also facilitating information sharing for those students interested in environmentally related careers. Our activities include:- Hosting speakers, - Organizing forums and debates, - Arranging networking sessions, - Planning educational trips, and - Helping to coordinate environmental initiatives taking place at Fletcher. | |