Mike Kensler, Director, Office of Sustainability, Auburn University talks about their Spirit of Sustainability Awards that recognizes individual students, groups, faculty, staff or alumni that exemplify the Auburn spirit by making significant contributions towards sustainability on campus.

University of Virginia (UVA) Sustainability Director, Andrea Trimble and Sustainability Program Manager, Jesse Warren join us to talk about their annual Sustainability Day, UVA's AASHE Gold Rating and the many sustainability committees on campus that expands student and community involvement. 

University of North Carolina Charlotte(UNCC)  joins the College Sustainability Summit Series this week. Mike Lizotte,Sustainability Officer, UNC Charlotte, talks about their many award winning sustainability programs on campus, student engagement, collaborations with the business community and the City of Charlotte.

University of Notre Dame, the Fighting Irish join the College Sustainability Summit Series this week. Allison Mihalich, Senior Program Director of Sustainability discusses their Comprehensive Sustainability Strategy for campus and the impact of student engagement on the South Bend,IN community.

The Trammell Crow Company is the largest commercial real estate development firm in the U.S. with over 40 million square feet of LEED certified projects completed. Trammell Crow joins us this week to talk about his environmental philanthropy, founding the world's largest Earth Day celebration and EarthX, his international environmental non-profit that connects the global sustainability community with the world's largest conference, expo and showcase of conservation films.

Dave Newport, Director, Environmental Center, University of Colorado-Boulder joins the College Sustainability Summit Series this week. The Environmental Center is the longest-standing,largest and most accomplished student-led center in the country with over 17 active student groups. The Center provides sustainability information and direct services to the students, faculty and Boulder,CO community.

Chair, Stacey Isaac Berahzer and Board Member, Andrea Pinabell, Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership (IGEL) are in studio talking about their organization that educates and trains a diverse network of sustainability professionals to become environmental leaders to help resolve Georgia's environmental challenges now and in the future.

Meghan Fay Zahniser, Executive Director, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) talks about the STARS Rating System that is a transparent, self reporting framework for over 900 colleges and universities worldwide to measure their sustainability performance. 

Colorado State University is up next in the College Sustainability Summit Series. President's Sustainability Commission, Co-Chair, Tonie Miaymoto talks about how they were the first college in the world to achieve the Platinum STARS Rating which makes them one of the most sustainable colleges in the country and their world- renowned School of Global Environmental Sustainability.

UCLA is up next in the College Sustainability Summit Series. Chief Sustainability Officer, Nurit Katz and Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer, Bonny Bentzin join us this week to share why UCLA is called a "Living Laboratory" for Climate Change research, what is the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge and how sustainability on campus impacts the City of Los Angeles.