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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
Dear friends of Los Angeles Mission College,
Over the past decade, Los Angeles Mission
College has taken important steps to be a
more sustainable institution. We have adopted
sustainable building practices in which all new
buildings will be certified green buildings.
We have implemented measures to reduce
our water and energy use, and the amount
of waste that we send to landfills. We offer
programs to encourage use of our public
transportation system. We have also begun
collecting and reporting our annual greenhouse
gas emissions to help understand
our environmental footprint better. Now, our focus is on achieving aggressive
greenhouse gas reduction goals.
Climate change is a significant challenge that we face, and we must act now to
avoid the most life-altering effects. In 2007, to strengthen our commitment to
sustainability, Los Angeles Mission College signed the American College and
University President’s Climate Commitment, and joined hundreds of other
colleges and universities across the country that have committed to becoming
a climate-neutral campus.
Colleges may not be large greenhouse gas emitters on the global scale, but our
influence is large, and it is important that we provide a good example not only
for our students, but also for our community. Mission College educates more
than 9,000 students every year from our local community and that number is
expected to grow. We have the opportunity to transform lives, and we recognize
that sustainability must be part of that transformation.
Mission College has taken the bold step of developing and putting into action a
plan that will help us reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. Now, we are pleased
to present our climate action plan here. Through continued collaboration on implementing
our climate action plan, we can achieve our goals of climate neutrality.
Judith Valles
President, Mission College
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