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1 | Id | Start time | Completion time | Name | Define 3-5 guiding principles that should underpin our strategy to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035 and demonstrate sustainability leadership. Feel free to define them in a sentence if you’d like. | What themes are you most interested in seeing within CAP 3.0 | What would you like to see done differently from CAP 2.0? | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | 1 | 8/26/25 12:49 | 8/26/25 12:50 | anonymous | Bold leadership. Learning by doing. Care for our community. Building and growing smartly. Living our values. | Community. Continuity. | I like what I see | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | 2 | 8/26/25 12:49 | 8/26/25 12:51 | anonymous | Enhance and guide experiential learning Demonstrating impact on the globe Living laboratories of study | Clear pathways for completion | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 3 | 8/26/25 12:49 | 8/26/25 13:01 | anonymous | 1. Continuity in philosophy and practices from purchasing goods to services to capital projects 2. Include all of the community in planning and practices 3. Conservation! Planning and practice | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 4 | 8/26/25 12:50 | 8/26/25 13:01 | anonymous | Community involvement on and off campus. Accessible for all. Low carbon initiatives. Sustainable initiatives | Campus as living laboratory. | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 5 | 8/26/25 13:01 | 8/26/25 13:02 | anonymous | I just have one for now! Capacity building/education/living lab - this is so key to who Lafayette is | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 6 | 8/26/25 13:02 | 8/26/25 13:02 | anonymous | Establish/educate students that sustainablilty is pervasive throughout all industries and career paths to some degree | Education | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 7 | 8/26/25 13:01 | 8/26/25 13:03 | anonymous | Modeling and championing regenerative ag and closed loop economics. Broad environmental vision, not just ghg. Proper allocation of staffing to accomplish other goals. | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 8 | 8/26/25 13:01 | 8/26/25 13:03 | anonymous | I think the set from Yale's are really good and I think we should try and encompass them as much as possible. For Laf experiential learning is central and key and I would like to see something about leadership in education of Laf community (not just those in sustainabiltiy based classes) are benefiting from the educational experiences. Also, clear and transparent communication and framework for decision making. | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 9 | 8/26/25 13:01 | 8/26/25 13:05 | anonymous | Culture: Foster a culture of ecological belonging/sensibility Resiliency: Make operational and academic decisions based on building resiliency Justice: place inclusive decision-making and accountability to our community as central features Living Laboratory: leverage our integration of liberal arts and engineering to exemplify environmentally healthy practices in the curriculum, operations, and commitment to the broader world | Administrative commitment Justice Resiliency Living Laboratory Culture of Sustainability | Administrative commitment | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | 10 | 8/26/25 13:01 | 8/26/25 13:09 | anonymous | Adaptability, resiliency, bold and intentional decision-making. | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 11 | 8/28/25 10:17 | 9/5/25 10:50 | anonymous | Bold & Thoughtful: taking courageous, but educated, risks. Cur Non? Accountability & Transparency: setting expectations, holding people accountable, and communicating met/unmet expectations back to the community Service, Community, & Democracy: giving back to the local/regional community, advocating for justice and rights, giving voice to others | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 12 | 9/17/25 11:54 | 9/17/25 11:55 | anonymous | Financial prudence Operational transformation/adaptation Student engagement Simplicity Measurable results | Measurable results. For example, here is the plan, here are the principles and how are these working and what is their actual, measurable effect in practice? | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 13 | 9/17/25 11:59 | 9/17/25 12:00 | anonymous | Transparency ans education Education and experiential learning Stewardship ans accountability Transferrable and adoptable | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | 14 | 9/17/25 17:42 | 9/17/25 17:51 | anonymous | - Availability - Home - Progress | I am most interested in seeing all of the scholarship and teaching theme carried out. | I would like for there to be a more realistic idea of what’s going on around the campus as well as the difference in other communities that aren’t college. | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | 15 | 9/17/25 17:54 | 9/17/25 18:01 | anonymous | Political engagement and political agency: helping students realize the political component that is *necessary* to advocate against the environmental injustices we learn about in the classroom Coalition building– Lafayette partnering with non-institutional groups or organizations that are doing good work. Steering clear of techno-solutionism and technological determinism Enhance teaching and scholarship: Strengthen the environmental studies and indigenous departments. They need investment. The engineering department has a lot of unity because the programs have a solid center. The humanities (including EVST) needs this level of support. Culture shift: Lafayette struggles with a very apolitical campus. This is where the schools surrounding us on the list of those going carbon neutral are ahead of us. We need to find a way to shift the culture on campus, or these goals will be in vain. | Coalition-building Not self-serving Motivating political leaders Grassroots focus Culture changing | After having read Yale and Lehigh's principles from their previous CAPs, their language is focused on "efficiency" and "stewardship." Those feel like hollow and ineffective words. True environmental action requires more than metric analyses, but an understanding of racial relations to environmental action and looking at how other schools have fostered political environments and enabled students to organize. | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | 16 | 9/18/25 9:19 | 9/18/25 9:21 | anonymous | Something about not being performative. Focus on meaningful outcomes. I liked the one that spoke to the full life cycle of materials - thinking ahead. Accountability - benchmarks etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 17 | 9/18/25 9:18 | 9/18/25 9:22 | anonymous | I like teaching and scholarship / education being a principle as we are an institution if higher learning first and foremost. I think we also have a duty to educate not just our students but external parties as well. So education through action/lead by example should be central to the plan. Innovation should be a principal as well. We need novel solutions to these unprecedented problems. | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 18 | 9/18/25 9:18 | 9/18/25 9:22 | anonymous | Community engagement & collaboration Curricular enhancement & experiential learning Environmental Justice Restoring social-ecological resilience | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | 19 | 9/18/25 11:34 | 9/18/25 11:38 | anonymous | Inclusion of Campus community, Lafayette community and Easton community. | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 20 | 9/18/25 11:34 | 9/18/25 11:43 | anonymous | I like Yale’s balance & systems thinking a lot for Lafayette. Inclusion, community & stewardship: recognizing many and varied constituencies on and off campus, respect and nurture the campus environment and beyond, and collaboratively work together to ensure broad participation in sustainable practices. Embed sustainable practices in College teaching, scholarship, research and presence in campus. | Systems thinking, inclusivity, | ||||||||||||||||||||
22 | 21 | 9/18/25 11:34 | 9/18/25 11:45 | anonymous | Keys for me would include innovation, capacity awareness, resiliency, and accountability - key points raised in Yale’s plan. All to complement what currently exists in our plan. | Progress to date, recognition of where we have fallen short and need help! Urgency vs panic! Tie ins to Strategic Plan such as technologies and democracy, Lehigh valley/PA/ rational/global leadership and partnerships. | I think there is great value in showing progress, adapting, urgency needed to act, and how to thoughtfully adjust accordingly as we move from one CAP to the next. Independent of leadership in DC or on campus, always sharpening plans to move forward. | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | 22 | 9/18/25 13:03 | 9/18/25 13:04 | anonymous | involve the entire community in an engaging manner | |||||||||||||||||||||
24 | 23 | 9/18/25 13:03 | 9/18/25 13:04 | anonymous | Accountability, individuality and inclusion | Community initiatives | ||||||||||||||||||||
25 | 24 | 9/18/25 13:03 | 9/18/25 13:05 | anonymous | Accountability, campus and community engagement, prioritization | Waste reduction | ||||||||||||||||||||
26 | 25 | 9/18/25 13:03 | 9/18/25 13:05 | anonymous | Transparency and communication of actions and problems that the schools is having regarding sustainability | |||||||||||||||||||||
27 | 26 | 9/18/25 13:03 | 9/18/25 13:05 | anonymous | Awareness and willingness to adapt | |||||||||||||||||||||
28 | 27 | 9/18/25 13:03 | 9/18/25 13:07 | anonymous | Responsibility (remember to do your part by all means necessary) Initiative (make new/revolutionary moves to be more green) Active (be more active around campus towards such goals) | More participation amongst students and professors/faculty alike | More volunteering opportunities for students | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | 28 | 9/18/25 13:04 | 9/18/25 13:07 | anonymous | Guiding principles I saw that resonated with me are stewardship, community, and accountability. | Accountability and integration of health and equity. | ||||||||||||||||||||
30 | 29 | 9/18/25 13:04 | 9/18/25 13:07 | anonymous | Transparency in decision making Inclusion of everyone (all staff) Cultural shift away from consumption | Environmental justice Being a better community partner especially when we are continuing to use (take) the local resources | Sustainability in all decision making (use of business platforms, ie: Amazon for supplies, Google for technology) | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | 30 | 9/18/25 13:03 | 9/18/25 13:09 | anonymous | Sustainabilty efforts/reforms must never disproportionality disadvantage those, who are already disadvantaged from a socio-economical standpoint. | Social justice | ||||||||||||||||||||
32 | 31 | 9/18/25 13:03 | 9/18/25 13:09 | anonymous | I don’t know exactly where this statement would go so I’ll put it here: As a student involved in the OoS and Environmental classes, what the college is doing to meet the climate action plan and goals of sustainability is more at the forefront of my mind and my other environmentally focused peers minds. But outside of those spaces, many of my friends who aren’t in those environmentally focused spaces are not aware of what is happening. I know it’s more of having awareness cause OoS does do a great job of sharing information. But I was wondering if there was a way of preventing this sort of disconnect between students involved in environmental ways and those that are not. | |||||||||||||||||||||
33 | 32 | 9/18/25 13:03 | 9/18/25 13:09 | anonymous | Learning lab—keep Collaborating with the greater LV—outward facing environmental justice—people oriented | EJ—how can sustainability goals serve multiple functions and meet the needs of many people on campus and beyond Emphasis on reducing and reusing rather than corporate sustainability (an oxymoron) | More EJ, more emphasis on community partners, more emphasis on a greater good beyond carbon neutrality | |||||||||||||||||||
34 | 33 | 9/18/25 13:03 | 9/18/25 13:10 | anonymous | 1. making sure we clearly define what it means to be caron neutrality at Lafayette college 2. going forward after we achieve carbon neutrality how do we continue to keep this up and what are some areas that we can approve on even more 3. how do we intent to hold departments on campus accountable that might. it be as onboard with this plan compared to other departments | just the overall implementation of all the new sustainable initiatives to make lafayette carbon neutral | more initiates set in place. | |||||||||||||||||||
35 | 34 | 9/18/25 13:05 | 9/18/25 13:10 | anonymous | • Intercultural integration, such as implementing sustainable practices and principles already present in indigenous and international cultures • Social justice mindset, such as ensuring our strategy includes and engages people of all bodies, ability, race, gender, class, nationality, etc. • Directly reducing waste and energy consumption at the source rather than canceling out emissions with last-resort tactics such as carbon credits • Committed engagement from all members of the community, including faculty, staff, students, and the greater Lehigh Valley | |||||||||||||||||||||
36 | 35 | 9/18/25 13:04 | 9/18/25 13:12 | anonymous | Education and awareness. Transparency and accountability. Campus-wide participation in sustainability. Rich biodiversity promoted on campus. | Waste sequestration on campus. Zero waste or sustainable events (i.e., fewer single-use items supplied by the school or vendors). More connection to the Easton area. Plant-based eating is more readily available and encouraged on campus. | More focus is placed on how funding and/or pecuniary items impact carbon emissions. Increased participation from the Lafayette Administration. Faces like President Hurd and the Board of Trustees have more of a presence. | |||||||||||||||||||
37 | 36 | 9/18/25 13:03 | 9/18/25 13:13 | anonymous | Collaborative Involvement: I feel as though many students (especially athletes) feel confined to their field of study/extracurricular spaces. We should find a way to ensure that everyone on campus has some form of direct involvement/participation in sustainability, whether it be student/faculty or athletes/coaches, in their everyday practice rather than attending certain events. Sustainability should be something they actively do without having to think/decide/“go out their way”, it would already be integrated for them in their lives. Environmental Loyalty: we pledge to serve as a beneficiary for our environment (biodiversity and internal/external community) Be in alignment with the world: putting a greater focus on our work in the eyes of SDGs | Community/intersection | More hands on all over. Sustainability community can be leaders but everyone shouldn’t be expected to be a follower. As in everyone should be on board with doing their active part as an individual to help us achieve our carbon neutrality goals. | |||||||||||||||||||
38 | 37 | 9/18/25 13:04 | 9/18/25 13:41 | anonymous | -measure emissions accurately -include scope1,2 and 3 emissions -prioritize emissions reductions | Integrate it with strategic and campus master plan. | ||||||||||||||||||||
39 | 38 | 9/18/25 15:36 | 9/18/25 15:40 | anonymous | I think the plan should be honest about what’s working and what’s not. It should be fair so everyone benefits, creative with new ideas, ready to handle changes, and involve the whole community. | I’d like to see more on clean energy, cutting down waste, better food options, and making sure everyone is included. It’d also be nice if sustainability felt more connected to daily campus life. | This time, I’d like things to be more visible and easier to follow. Clear steps, more student voices, and regular updates would help keep people engaged. | |||||||||||||||||||
40 | 39 | 9/18/25 15:39 | 9/18/25 15:40 | anonymous | Transparency of climate data and progress throughout the entire community (Lafayette & Easton) | |||||||||||||||||||||
41 | 40 | 9/18/25 15:36 | 9/18/25 15:40 | anonymous | Carbon neutrality within just the campus’s borders will not create impactful change. It is about defining and creating that change and then going out to the community, townships, county’s and further. | |||||||||||||||||||||
42 | 41 | 9/18/25 15:36 | 9/18/25 15:40 | anonymous | Innovation - new ideas, goals, and tech in place to achieve innovation Community - campus and local community member collaboration to better complete these goals Commitment - being focused on the goals/tasks at hand and committing to producing a favorable outcome Resilient - continuing to move forwards | |||||||||||||||||||||
43 | 42 | 9/18/25 15:36 | 9/18/25 15:41 | anonymous | 1. Innovation & Creativity- coming up with new ways to achieve carbon neutrality. Being open to new ideas and going off of the beaten path. | |||||||||||||||||||||
44 | 43 | 9/18/25 15:36 | 9/18/25 15:42 | anonymous | Recycle initiatives, growth of plants and trees, Information to community on commitment | |||||||||||||||||||||
45 | 44 | 9/18/25 15:36 | 9/18/25 15:42 | anonymous | Sustainable Technology - not sure how relevant this is but with the greater shift to AI, how would this impact Lafayette’s sustainability efforts? | |||||||||||||||||||||
46 | 45 | 9/18/25 15:36 | 9/18/25 15:42 | anonymous | - Environmental justice (social, political) - Ecology (agniculture, nature, food, STEM) -Art (architecture, culture) - Leadership (diverse student/community involvemed) - Businuss (finances, tech, contracts, construction) | How can we interact with nature, wildlife, and our surrounding ecosystem? What can we acknowledge about local Indigenous culture? More simply/concretely, can we get rid of plastic coffee cups and create a clamshell equivalent? | ||||||||||||||||||||
47 | 46 | 9/18/25 15:36 | 9/18/25 15:52 | anonymous | Community involvement: making sustainable a communal effort that everyone is working towards together Inspiring sustainability beyond Lafayette’s campus Taking a liberal arts approach and getting different perspectives/disciplines involved adaptability: making a plan that will make a lasting impact with changes over time | |||||||||||||||||||||
48 | 47 | 9/18/25 17:42 | 9/18/25 17:44 | anonymous | 1. Inclusion and accountability 2. Stewardship and community 3. Building and innovation | |||||||||||||||||||||
49 | 48 | 9/18/25 17:42 | 9/18/25 17:46 | anonymous | stewardship and community , inclusion and accountability, capacity building and inmovation | living within planetary boundaries | incteased completion of initiatives | |||||||||||||||||||
50 | 49 | 9/18/25 17:42 | 9/18/25 17:47 | anonymous | life-cycle thinking living laboratory approach but with broader community in mind applied scholastic approach | - attention to life-cycle analysis - attention to how our sustainability goals impact broader climate / increased transparency or education on that | ||||||||||||||||||||
51 | 50 | 9/18/25 17:42 | 9/18/25 17:47 | anonymous | Capacity building, inclusivity, community of caring about these issues | |||||||||||||||||||||
52 | 51 | 9/18/25 17:47 | 9/18/25 17:48 | anonymous | Emphasis on community involvement. | Inclusion Community Life cycle thinking | Community inclusion and our education efforts on campus. | |||||||||||||||||||
53 | 52 | 9/18/25 17:47 | 9/18/25 17:48 | anonymous | Community, inclusion, life cycle | |||||||||||||||||||||
54 | 53 | 9/18/25 17:42 | 9/18/25 17:48 | anonymous | - Inclusion/ Community - creative thinking/ sharing knowledge | - Inclusion/ Community - creative thinking/ sharing knowledge | - have defined principles and have more emphasis on community engagement with the lafayette community but also easton and surrounding areas | |||||||||||||||||||
55 | 54 | 9/19/25 9:51 | 9/19/25 9:53 | anonymous | Make CAP and sustainability more visible to everyone internally and externally. Needs to be in core hiding principles of strategic priorities. Developing a sustainability ethos needs this visibility in everything we do. | |||||||||||||||||||||
56 | 55 | 9/19/25 9:52 | 9/19/25 9:56 | anonymous | I like the living laboratory idea. Lafayette should show how living sustainably is not only possible but enjoyable and creates a healthier way of life | I think looking into our food systems and also our landscaping are ways to reduce overall emissions. Once food data is available creating a way for students to see the carbon/environmental impact of different food options to encourage more of a plant based diet. Using more local, organic, or non factory farmed sources. Planting more native plants that sequester carbon and need less maintenance and watering. Reducing overall use of fertilizer and pesticides and gas powered lawn equipment. | ||||||||||||||||||||
57 | 56 | 9/19/25 12:13 | 9/19/25 12:16 | anonymous | Careful, thoughtful examination of all sides of the issue, including local stakeholders (City of Easton) in the action of "walking the walk and talking the talk". | |||||||||||||||||||||
58 | 57 | 9/19/25 12:52 | 9/19/25 12:53 | anonymous | -collaboration and engagement -transparency -hard and thorough work | I’m interested to see the steps taken after data is collected | ||||||||||||||||||||
59 | 58 | 9/19/25 12:52 | 9/19/25 12:53 | anonymous | Environmental Justice Sustainability in practice Environmental education | |||||||||||||||||||||
60 | 59 | 9/19/25 12:52 | 9/19/25 12:55 | anonymous | Create the idea of sustainability in areas of discipline that don’t normally cover it, | |||||||||||||||||||||
61 | 60 | 9/19/25 12:52 | 9/19/25 12:56 | anonymous | Inclusion, resilience and adaptability, enhance teaching and scholarship | I | ||||||||||||||||||||
62 | 61 | 9/19/25 12:52 | 9/19/25 12:56 | anonymous | Sustainability from cradle to grave, using it in every aspect of life, from teaching to living. Creating sustainable actions that have a lasting impact and inspire the community to follow in our example. This is in addition to what is already said | I’m interested in the idea of how we can make the general Lafayette community more aware of their usage. For example, statistics or tv’s showing the energy usage, having more recycling in quantity and specificity, incentives for people to use less (ex. A competition of which dorm can use the least energy per person, accounting for electrical efficiency, with a reward for the dorm). | ||||||||||||||||||||
63 | 62 | 9/19/25 14:04 | 9/19/25 14:14 | anonymous | Go local - bring in food from local farms; support and promote *high quality* public transit in the Lehigh Valley Go red - Lafayette's main color is (a) red, and red (or orange or yellow) lights promote human night vision and circadian rhythms, along with wildlife welfare Go low - reduce consumption (and production) of single-use products and e-waste; re-use as much as possible; recycle and compost as a last resort | Dark skies/lighting Waste reduction, especially e-waste | The lights at Metzgar are brighter than they were in 2020; I cannot imagine that's helping the carbon neutrality goal there. | |||||||||||||||||||
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