Commitment to Carbon Neutrality

On April 22, 2016 President Lewis Thayne, on behalf of Lebanon Valley College, signed the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment. Under this commitment, the College will develop a Climate Action Plan to reduce its direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases to zero and to develop the administrative infrastructure and on-campus attitudes necessary to maintain a long-term commitment to environmental sustainability.

The Climate Action Plan (CAP) Committee, a subcommittee of the Sustainability Advisory Committee, has been constituted to assist the College in developing the Climate Action Plan. The CAP committee consists of students, college staff and administrators, faculty, and local community members. The tentative timeline for the work of the committee is shown below.

Here is the current version of the Draft of Climate Action Plan.

Tentative Timeline

✅	January 2018	Hold Two Mini-Symposia to Inform Committee Members
✅	February-March 2018	Develop a Skeletal Framework for the Climate Action PlanHold Two Mini-Symposia to Inform Committee Members
✅	April 10, 2018	Hold Open Campus Meeting to Present Framework of CAP
✅	May 2018	Hold Retreat to Plan Writing of CAP Draft
	Early-October 2018	Complete the Draft of the Climate Action Plan
	October 2018	Present Draft of Climate Action Plan to Board of Trustees
	Early November 2018	Open Campus Meeting on Action Plan Draft
	November 2018	Refine Draft of Climate Action Plan
	Mid-December 2018	Present Refined Draft to President/Senior Administrators
	February 2019	Climate Action Plan Adopted by LVC Board of Trustees
	April 2019	Celebration of the New Climate Action Plan During Earth Week