SUBJECT:	Joint Senate-Administration Task Force on UC San Diego's
	Sustainability 2.0 Initiative

We are pleased to announce the formation of a Joint Senate-Administration Task Force to enhance the campus's sustainability efforts in support of the core instructional, research and service mission elements of the University. The Task Force will broadly address the development of organizational structures for advancing the objectives of the Sustainability 2.0 Initiative. These include identifying and pursuing emerging research opportunities; capitalizing upon our campus as a "living laboratory" for promoting sustainability; and implementing strategies for attracting donor involvement and support. Professor Richard Carson will serve as faculty co-chair and AVC-Research George Tynan will serve as the administrative co-chair of the Task Force. Background about the Sustainability 2.0 Initiative can be found at http://sustain.ucsd.edu/

The members of the Task Force are

Richard Carson, Professor, Economics & Co-Chair
Joshua Graff-Zivin, Professor, IR/PS
Rajesh Gupta - Professor CSE & Assoc Director, Calit2
Viswanathan Krishnan, Professor, Rady School of Management
Juli Larsen, AVC Development
Richard Norris, Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Susan Smith - Provost, Muir College
Stephanie Strathdee - Professor, Health Sciences
Russ Thackston - Assistant VC, RM&P
George Tynan - Professor, MAE, Assoc VC Research & Co-Chair
David Woodruff, Professor, Biological Sciencesp> Your input on topics to be covered by the Task Force is requested. Please communicate directly with the co-Chairs: Associate Vice Chancellor for Research George Tynan (gtynan@ad.ucsd.edu x4-5556) and Professor Richard Carson (rcarson@ucsd.edu; x2-2262).

Arthur B. Ellis Vice Chancellor for Research William S. Hodgkiss Chair, Academic Senate San Diego Division