John Jay College Of Criminal Justice | The City University of New York

John Jay College has been participating in a CUNY wide effort to promote Sustainability throughout the State of New York.   The goal of this Sustainability effort is to meet Mayor Bloomberg’s “30 in 10” challenge.  “30 in 10” refers to a reduction of 30% in the carbon footprint of New York City in the next ten years.  To meet this challenge, President Jeremy Travis in accordance with CUNY’s mission statement has designated Elmer Phelon, Executive Director of Facilities Management to lead John Jay College to achieve this reduction of 30% by June 2017.

Mr. Phelon, as directed by CUNY’s mission statement has put together a group referred to as the “John Jay Council for Sustainability”.  This group consists of representatives from faculty, staff, and students who are leaders and supporters of environmental interests at John Jay College.

To achieve a reduction of 30% in carbon footprint is not an easy task.  The Council is constantly identifying areas where reduction is possible, developing ways to achieve the reduction, cutting through intricate operations to implement procedures to achieve reduction, reporting implementations to verify reduction.

Major areas identified for carbon reduction are energy usage, recycling, waste management, education and outreach, nutrition, and of course procurement