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Unable to Sustain Sustainability
It seems that the College is yet again looking to hire a sustainability director. The first holder of the position, one Jim Merkel (picture right), boasted that he had lived for many years on a personal budget of $5,000/year. He lasted only about two years on the job, and after the position remained open for eight months, it was finally filled by Kathy Lambert ‘90 in the spring of 2008.
Lambert endured until this past February, when she resigned in order to pursue an unspecified “new opportunity in sustainability working on issues of regional and national policy,” according to Provost Folt. No further detail was provided.
If you want the job, here is what you have to be able to do:
The Director will lead, under the guidance of the Provost and a faculty advisory committee, the development of Dartmouth’s sustainability strategy and implementation, integrating sustainable principles and practices into the operations and culture of the institution. The Director will lead the communication effort, with the help of colleagues, faculty and students, to make Dartmouth “the greenest campus in the country”. The Director will evaluate opportunities for feasibility, cost effectiveness, and acceptability by the Dartmouth community; create implementation plans; help implement approved plans; and assess their effectiveness. The Director will work with students and colleagues to build support and understanding of sustainability projects and issues.
The job is listed as being at the College’s PDL C level, so you can expect a salary between $72,100 and $122,700, lavish health and pension benefits, and over five weeks of paid vacation each year, plus holidays.
Picking up on yesterday’s thought, would it be curmudgeonly to note that for the same money the College could hire a superb young professor — even if we did not get brownie points for being fashionable? This would be a better choice than yet another revolving door professional whose job should be the integral responsibility of Linda Snyder, our Chief Facilities Officer, and her staff.
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