J.F. Kennedy to follow Green Principles

J.F. Kennedy to follow Green Principles

Keywords: Sustainable development, Universities, Environmental management strategy

John F. Kennedy University in Orinda, California announced that it will strive to become the first university in the USA to be designed in its entirety using "Green Principles". Charles E. Glasser, JD, university president,announced that, "The university's goal is to achieve, wherever possible, the integration of sustainable principles in the building of its new Concord campus,as well as its academic curriculum".

The university has obtained an option to buy a five-acre site on Galindo Avenue in downtown Concord, adjacent to the Concord BART station. Plans are to break ground in early 2002 and to begin classes there in the fall of 2003. "Once constructed", said Glasser, "The new John F. Kennedy University in Concord will serve as a beacon of environmental sustainability throughout our community and throughout higher education in the nation".

For more information contact John Bowman at John F. Kennedy University. Tel:925-258-2350; E-mail: jbowman@jfku.edu.