{"id":299,"date":"2018-08-23T13:37:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T17:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/?page_id=299"},"modified":"2023-09-18T11:13:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T15:13:54","slug":"aboutus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/aboutus\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>About the Sustainability Task Force<\/h1>\n<p>In 2009, several WHOI employees met to discuss how sustainability efforts and energy conservation could be improved within the WHOI community.\u00a0 From this working group, the Sustainability Task Force (STF) was formed with representation from most areas of the Institution.<\/p>\n<p>STF continues to\u00a0 strengthen WHOI&#8217;s commitment to sustainable practices and energy conservation.<\/p>\n<p>We invite the WHOI community to participate by reviewing the website, supporting Task Force initiatives, submit ideas to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:sustainability@whoi.edu\">sustainability@whoi.edu<\/a>, and encouraging conservation initiatives.\u00a0 We look forward to your input and commitment to these goals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Our Mission Statement<\/h3>\n<p>The Sustainability Task Force is an advocate for sustainability initiatives within the WHOI community. \u00a0Our mission is to integrate sustainable practices and resource conservation in research, education, and operations to reduce human impact on the environment.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2018\/10\/diagram_458233.jpg\" alt=\"Sustainability: Where the Environment, Economics and Society meet\" height=\"401\" width=\"401\" title=\"diagram_458233\" \/>\n\t\tSustainability:\nWhere the Environment, Economics and Society meet\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Sustainability Task Force In 2009, several WHOI employees met to discuss how sustainability efforts and energy conservation could be improved within the WHOI community.\u00a0 From this working group, the Sustainability Task Force (STF) was formed with representation from most areas of the Institution. STF continues to\u00a0 strengthen WHOI&#8217;s commitment to sustainable practices and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2447,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/299\/revisions\/2447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}