ABSTRACT
The Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF) was founded in 1992 to promote sustainability in colleges and universities worldwide and serve as the secretariat for signatories of the Talloires Declaration (ULSF 1990). Its stated mission is to make sustainability a major focus of higher education teaching, research, operations and outreach. ULSF has sought to achieve this through advocacy, education, research, resource development, assessment, membership support and international partnerships. Originally based at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, ULSF relocated to Washington DC in July 1997 to become the higher education programme of the Center for Respect of /LIHDQG(QYLURQPHQW7KLVLQWXUQLVDQDI¿OLDWHRIWKH+XPDQH6RFLHW\RIWKH United States, which provides core funding. In response to recent pressure from the Humane Society, ULSF started an initiative in 2006 supporting humane sustainable food systems within the higher education sector. This involves developing educational materials that analyse the state of the global food system, critiquing the dominant practices of industrial agriculture, working with students, staff and faculty on a range of operational initiatives including organised support for healthier and more sustainable food within individual institutions, working within state higher education systems to change environmental and food procurement policies, and negotiating with international food contractors to change their food sources and options.
