{{Short description|Declaration for sustainability}} The '''Talloires Declaration''' is a declaration for [[sustainability]], created for and by presidents of institutions of higher learning. [[Jean Mayer]], [[Tufts University]] president, convened a conference of 22 universities in 1990 in [[Talloires]], France. This document is a declaration that institutions of higher learning will be world leaders in developing, creating, supporting and maintaining sustainability. The registrar for the declaration is the [[Washington, DC]]–based organisation [http://ulsf.org/ University Leaders for a Sustainable Future] (ULSF). As of 1 February 2017, 502 college and university presidents have [http://ulsf.org/96-2/ signed the declaration]. These span 55 countries on five continents, with 170 in the United States alone.
== Original signatories == *Jean Mayer, President and Conference convener, [[Tufts University]], United States *Professor [[Julian Crampton]], Vice-Chancellor, [[University of Brighton]], United Kingdom *[[Michele Gendreau-Massaloux]], Rector, l'[[Academie de Paris]], France *[[Prof. Moonis Raza]], Vice Chancellor, [[Delhi University]], India *Constance W. Curris, President, [[University of Northern Iowa]], United States *Wesley Posvar, President, [[University of Pittsburgh]], United States *Augusto Frederico Muller, President, [[Fundacao Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso]], [[Brazil]] *Calvin H. Pimpton, President and emeritus, [[American University of Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] *T. Navaneeth Rao, Vice Chancellor, [[Osmania University]], India *[[Stuart Saunders (academic)|Stuart Saunders]], Vice Chancellor and Principal, [[University of Cape Town]], [[Union of South Africa]] *David Ward, Vice Chancellor, [[University of Wisconsin - Madison]], United States *Pablo Arce, Vice Chancellor, Universidad Autonoma de Centro America, [[Costa Rica]] *Boonrod Binson, Chancellor, Chulalongkorn University, [[Thailand]] *Adamu, Nayaya Mohammed, Vice Chancellor, [[Ahmadu Bello University]], [[Nigeria]] *[[Mario Ojeda Gómez]], President, [[Colegio de Mexico]], Mexico *Pavel D. Sarkisow, Rector, [[D. I. Mendeleev Institute of Chemical Technology]], Russia *[[Akilagpa Sawyerr]], Vice Chancellor, [[University of Ghana]], [[Ghana]] *Carlos Vogt, President, [[Universidade Estadual de Campinas]], [[Brazil]] *Xide Xie, President Emeritus, [[Fudan University]], [[People's Republic of China]] *L. Avo Banjo, Vice Chancellor, [[University of Ibadan]], [[Nigeria]] *Robert W. Charlton, Vice Chancellor and Principal, [[University of Witwatersrand]], [[Union of South Africa]]
==External links== *[http://ulsf.org/talloires-declaration/ Registrar for signatories of Talloires Declaration]
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