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Perfumo said she sanctioned the Sustainability Task Force to further the discussion on whether PCC was ready to sign the commitment. "I don't want this to be an empty commitment, I want it to mean something and I want us to be committed to follow through," Perfumo said.

"I feel like it's been vetted in a very open forum and there has been a lot of discussion and a lot of good advice that has been given to me," she said.

A change in leadership and scheduling conflicts are what delayed the Task Force from deeply discussing bringing sustainability to PCC, according to Perfumo.

"The staff and faculty really need to be onboard with this, and they need to understand the seriousness of this problem," said O'Connor. She recently had suggested making sustainability a flex day topic, but was told to await consideration by the Flex Day committee.

O'Connor reached this conclusion after, out of the multitude of staff and faculty members whom were sent an email from the president about a meeting of the newly appointed Green Team, only one showed up. "Everyone else who came were already involved in the event," O'Connor said.

O'Connor hopes the public signing will further increase awareness among students and faculty. "When you have a top down decision it makes a difference, it moves things forward," she said.

Just as they did for the Green Summit, members of Seeds of Change will coordinate the hour-long event.

Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard will be the opening speaker in Tuesday's event followed by PCC officials, ending with Perfumo officially signing the Climate Commitment.

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