The university has a sustainable landscape implementation plan to conserve resources and increase carbon sequestration and canopy cover while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and maintenance that is required to maintain landscapes. The guiding principles of the plan are that: strategies shall be practical and incrementally implementable as resources allow; strategies shall promote economic sustainability and operational self-sufficiency; strategies shall aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon sequestration; strategies shall aim to ecologically intensify campus while conserving resources; strategies shall aim to educate and engage the Penn State community.