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Thursday, November 16, 2006 |
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| 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Check-in |
| 1:45 p.m. |
Environmental Consortium Steering Committee Meeting |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Environmental Consortium Task Forces Meetings
 Campus Greening
Curricular Collaboration
Faculty Development
PreK-12 Outreach
Research
River Summer/Field Studies
Student Activities |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Break |
| 4:15 p.m. |
Roundtable: Inspirations and Aspirations for Greening our Campuses: Sharing Challenges, Solutions, and Ideas for Collaborative Success |
| 5:30 p.m. |
Posters Session & Exhibitor Showcase, Reception |
| 6:30 p.m. |
Keynote Address: Good News About Global Warming
Steve Curwood
Executive Producer and Host, "Living on Earth"
National Public Radio
For more information on this speaker, please visit www.apbspeakers.com. |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Dinner sponsored by
The Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries
Live Music with
Purchase College’s,
The Brent Chiarello Quartet
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Friday, November 17, 2006 |
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| 8:45 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Michelle Land
Director
Environmental Consortium of
Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities
Elizabeth Langland
Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
Purchase College
John Cronin
Director, Pace Academy for the Environment
Executive Director
The Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Keynote Address:
Green Campuses/Green Minds: Improving the 'still unlovely human mind'
David Orr
Professor and Chair
Environmental Studies Program
Oberlin College |
| 9:45 a.m. |
Panel - Integrating Campus Greening into the Campus Culture |
| Moderator: |
Bruce Coull
Dean Emeritus, School of the Environment
Carolina Distinguished Professor
of Marine and Biological Sciences
University of South Carolina |
| Panelists: |
Anja Kollmuss
Outreach Coordinator, Tufts Climate Initiative
Tufts University
Judy Walton
Executive Director
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability
in Higher Education
Tarah Wright
Assistant Professor and Director of Environmental Programmes
Dalhousie University |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:15 a.m. |
Concurrent Breakout Session A |
A1. Faculty: Initiatives for Sustaining Campus Greening
Jack ByrneCampus Sustainability Coordinator
Middlebury College
Tarah Wright
Assistant Professor and
Director of Environmental Programmes
Dalhousie University |
A2. Facilities: Sustainably Managing the Campus Operations
Diane Fiorito
Region 2 Audit Policy Program Coordinator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Robert Gogan, Jr.
Supervisor of Waste Management
Harvard University
Kevin Lyons
Director of Purchasing
Rutgers University |
A3. Students: Creating Measurable Change on Campus
Maura Cowley
Northeast Regional Organizer
Sierra Student Coalition
Julie Beth Zimmerman
Office of Research and Development
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
A4. Administrators/Business Officers:
Making the Business Case
John Cusack
Executive Director
New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability |
| 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch sponsored by ConEdison
A History of Power Plants in the Hudson Valley, A Project Presentation by The Beacon Institute for Rivers & Estuaries
Roger Panetta,
Professor of History at Marymount College of Fordham University and Project Director
Sr. Brigid Driscoll, Project Coordinator, The Beacon Institute
Patricia Dunne, Program Coordinator, The Beacon Institute |
| 1:45 p.m. |
Concurrent Breakout Session B |
B1. Faculty: Infusing Sustainability into the Curriculum
Peter Bardaglio
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Ithaca College |
B2. Facilities: Green Buildings and Understanding the
LEED Rating System
Steve Bellona
Associate Vice President for Facilities and Planning
Hamilton College
Murray Levi
Vice President and General Manager
LiRo Architects + Planners, P.C.
Chair, Programs and Education Committee
United States Green Building Council, New York Chapter |
B3. Students: Organizing and Sustaining Campus Relationships
Dan Worth
Executive Director
National Association of Environmental Law Societies |
B4. Administrators/Development Officers: Funding Campus
Greening Initiatives
Josephine Merck
Environmental Activist and Painter
Trustee
Merck Family Fund
Natural Resources Defense Council
Mark Orlowski
Founder and Executive Director
Sustainable Endowments Institute |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:15 p.m. |
Campus Teams Meet to Discuss Strategies |
| 3:45 p.m. |
Raffle |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Team Reports and Closing Remarks |
| 4:30 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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