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Momentum in Energy and Water Conservation
Andy Pattison , Auraria Higher Education, and Michelle Sprowl, Metropolitian State College of Denver, talk about their project of maintaining momentum with energy and water conservation. Through three tiers of bureaucracy Auraria is challenged with getting approval by multiple boards, … Continue reading
Partnerships through Food and Community Gardens
Scott Green, University of Northern British Columbia, focuses on strengthening community through partnerships around local food and sustainability. “Sustainability is as much about social and cultural relationships as it is to restoring natural environment,” said Green. Green argues that technology … Continue reading
Social Equity and Student Activism
Derrick Robinson, University of North Florida Environmental Center, tells his story of improving disadvantaged communities through sustainable, urban gardening. His project, in collaboration with Colleen Herms at UNF, is literally and figuratively planting seeds, in the soil and in people’s … Continue reading
Innovative Partnerships Pushing Energy Sustainability
Melea Press, University of Wyoming, focuses her discussion on academics with a public-private partnership. One project that her research is focusing on is energy use in one community. There are many restraints to consumption because it is intangible. Macro level … Continue reading
Green Art + Environmental Design
Phoebe Crisman, University of Virginia, explores the broad spectrum of “arts” as they relate to sustainability. Art can bring people together and can tap into emotive and experiential relationships. “It’s a shared human experience,” said Crisman. Public art: political and … Continue reading
Julian Ageyman, “just” sustainability
Julian Ageyman, co-founder and co-editor of the international journal ‘Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability,’ opens up the Monday morning AASHE conference talking about ‘just sustainability.’ ‘Just’ sustainability is re-imagining (e)quality, living within environmental limits. Ageyman quotes … Continue reading
Creating a Bridge to Green Careers
Carol McClelland of Green Career Central and author of Green Jobs for Dummies opens the panel with a diagram of green job sectors: nature (natural environment), infrastructure (power, IT, built environment), tangibles (manufacturing), intangibles (creating demand). “The green … Continue reading
Changing Food and Waste Policies
Jonathon from McGill University in Canada emotes an intense enthusiasm, but his ideas about food policies at universities are innovative and effective. His first question: Where does your food come from? Once you find out where your food … Continue reading
Connecting Campus to the Wider Community
Scurrying into the next session, Connecting Campus to the Wider Community I realized as I looked around at the established round tables of students that I would be forced on the periphery. However, also on the border was Jonathon, a … Continue reading
Student Sustainability Keynote, Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler, who accomplished female snowboarder who won silver medal in women’s halfpipe at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy, opened the student sustainability summit with a challenge: 21 Day challenge: choose one or all of the categories … Continue reading
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