HEASC News Digest
Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium ®
http://www.heasc.net
Number 44.0 - September 19, 2008
Contents:
1. HEASC Update
2. ACUPCC Update
3. Campus Sustainability Day
4. 2008 ASU Sustainability Solutions Summit
5. ACUHO-I: Help develop a 21st Century Project Residence Hall
6. Newly Formed Sustainability Advisory Panel to Guide NACUBO
7. New “Pathways to Campus Sustainability” Webinars
8. Upcoming Events
1. HEASC Update
Reminder: The HEASC Annual Meeting is set for December 2, 2008 from 12:30-4:30 pm. This meeting will be hosted at the offices of NACUBO and will be used to highlight the sustainability efforts of each of your associations’ as well as the consortiums collective efforts. This meeting will also focus on the consortiums continued support of the growing trends in higher education with regard to sustainability and will look to develop strategies to meet the sector's growing demand for sustainability resources. The meeting agenda will be sent out shortly. Please contact Steve Muzzy at smuzzy@secondnature.org with any questions.
Reminder: Member Education Committee Call Monday Sept. 22 at 10 am eastern
Reminder: HEASC Monthly Call Thursday Sept. 25 at 1 pm eastern
Resources:
- A "Campus Sustainability Day" webpage has been added to the HEASC website. This page was created to highlight the consortiums support of CSD and can also be used as a reference for your members. It provides examples of planned events, as well as a list of past participating institutions.
- Resource Center: Please visit the Resource Center to make sure your association's efforts are shared and current. Send any new or missing items to Steve Muzzy at smuzzy@secondnature.org for posting. Your efforts have contributed to many useful resources, please share this page with your members.
2. ACUPCC Update
The ACUPCC stands at 578 institutions representing all 50 states – and over 4.7 million students, or 28% of all college students in the United States. Please welcome the three newest signatories, Auburn University, DePauw University, and Illinois State University!
Resources:
- First Round of GHG Inventory Reports are in! The Charter Signatories (those that signed before 9/15/07) of the ACUPCC are the first to have completed and reported publicly their GHG Inventories. To view the reports click here
- Honeywell Green House Gas Inventory Webinar- October 1st, 2008
Events & Opportunities:
- ACUPCC partners with Green for All on the Green Jobs Now Day of Action
- The ACUPCC is soliciting videos that demonstrate creative strategies for communicating the ACUPCC across your campus and beyond. Communicating goals and strategies with institutional and community stakeholders is a key component in achieving success.
Please share this creative and fun opportunity with your greater campus community!
For more information and for guidelines on submitting videos click here
3. Campus Sustainability Day– October 22nd, 2008
The Sixth Campus Sustainability Day (CSD) & Streaming Webcast will take place on October 22nd. Many colleges and universities have been using CSD and the annual SCUP webinar to engage and educate the entire campus community in reviewing sustainability progress since the previous year and to develop plans for the coming year. The timing of CSD in late October, after new students, faculty and staff have settled in, puts it in a good position to generate constructive dialog both on-campus and nationally.
CSD is also a great opportunity for schools that have not yet signed the ACUPCC to do so, and hold a press event. Please help encourage your members at potential signatory schools to promote this idea and work towards an October 22nd signing event.
SCUP is planning a webcast with The New York Times Knowledge Network. Panelists will include climate change expert Richard Moss, from the World Wildlife Federation, and higher education sustainability expert Anthony D. Cortese of Second Nature. New York Times science editor Andy Revkin will moderate the discussion. Visit SCUP's Campus Sustainability Planning Network webpage for more details on how to register and share your event.
More information regarding CSD is also available on the HEASC website. Here you will find a list of institutions that have participated in CSD, as well as some examples of past events!
-Via SCUP’s Campus Sustainability Planning Network website
4. 2008 ASU Sustainability Solutions Summit
Watch the recorded webcast from Wednesday September 17, 2008, as national leaders participate in a 90-minute dialogue to discuss and identify workable solutions to our sustainability challenges. Hosted by Arizona State University, the Sustainability Solutions Summit brought together a panel of some of the nation's best and brightest leaders in business, government, advocacy and academia to begin a multisector dialog around a new, sustainable direction for the United States. 300 invited guests heard from the likes of Frances Beinecke, President, Natural Resources Defense Council, William Ford, Executive Chairman, Ford Motor Company, US Representative, Edward Markey (D-MA), Anthony Cortese, President, Second Nature, and Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University, as they shared their thoughts on where the leadership of business, government, and academia needs to shift in order to address the most serious sustainability problems we face.
Moderating the discussion was Aaron Brown, former CNN News Anchor. The Sustainability Solutions Summit was sponsored by Arizona State University, SCUP, and the NYT Knowledge Network
To view the discussion visit http://www.asu.edu/vppa/sustainabilitysummit/index.html
5. ACUHO-I: Help develop a 21st Century Project Residence Hall
October 1, 2008 is the deadline for applications from institutions who
wish to help construct on their campus a residence hall that meets the
tenants of the 21st Century Project. Selected institutions will work
with consultants to host a mini-summit on their campus to determine how
they can best create a hall that offers flexibility, builds community,
engages technology, and promotes sustainability. Full details and a
copy of the application are available on the 21st Century Project Web site.
-Via ACUHO-I News, Week of September 15, 2008
6. Newly Formed Sustainability Advisory Panel to Guide NACUBO
How can a chief business officer help lead a college or university toward a more sustainable future? How can a CBO determine what is the best approach for his or her institution? A new Sustainability Advisory Panel (SAP) has been formed to guide NACUBO's efforts in this quickly evolving area.
- Via NACUBO's E-Bulletin
7. New “Pathways to Campus Sustainability” Webinars
A series of webinars aimed at uncovering solutions for the challenges facing colleges and universities in meeting campus sustainability goals is planned by EH&E Inc , a leading environmental engineering and consulting firm on green initiatives in higher education.
Colleges and universities across the country are making public commitments to significantly reduce their campus carbon footprint by eliminating wasteful energy consumption. EH&E’s four-part “Pathways to Campus Sustainability” Webinar Series directly addresses the issues involved in making good on those commitments.
The seminars run September through October. Each webinar will include one hour of presentations followed by one half-hour of live Q&A. The series features:
Charting the Path to Campus Sustainability , September 17, 2008, 1:00-2:30 PM ET. Learn about and discuss the most up-to-date tools and knowledge necessary to manage a successful campus sustainability program. Presenters:
- John Spengler, Ph.D., Co-Chair, Harvard Green Campus Initiative and Principal, EH&E, (Moderator)
- Michael Crowley, LEED AP, Pathways to Campus Sustainability Program Manager, EH&E , and former Assistant Director, Harvard Green Campus Initiative
- William Nelligan, Associate Director Environmental Health & Safety, Wesleyan University.
Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Methods and Best Practices, October 1, 2008, 1:00-2:30 PM ET. Discuss the emerging standards, regulatory frameworks, and the pros and cons of various existing calculator tools and methodologies for GHG Inventories. Presenters:
- Michael Crowley, LEED AP, Pathways to Campus Sustainability Program Manager, EH&E and former Assistant Director, Harvard Green Campus Initiative
- Denise Sheehan, Regional Director, East, The Climate Registry.
Writing a Greenhouse Gas Action Plan , October 15, 2008, 1:00-2:30 PM ET. Learn about the tools and templates necessary to develop an effective greenhouse gas reduction plan that can be tailored to your institution, with a particular focus on the Climate Action Plan requirements of the ACUPCC. Presenters:
- Michael Crowley, LEED AP, Pathways to Campus Sustainability Program Manager, EH&E , and former Assistant Director, Harvard Green Campus Initiative
- Robert Bland, P.E., Director of Environmental Compliance & Sustainability Office, Cornell University.
Financial Mechanisms for Campus Sustainability, October 29, 2008, 1:00-2:30 PM ET. Discuss how tools such as life cycle costing and third-party financing are helping institutions to meet their sustainability goals while saving money. Presenters:
- Michael Crowley, LEED AP, Pathways to Campus Sustainability Program Manager, EH&E, and former Assistant Director, Harvard Green Campus Initiative
- David Newport, Director Environmental Center, University of Colorado at Boulder
Cost is $99 per webinar. AASHE members and EH&E-compliance support site subscribers are eligible for special discounts. For more information, or to register for any, or all, of EHE’s four-part “Pathways to Campus Sustainability” Webinar Series, visit: http://www.eheinc.com/news_workshops.htm
8. Upcoming Events
October 8-11, 2008; Dallas, Texas
October 18-21, 2008, Austin, Texas
October 22, 2008, Nationwide
October 29, 2008 1:00-2:30 PM ET
November 5 – 7 2008; New Orleans, LA
November 9-11, 2008; Raleigh, NC
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