HEASC News Digest
Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium ®
http://www.heasc.net
Number 46.0 - October 20, 2008
Contents:
1. HEASC Update
2. ACUPCC Update
3. December 1 "Publications Futures Group" Meeting Invitation
4. APPA Webinar-Learning to Lean: Value creation, Improve Staff Morale and Experience the Approach Toward Waste Reduction
5. CFP: 4th Annual Smart & Sustainable Campuses Conference
6. Smart Planning: Why Do Any Other Kind?
7. National Wildlife Federation is accepting entries for the third-annual Chill Out: Campus Solutions to Global Warming competition
8. Upcoming Events
1. HEASC Update
Hurry, Campus Sustainability Day (CSD) registration closes at noon (EST) October 21!
The October 22 webcast, "Climate Realities, Challenges, and Progress in Higher Education,” is available to all campuses from 1-3:30 pm Eastern time. Climate and higher education experts will review the latest climate information and the synergy of campus action taken by professional staff, faculty, students, and senior leadership. Panelists include The New York Times science correspondent Andy Revkin, the World Wildlife Fund’s Richard Moss, Jessy Tolkan of the Energy Action Coalition, and Tony Cortese of Second Nature.
Campus Sustainability Day is supported by the member organizations of the Higher Education Associations for Sustainability (HEASC) and the Campus Ecology Project of the National Wildlife Federation (CEP).
To register for the webcast click here
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 passed events!
Reminder: HEASC Monthly Call is Thursday October 30th at 1:00 pm
Reminder: HEASC Annual Meeting is December 2, 2008 from 12:30-4:30 pm
Resources:
- 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 587 institutions representing all 50 states – and over 4.7 million students, or 28% of all college students in the United States.
Save the Date: ACUPCC Annual Summit August 13-14th, 2009-Chicago, IL
Event: Free Webinar- A Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality October 30, 12:00pm
Hosted by Johnson Controls, Inc. and Econergy, and supported by an
actual project example from Dutchess Community College in NY; this
webinar will detail solutions that can help ACUPCC signatories to:
- Develop an accurate greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory
- Identify, assess and prioritize the most cost-effective high-impact strategies to reduce GHG emissions
- Learn from actual energy efficiency and renewable energy project
examples that help higher education institutions reduce GHG emissions
- Verify, track and report GHG emission reductions to comply with ACUPCC requirements
To register click here
Resources:
- Announcing the Launch of The ACUPCC Implementer! This monthly newsletter will provide ACUPCC Implementation Liaisons with up to date news and information on compliance deadlines and sustainability related events. It will also be used to share ACUPCC specific resources. For questions on or to send items to The ACUPCC Implementer please email AASHE’s Climate Program Manager Toni Nelson- toni@aashe.org To view the first edition of The ACUPCC Implementer click here!
3. December 1 "Publications Futures Group" Meeting Invitation
APPA and SCUP would like to invite the "publications" folks in your office to a meeting of the Publications Futures Group. This is intended as a futuring, brainstorming, and sharing session among higher education association publications staff about where "publications" are going in 3, 5, and 10 years. It'll be held at the APPA offices in Virginia - an easy Metro ride from downtown DC - and is sponsored by SCUP and APPA. Please share with those who do your "publishing" - whether journals, magazines, books, marketing collateral, or whatever. We plan to begin at about 11:30 with lunch, followed by an afternoon of discussion. Planning for Higher Education executive editor, Tom Longin, will moderate the discussion. RSVP to Terry Calhoun at terry.calhoun@scup.org.
4. APPA Webinar October 30, 2008 11:00 AM Eastern
Learning to Lean: Value creation, Improve Staff Morale and Experience the Approach Toward Waste Reduction
Managing and improving complex systems on campus requires continual understanding of what stakeholders value. Lean is a way of thinking that prioritizes customer value and respect for workers while eliminating unnecessary waste from a system. This webinar will help you see how lean thinking and tools can be used to solve problems in a team setting, engage others in seeing the “big picture” to increase their support, and quantify the value your solutions can contribute to your institution. Our “deep dive” is a case study of lean applied to a campus. Faced with the challenge of reducing environmental impact while enhancing student learning, Cape Cod Community College applied lean in an innovative way to a sustainability challenge that cut across their entire community. We’ll answer your questions about how lean could be applied to other challenges on campus, from staff development to strategic planning.
To register click here
5. CFP: 4th Annual Smart & Sustainable Campuses Conference
Share a story, success, or research on sustainable practices in higher education at the 4th annual Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference, April 5–7, 2009 at the UMUC Inn & Conference Center, adjacent to the University of Maryland, College Park. For more information click here.
6. Smart Planning: Why Do Any Other Kind?
7. National Wildlife Federation is accepting entries for the third-annual Chill Out: Campus Solutions to Global Warming competition
Chill Out: Campus Solutions to Global Warming is the nation’s only competition recognizing colleges and universities for their efforts to solve global warming. NWF is looking for the best campus-based projects in clean energy, energy efficiency, transportation, habitat restoration, waste reduction and more. There are two ways to enter: write a 500-word essay or create a 3-minute video describing your school's efforts. Entries are due by November 30 for a chance to win grant money, prizes and national publicity! Students, faculty, and staff are eligible to enter. Share your campus's story with the rest of the country. To enter and for more information, visit http://www.campuschillout.org
8. Upcoming Events
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
- Publications Futures Group Meeting
- HEASC Annual Meeting
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