HEASC News Digest
Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium ®
http://www.heasc.net
Number 52.0 - May 22, 2009
1. HEASC Update
2. ACUPCC Update
3. ACPA Update
4. NAEP Update
5. Illinois Community College Sustainability Network
6. CCCU Update
7. Upcoming Events
1. HEASC Update
Reminder: The next monthly call will take place on Thursday, May 28 at 1:00 PM Eastern.
Resources:
- The Higher Education Sustainability Fellows have begun work on their projects to accelerate the national movement toward a just, healthy, and sustainable society. Click here to learn about each of the Fellows and the projects that they are working on.
2. ACUPCC Update
The ACUPCC stands at 637 institutions representing all 50 states – and over 5 million students, or 28% of all college students in the United States.
Save the Date: ACUPCC Annual Summit August 13-14th, 2009-Chicago, IL
Resources:
- May issue of The ACUPCC Implementer
- New Guidance for Universities and Colleges to Provide Students with Education on Climate Change and Sustainability
3. ACPA Update
- The 2nd ACPA Sustainability Institute at Harvard University will be held June 11-13, 2009. The invited keynote speakers are Tom Kelly, Director of Sustainability at the University of New Hampshire; Simran Sethi, internationally known journalist, a current Professor at the Kansas University and a Faculty-in-Residence at this Institute; and Shanah Trevenna, a very active undergraduate sustainability leader at the University of Hawaii. Dr. Lyndsay Agans, ACPA/HEASC Fellow will be a speaker at the event as well. Supporting organizations include AASHE, HEASC, NIRSA, NACA and SCUP. For more information about the Institute please visit http://www.myacpa.org/pd/sustainability/
- The ACPA Sustainability Taskforce facilitated a five-program Institute at ACPA’s yearly convention in early April. The programs looked at personal, professional, institutional and curricular needs as well as current trends/benchmark programs and assessment in working with college student educators to be more sustainable via their work. The program PowerPoints have been forwarded to the ACPA International Office to be placed on the ACPA website for viewing at myacpa.org under the Sustainability in Higher Education section.
4. NAEP Update
- NAEP working with SciQuest announced the findings of "The Current State of Green Procurement Trends within Higher Education" survey. The survey reveals the growing importance and role of procurement organizations in sustainability programs.
The Illinois Community College Sustainability Network (ICCSN), is helping the people of the State of Illinois access the training and expertise needed to engage in the new energy economy by providing a network of sustainability centers at local community colleges across the state.
The goals of the ICCSN are to:
- Collaborate to accelerate green jobs development.
- Model energy conservation and demonstrating renewable energy.
- Impact energy conservation by providing community education on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and other sustainable technologies.
- Expand to cover the entire state by including all 48 community colleges in the Network.
- Provide a national leadership role in the new energy economy.
6. CCCU Update
The recipients of CCCU's Creation Care Mini-Grant program took part in a webinar on April 20th to explore the implementation of new programs on their respective campuses. Out of 24 CCCU campuses who applied for the creation care mini-grant, six campuses were selected and awarded up to $5000 each thanks to a grant that the CCCU received from the Creation Care Fund, which provides financial and technical support to Christian grassroots efforts to care for God's gracious gift of creation. The Creation Care Fund provides a new and strategic vehicle for supporting the grassroots of the Christian creation care movement and its unique efforts. More information on the creation care mini-grant program can be found here.
11. Upcoming Events
- NAEP Free webcast: Benchmark your Campus with the NAEP Green Purchasing Study Results 2009: June 4th, at 2:00pm EDT.
- ACPA Institute on Sustainability: June 11-13 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- NACUBO's Annual Meeting: June 27-30, Boston, MA
- SCUP Annual Conference, SCUP–44, July 18-22, Portland, OR "Values and Vision Create the Future"
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