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ACPA Institute On Sustainability
Hilles Center, Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
June 11-14, 2008

Co-sponsors: Bon Appétit, NACA, NIRSA, SCUP, AACC, HEASC, AASHE


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Conference Overview

The ACPA Institute On Sustainability will bring together a diverse group of professionals who serve higher education and are committed to sustainability. The goal of this institute is to invite individuals and teams from institutions to create an understanding, framework and actionable goals and tasks that can be taken back to campus and integrated into the core of the institution. Leading sustainability scholars and practitioners will discuss current trends, benchmark and promising practices, as well as afford participants with the opportunity to plan the beginning of or next institutional steps to their on-campus practice. The ACPA Institute On Sustainability will seek to create education and awareness for sustainability's triple bottom line: healthy social systems, healthy environment and healthy economy.

Hotel

Hotel reservations may be made with the Hyatt Regency Cambridge located at 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts. For online reservations visit http://cambridge.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels and enter G-FACP in the special code box. For phone reservations, call the hotel directly at 1.617.492.1234.

Speakers

Helene York

Helene York

 

Debra Rowe Dr. Debra Rowe

 

Anthony CorteseDr. Anthony D. Cortese

 

 

Schedule

Wednesday, June 11 
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Registration
Hilles Center Lobby, Harvard University
   
Thursday, June 12
8:00 am- 5:30 pm Registration
Hilles Center Lobby, Harvard University
8:30 am - 9:30 am Continental Breakfast for Pre-Conference Session Participants
9:30 am - 12:00  pm Pre-Conference Session
The Pre-Institute Session will provide those new and fairly new to working toward a sustainable future a primer on the topic. Definitions of the triple bottom line of sustainability (healthy environments, economies, and social systems) will be explained and examples of how higher education is integrating these concepts into co-curricular and curricular enterprise will be discussed.
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Opening session/Keynote
Helene York
Director, Bon Appétit Management Company  
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm Break
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm T1: Rethinking Diversity: Defining, Implementing, and Measuring Social Sustainability in Universities and Colleges
T2: Grass Roots Organizing on Campus: Lessons Learned and Stories Shared – Roundtable Discussion
T3: The Sustainable (Saunders) Initiative at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm T4: Creating Sustainable/Green Management Bachelor of Science Degree at St. Petersburg College
T5: Building Green in the Dessert: World’s First Platinum Residence Halls
T6: The Regional Approach to Sustainability: Coalitions of Higher Education, Business, K-12, Faith and Government
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Catered Opening Reception
Hilles Center Lobby, Harvard University
  Dinner on Your Own
   
Friday, June 13
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Registration
Hilles Center Lobby, Harvard University
8:30  am - 9:30 am Continental Breakfast
Networking Continental Breakfast (optional)
9:30 am - 10:30 am Invited Speaker
Anthony D. Cortese, ScD.
President, Second Nature
10:45 am - 12:00 pm F1: Presidents Climate Commitment Primer and Case Study Report Outs
F2: Connecting Sustainability to Your Community: Education, Awareness and Corporate Collaborations
F3: Session To Be Announced
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch on Your Own
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm F4: Case Studies: What's Working on Our Campuses: Grass Roots Organizing at University of North Carolina-Wilmington, Syracuse University, Furman University
F5: Resources and Ideas to Overcome Your Barriers: Exploring the Front Edge Strategies to Overcome Them - Roundtable Discussion
F6: Sustainable Development: Toward Healthy Environments, Economic Strength, and Social Justice
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Break
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm F7: The Sustainability Initiative at Maricopa Community Colleges
F8: The Green Initiative
F9: Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System (STARS) Initiative
  Dinner on Your Own
   
Saturday, June 14
8:30 am - 9:30 am Continental Breakfast
Networking Continental Breakfast (optional)
9:30 am - 10:45 am S1: Empowering Students to Make Systemic and Societal Change
S2: Intentional Living: Integrating Sustainability Into Your Personal and Professional Lives
S3: Session To Be Announced
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Closing speaker
Debra Rowe, Ph.D.
President, U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
Co-Chair, Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HEASC)
12:15 pm Institute Adjourns - Evaluations


Registration Information

Register Online | Download the registration form: Word [Doc: 51KB]

Pre-institute session  $ 99
   
Early Bird Registration (ends June 5, 2008)
Member $ 295
Non-Member $ 425
Student $ 150
*Team $  240/person
   
Regular Registration
Member $ 345
Non-Member $ 495
Student $ 150
*Team $ 295/person

* Team rate eligibility requires four or more individuals from same institution (registrations must be faxed or mail together)

Attention SCUP, NIRSA, AACC and NACA members:
To qualify for the ACPA member rate, you need to print off the registration form above and identify your organization membership on the bottom of the form and fax to 1.202-296-3286.

Resources

Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau

ACPA 2009 Metro DC Convention

Task Force on Sustainability

Questions?

Contact Dr. Jeanne Steffes at jsteffes@syr.edu.

Co-Sponsors

Bob Appetit
SCUP NIRSA NACA AACC

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