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EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 

Conference - October 23-24, 2003  

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Education for Sustainable Development

October 23 & 24, 2003

Wannalancit Mills Conference Room

 Thursday, October 23, 2003

Welcome and Keynote Address  (Read bio for William Shutkin - keynote speaker)

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. 

Friday, October 24, 2003

Registration and Coffee

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

 

Opening Panel

9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

 

    Stephen Viederman. ‘Can the Universities Contribute to Sustainability?’ (Read Abstract) (Read Bio) (Read Paper)

 

Ken Geiser.  ‘Education for a Transition to Sustainability’ (Read Abstract) (Read Bio)

 

Eric Friedman.  ‘Leading by Example: Campuses Walking the Talk’ (Read Abstract) (Read Bio)

 

Break

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

 

Concurrent Panels

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

 

Panel Two: The University’s Ecological/Intellectual Footprint

 

John Motloch. ‘BSU Land Design Institute: Education for Sustainability’ (Read Abstract) (Read Bio)  

 

Bruce Coull.  ‘Merging Academics and Operations in a Statewide University Consortium’ 

(Read Abstract) (Read Bio)  (Read Paper)

 

Tom Kelly.  ‘Building a Sustainable Learning Community’ (Read Abstract)

 

Panel Three: Curriculum and Disciplines

                       

Robert Koester, James Eflin and John Vann.  ‘Beyond Discipline: Integrating Academia, Operations and Community for Campus-wide Sustainable Development’ (Read Abstract) (Read Bios)

 

Peter Taylor.  ‘Infusing Sustainability into the Curriculum at UMass Boston’ (Read Abstract) (Read Bio)

 

Daniel Egan. ‘Sociology and Sustainable Development: Making the Connections’ and 

Chad Montrie. ‘Educating for Sustainable Development: The Role of the Humanities and Social Sciences’ (Read Abstract) (Read Abstract) (Read Bios) (Read Paper)

 

Panel Four:  Working in the Community

 

Julian Agyeman and Veronica Eady. ‘Education for Sustainability’ (Read Abstract) (Read Bios)

 

Holyoke Planning Network. ‘Building Consistent and Reciprocal Partnerships in Holyoke’ 

(Read Abstract) (Read Bio)

 

Priscilla Geigis and Linda Silka.  ‘Community Preservation Institute’ (Read Abstract) (Read Paper)

 

Panel Five: Science and Sustainability

 

    David Kriebel, Joel Tickner and Cathy Crumbley.  ‘Appropriate Science: Evaluating

    Environmental Risks in a Sustainable World’ (Read Abstract) (Read Bio) (Read Paper)

 

Blanca Estela Lemus Ruiz.  ‘Occupational and Environmental Health of Copper Artisans in Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacan, Mexico: A Sustainable Approach’ (Read Abstract)

           

Gustavo Perez-Reyes and Mabeth Burgos-Hernandez. ‘Household Hazardous Waste Management Program for Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico’  (Read Abstract) (Read Bios) (Read Paper)

 

Lunch

12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

 

Concurrent Panels

1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

 

 Panel Six:  What’s Happening in the Classroom?

           

Bill Mass. ‘Teaching Sustainability and Professional Ethics: Production and Values in and Outside the Work Place’  (Read Abstract) (Read Bio) (Read Paper)

 

Elisabeth Hamin. 'Sustainable Learning Communities: The Case of the Incredible Shrinking Professor' (Read Abstract) (Read Bio) (Read Paper)

 

Luanne Witkowski. ‘Basic Training: Inspiring Institutional Change in Higher Education in the Fine and Professional Arts Through Wholisitic Practice and Sustainability Education’ 

(Read Abstract) (Read Bio) (Read Paper)

 

 

Panel Seven: Consortia Formation-the Art of Collaborations

 

Trish Jerman. ‘The Ups and Downs of Environmental Assessment in a University Consortium’ 

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Shyamala Raman and Claire Markham. ‘Educating for Leadership Toward a Sustainable Human Environment’  (Read Abstract) (Read Bios)

 

Gerald Lemay. ‘Solar Decathlon 2005 and Habitat for Humanity’ (Read Abstract) (Read Bio)

 

Panel Eight:  Painting Schools ‘Green’:  What is Going On?

 

Luis Eduardo Velazquez Contreras. ‘A Sustainable University: What Can Be the Matter?’  

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Linda Lowry and Judy Flohr. ‘Strategies used by the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management to Embed Concepts of Sustainable Development in the Curriculum of Both Undergraduate and Graduate Students’ (Read Abstract) (Read Bio)

 

Priscilla Geigis and Will Snyder.  ‘Fostering Young Visionaries for Community Participation’

(Read Abstract) (Read Paper)

 

Break

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

 

Plenary Session:

3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.  ~ Wrap up and closing comments.  Reception to follow.

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