Green Campus Summit

Hi All,

Andy Secord sent this over the other day and I thought I'd pass it along in case some of you/all of you/any of you might be interested in attending.

Acadia University will be hosting the Green Campus Summit from Sept. 21-23. Here is their website:
http://academy.atlanticwebfitters.ca

Here is the text from their invitation email:

Hello Potential Green Campus Summit 2007 Participants:

As you may remember, my name is Kathleen Ernest and I'm contacting you on behalf of the Arthur Irving Academy for the Environment at Acadia University regarding the upcoming Green Campus Summit (GCS) this September 21 - 23, 2007. As per my previous communication, the Green Campus Summit is a student-lead, student-run conference on environmental sustainability at the university/college level, looking at ways to "green" the university campus and reduce its ecological footprint. This conference will attract both student and (accompanying) faculty participants from universities and colleges across the Atlantic provinces in the northeastern US states. The overarching theme of this year's conference is "Closing the Green Gap: Moving from Concern and Knowledge to Behavior and Action".

The GCS organizing committee is officially putting out a "call for workshops" for this year's summit. As per our program available at www.acadiau.ca/academy , all workshops will take place on Saturday, September 22nd at the KC Irving Environmental Science Centre on the Acadia campus. The workshops will encompass the following themes surrounding greening university/college campuses: Leadership, Assessment Frameworks, Education, Food Action, Energy, and the Ecological Footprint. Please note the list below of the already established workshops for the summit. Anyone planning on attending the summit and wishing to put on a workshop relating to one of the aforementioned areas but on slightly different topics, please advise as soon as possible. We would love to have faculty and/or students from other univerisites participating in this aspect of the conference!

Current Green Campus Summit 2007 workshops:

The Natural Step - Frameworks for Sustainability (in the university context)

Getting Off the Grid: Exploring Alternative Energy Sources + Infrastructure Changes for Universities

Food Action and Environmental Sustainability on University Campuses

Leadership for Environmental Change in Organizations

Converting the Un-converted: Creative Ways to Educate and Engage Students and Faculty in Sustainability

Counting, Measuring, and Calculating the University's Eco-Footprint

Innovation Toward Sustainability in the Academic Curriculum

Private Sector University Partnerships to Reduce Ecological Footprints

Moving Forward: Interuniversity Cooperation in Environmental Sustainability

I won't be back until the 13th of Aug. but this could be something to talk about at the next meeting.

Wish I could be eating fresh cucumbers... :(

See you in a couple weeks

LNH