Starting Date: 09-25-2009
Starting Time: 9:00am
Ramapo College Of New Jersey
505 Ramapo Valley Road
Mahwah, New Jersey 07430
United States
973-642-7848Regional Climate Change Alliance
September 25th, 2009, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
The Trustees Pavilion, Ramapo College of NJ
No fee for NJHEPS members, but participants must register. Please register and/or notify others to register at http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=185337
Has your university signed the Presidents Climate Commitment or designed their own target for Greenhouse Gas reduction? Find out how other institutions are addressing climate change in their university? Meet staff members from other universities and enjoy presentations addressing climate change through: curriculum, design, energy and farm to table.
The workshop will kick off with a Presidents Panel lead by Dr. Peter Mercer, Ramapo College of New Jersey.
Who should attend?
Sustainability Coordinators
Steering Committee Members
Faculty, Administrators, Students, Staff
Presidents Climate Commitment Signatories
9:00 am to 9:30 am ~ Registration, Networking Breakfast and Welcome from NJHEPS Climate Change Committee and Executive Director
9:30 am to 10:30 am ~ Presidents Panel, Moderated by Dr. Peter Mercer, Ramapo College of New Jersey
Dr. G. Jeremiah Ryan, Bergen Community College
Dr. Rosemary Jeffries, RSM, Georgian Court University
Dr. Susan Cole, Montclair State University (Invited)
Dr. John Larson, Ocean County College (Invited)
10:30 am to 11:00 am ~ The AASHE Stars Program, Meghan Fay, Program Manager of the AASHE Stars Program
11:00 am to 11:15 am ~ Coffee/Tea Break
11:15 am to 12:00 pm ~ GCU – meeting the challenges of the Commitment - Georgian Court University, Andrew Christ, Assistant Vice President for Operations
Why they chose to sign The Commitment, operational challenges, using students to calculate your footprint, lessons learned and how they decided to purchase offsets.
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ~ Lunch 1:00 pm to 1:45 pm ~ Round Table Thread One
* Curriculum – Dr. Tom Bryant, Newark School of Theology
* Facilities – Tracy Hall, Sullivan County Community College
“The Sullivan County Community College Approach”
* Campus Culture – Dr. Nick Smith – Sebasto, Kean University and Priscilla Hayes, Esq., Solid Waste Policy Group
“Taking the Initiative with Food, Post Farm to Table – The Composting Initiative”
1:45 pm to 2:30 pm ~ Round Table Thread Two
* Curriculum – Jamie Cloud, The Cloud Institute for Sustainability
* Facilities - Dr. Nick Smith – Sebasto, Kean University and Joe Porrovecchio, FSAME, LEED AP, CRM
“How to use the campus as an example of Sustainability to the Society”
* Campus Culture – Rachel Weiland & Nirva Singh, Bergen Community College
Paul Coraggio, Ramapo College of New Jersey
Carlos Rymer, NJ Climate March
“The Student Powershift”
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm ~ Refreshments, Open Networking and Student Organization Fair
3:30 pm to 4:00 pm ~ Closing Remarks from the NJHEPS Climate Change Management Committee and Adjournment
Register now via Acteva: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=185337
Please contact Terra Meierdierck if your student organization/group is interested in participating in the Student Organization Fair.
terra.meierdierck@gmail.com Geographical Scope: Regional Conference |
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