CSD

Sponsored by the University Sustainability Action Coalition
and the Syracuse University Office of Academic Affairs

 

10am - 4 pm EXHIBITS

Schine Atrium - Exhibits and interactive displays from USAC, Center of Excellence, Centro/Parking, Emerging Green Builders, USGBC, Greening USA, Business & Sustainability Certificate Program, Residence Life, Dining Services, OCRRA.  Saving Juice in the Cuse and Go Green Initiative 

SU Quad - Hybrid vehicles from Toyota, Honda, and Ford

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11 - 3 PROGRAM AND SPEAKERS, Schine 228
All presentations will be webcast, to keep the event's carbon footprint as small as possible

11:00 Sustainability and the Future - Dr. Tony Cortese, President of Second Nature and founder of AASHE. Local participants include Tina Julian, Purchasing, Steve Lloyd, Energy and Computing Management, and Eric Beattie, Dir of Campus Planning, Design and Construction

12:00 SCUP/AASHE Campus Sustainability Day 5 - Building A Durable Future: Community, the Campus, and Deep Economy (web cast)

Presenters:
Norm Christopher, director of sustainability, Grand Valley State University
Tom Kimmerer, executive director, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
Bill McKibben, author of Fight Global Warming NOW, The End of Nature and Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
Moderator: 
Terry Calhoun, co-founder of Campus Sustainability Day, Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)

1:30 Campus Commuter Challenge prize awards, presented by Mark Lichtenstein

2:00 - Sustainable Transportation - Susan Zielinski
Susan Zielinski is Managing Director of SMART (Sustainable Mobility and Accessibility Research and Transformation) at the University of Michigan Center for Advancing Research and Solutions for Society. Local participants include Scot Vanderpool, SU Parking Services

EVENING

Local foods featured in the SU dining halls

RELATED EVENT:
7:30 p.m. SIERRA CLUB program, University United Methodist Church, 1085 E. Genesee St.

Zero Waste (Or Pretty Darn Close) -- Chris Burger, Sierra Atlantic Solid Waste Committee Chair, tells how she and her family have been reducing waste for 36 years, and keeping it below a pound (per person per year!) for the last 15. Free and open to the public.  Information: 492-4745.