BSU - Greening of the Campus VI

Extending Connections Activities:

Tour of the Cardinal Greenway
The Cardinal Greenway is the longest Rails to Trails conversion in Indiana stretching 70 miles from Marion, Indiana, to Richmond. Thirty five miles are paved. The right of way was once used by the Chesapeake and Ohio (Chessie) System and Amtrak. Our afternoon tour will cover about 10 miles of the greenway from Muncie’s downtown depot trailhead to the south end of the trail. The tour is at a leisurely pace and will pass along a country park, a round barn, and land trust conservation area. There are interpretive stops along the way. A bus will pick us up at the end of the trail and bring us back to Muncie. The trip will last about 2 hours. Helmets are required for all riders. We have a limited number of helmets. You may bring your own or they can be purchased at cost from the Greenway headquarters. There is no fee for the use of the bicycles.

Tour of Paws Inc. Solar Aquatic Waste Treatment Facility
Paws, Inc. is the company of internationally recognized cartoonist Jim Davis, the creator of "Garfield". Davis has encorporated features that reflect his strong environmental ethic into his Muncie area headquarters facilities. The solar aquatic waste treatment plant is a wastewater restoration system situated in a greenhouse that duplicates the way nature would treat waste in a rock marsh or wetland. The ecologically engineered sewage treatment plant uses solar energy, plants and animals in a system designed to enhance natural responses which biochemically change or remove contaminants from sewage. These natural responses include the appetites of bacteria for human waste, the tendency of algae to thrive in sunlit water and feed on matter broken down by bacteria, and the ability of a number of incidentally beautiful plants to take up heavy metals and metabolize them.

Tree Walk/Tours of BSU Christy Woods, Orchid Greenhouse and Teaching & Research Greenhouse
As part of the tour options for the Greening of the Campus Conference, a special guided Tree Walk in the Christy Woods Outdoor Teaching Laboratory/Field Property and a tour of the Orchid Greenhouses and Teaching & Research Greenhouse has been scheduled to follow the Tree Walk.

Christy Woods is an 18 acre property located on the southwest corner of the Ball State University campus. Christy Woods is one of six properties managed by the Field Station and Environmental Education Center, (composed of Departments of Biology, Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Geology, and Landscape Architecture). Christy Woods is an outdoor teaching laboratory for Ball State Students as well as the community. Approximately two-thirds of the area is covered by mature deciduous forest, dominated by a mixture of oak, hickory, ash, walnut, hackberry, and maple. An open area located in the center of the Christy Woods property divides the forest into east and west sections. Much of the open area is filled with tall grass prairie, as once dominated much of northwest Indiana. Other plant communities represented include bog, sedge meadow/fen, and pond.

The two greenhouses include The Wheeler Orchid Collection and Species Bank (WOCSB) and the Teaching and Research Greenhouse (TRGH). For generic facility information visit: www.bsu.edu/web/fseec/environment/ .

Meeting Time: Saturday September 17 at 1:45 pm
Meeting Place: Outside the West end of Pittenger Student Center
Length of tour: 1 hour for the Tree Walk + 30 minutes in greenhouses for those interested

If you would like to particpate, please send an e-mail noting your interest to: jetaylor@bsu.edu

Greening of the Campus VII: Partnering for Sustainability: Enabling a Diverse Future September 6-8 2007
	Greening of the Campus VI: Extending Connections September 15 - 17, 2005 Ball State University Muncie, Indiana Bridging the culture and practices that support the environmental commitment of colleges and universities. About Greening of the Campus Extending Connections Overview Why Participate? Vital Link Keynote Speakers (and Presentations) Format Location More Information Conference Information/Registration Presentation Categories Conference Schedule Download Brochure/Registration Form Campus Map Need a Ride? Proceedings Ordering Information Greening Links Previous Conference Info. Greening of the Campus I Greening of the Campus II Greening of the Campus III Greening of the Campus IV Greening of the Campus V
About Greening of the Campus	Extending Connections
	Ball State University’s 2005 Greening of the Campus conference is the sixth in a series dating from 1996. The theme for this event is “Extending Connections.” Once again we seek to host paper, poster, and workshop presentations that illustrate the important role colleges and universities play in cultivating the awareness, understanding, and/or ability of students, faculty, professional staff, and their many public constituencies to enhance the health, integrity, and long-term sustainability of the places where they live and work. Colleges and universities are uniquely suited to address the complexities of sustainability as an intergenerational economic, social, and environmental equity. These institutions are transforming degree offerings, academic programs, and courses as they seek to respond to this complexity. The social, environmental, and economic factors are also played out in the many research initiatives these institutions undertake. And these schools provide leadership through the programs of outreach, community service, and public engagement that they sponsor. Colleges and universities can serve as exemplars of best practices in the management of their own use of resources and/or as influences on resource use in the communities of which they are a part. This call for papers invites abstracts describing the many dimensions of “greening” under way at your institution–how your college or university is engaging the complexities of economic, social, and environmental equity–as a community, in a community…extending connections. Top of Page
	Overview
	This interdisciplinary conference allows people representing diverse areas in university communities to share information on environmental issues. These areas range from the practical day-to-day management of the physical plant to “green” curriculum development and “green” utilization of campus resources. The areas are bound by common concerns for achieving environmental soundness through safe and sane management of resources. The campus community can become a “green” model for society as a whole by gathering and sharing this information. Top of Page
	Why Participate?
	Participation in the conference can help you and your institution, company, or organization: Understand the potential for university and college campuses to influence the environmental impact of campus resources. Begin a strategy for viewing college and university campuses in a systems context. Learn about emerging environmental curricula in a variety of disciplines. Hear the latest developments in environmentally sound physical plant management techniques. Identify ways to connect the campus to the community. “Excellent conference. I always enjoy this conference more than any others that I attend.” —2003 Participant “Certainly this was an excellent gathering of people facing very similar issues.” —2003 Participant Top of Page
	Vital Link
	Our society needs ideas and actions that enhance the environmental health and integrity of the places where we live and work. Educational institutions are complex human communities that pose unique opportunities to explore, understand, and respond to the interrelationship of environmental issues. College and university campuses can be a vital link bridging current community needs and understandings with future visions. “Greening” directly influences every aspect of human culture. It impacts economic, political, technical, philosophical, and cognitive practices in a complex interweaving of ideas and actions. Management of environmental resources on college and university campuses can have long-term effects on the institutions themselves and on society as a whole. This is a unique opportunity to share effective ideas on environmental issues. Top of Page
	Keynote Speakers
	Keynote Speakers George Basile Keynote Presentation: Adobe pdf (2.8 MB) Robert Berkebile Keynote Presentation: Adobe pdf (9.0 MB) Anthony Cortese Keynote Presentation: Adobe pdf (244 KB) Jonathan Harris Keynote Presentation: Adobe pdf (0.9 MB) Nan Jenks-Jay Keynote Presentation: Adobe pdf (2.8 MB) David Orr Keynote Presentation: Pending Past Keynoters Janine Benyus Robert Costanza Randolph Croxton John DiBiaggio Christine Ervin Pliny Fisk III Susan Flader Hilary French Hazel Henderson L. Hunter Lovins Richard Norgaard Sabine O’Hara Michael Ogden Howard Oliver David Orr George Page Sara Parkin John Perlin David Quammen John Ryan Jane Shaw Cindy Shea Sharon Stine Mathis Wackernagel Top of Page
	Format
	Paper Sessions: Papers selected from abstracts submitted as a result of this call for papers will be presented in moderated sessions. Poster Sessions: Posters selected from submitted abstracts will be presented at the conference. Plenary Sessions: Prominent professionals will be invited to speak in their area of expertise at these sessions for all conference attendees. Workshops: Selected workshops will offer more detailed treatment of specific topics than is possible in shorter sessions. Forums: Less formal panel discussions and forums will be organized in response to issues of current interest. Exhibit Hall: Information about environment-related organizations, product suppliers, school curricula, and degree programs will be available. Special Activities: Field station tours, bike trail riding, and site visits will be offered on Saturday. Top of Page
	Location
	Ball State University is located in Muncie, Indiana, 55 miles northeast of Indianapolis in the heart of the Midwest. The campus is accessible by car and from Cincinnati, Dayton, and Indianapolis airports. Click here for a Ball State University campus map. Conference events will be held in the L.A. Pittinger Student Center on campus. Click here to locate the Student Center on the BSU campus map. Top of Page
	More Information
	For more information please call, write or e-mail: Becky Amato University College NQ 323 Ball State University Muncie, IN 47306-0220 E-mail: bamato@bsu.edu Phone: (765) 285-2385 Fax: (765) 285-2384 Top of Page
Conference Information and Registration	Presentation Categories
	Papers, posters, speakers, and workshops at the conference will explore these areas: Education Cultural values and environmental ethics Curricular transformation Outreach programs Campus setting as a teaching tool Research Disciplinary and/or cross-disciplinary projects and programs Campus-based research projects and programs Connections to international, national, state, and/or local economic, social, and environmental systems Service Campus-based organizations Community-based organizations National and international organizations Operations Facilities planning Campus transportation systems Physical plant management Energy conservation strategies Campus beautification Top of Page
	Conference Schedule
	Click here to download a detailed conference schedule in .pdf format. General Schedule: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2005 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. Registration THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2005 7:30 A.M. Registration 8:00 A.M. Breakfast 8:30 A.M. Welcome/Introductions 9:00 A.M. Plenary Session: David Orr 10:00 A.M. Break 10:15 A.M. Paper Sessions Noon Lunch 1:00 P.M. Plenary Session: Jonathan Harris 2:00 P.M. Break 2:15 P.M. Paper Sessions 3:45 P.M. Interaction/Poster Sessions 5:00 P.M. Dinner on Your Own 7:00 P.M. Evening Program: George Basile FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2005 7:30 A.M. Registration 8:00 A.M. Breakfast 8:30 A.M. Plenary Session: Anthony Cortese 9:30 A.M. Discussion 10:00 A.M. Break 10:15 A.M. Paper Sessions Noon Lunch 1:00 P.M. Plenary Session: Robert Berkebile 2:00 P.M. Break 2:15 P.M. Paper Sessions 3:45 P.M. Interaction/Poster Sessions 6:00 P.M. Dinner 7:00 P.M. Plenary Session: Nan Jenks-Jay 8:00 P.M. Reception (BSU Museum of Art) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2005 7:30 A.M. Registration 8:00 A.M. Breakfast 8:30 A.M. Conference Reflection Forum and Workshop Overview 9:15 A.M. Break 9:30 A.M. Workshops 10:45 A.M. Break 11:00 A.M. Workshops 12:30 P.M. Lunch 1:30 P.M. Extending Connections Activities (see below) 4:30 P.M. Adjournment Extending Connections Activities: Tour of the Cardinal Greenway The Cardinal Greenway is the longest Rails to Trails conversion in Indiana stretching 70 miles from Marion, Indiana, to Richmond. Thirty five miles are paved. The right of way was once used by the Chesapeake and Ohio (Chessie) System and Amtrak. Our afternoon tour will cover about 10 miles of the greenway from Muncie’s downtown depot trailhead to the south end of the trail. The tour is at a leisurely pace and will pass along a country park, a round barn, and land trust conservation area. There are interpretive stops along the way. A bus will pick us up at the end of the trail and bring us back to Muncie. The trip will last about 2 hours. Helmets are required for all riders. We have a limited number of helmets. You may bring your own or they can be purchased at cost from the Greenway headquarters. There is no fee for the use of the bicycles. Tour of Paws Inc. Solar Aquatic Waste Treatment Facility Paws, Inc. is the company of internationally recognized cartoonist Jim Davis, the creator of "Garfield". Davis has encorporated features that reflect his strong environmental ethic into his Muncie area headquarters facilities. The solar aquatic waste treatment plant is a wastewater restoration system situated in a greenhouse that duplicates the way nature would treat waste in a rock marsh or wetland. The ecologically engineered sewage treatment plant uses solar energy, plants and animals in a system designed to enhance natural responses which biochemically change or remove contaminants from sewage. These natural responses include the appetites of bacteria for human waste, the tendency of algae to thrive in sunlit water and feed on matter broken down by bacteria, and the ability of a number of incidentally beautiful plants to take up heavy metals and metabolize them. Tree Walk/Tours of BSU Christy Woods, Orchid Greenhouse and Teaching & Research Greenhouse As part of the tour options for the Greening of the Campus Conference, a special guided Tree Walk in the Christy Woods Outdoor Teaching Laboratory/Field Property and a tour of the Orchid Greenhouses and Teaching & Research Greenhouse has been scheduled to follow the Tree Walk. Christy Woods is an 18 acre property located on the southwest corner of the Ball State University campus. Christy Woods is one of six properties managed by the Field Station and Environmental Education Center, (composed of Departments of Biology, Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Geology, and Landscape Architecture). Christy Woods is an outdoor teaching laboratory for Ball State Students as well as the community. Approximately two-thirds of the area is covered by mature deciduous forest, dominated by a mixture of oak, hickory, ash, walnut, hackberry, and maple. An open area located in the center of the Christy Woods property divides the forest into east and west sections. Much of the open area is filled with tall grass prairie, as once dominated much of northwest Indiana. Other plant communities represented include bog, sedge meadow/fen, and pond. The two greenhouses include The Wheeler Orchid Collection and Species Bank (WOCSB) and the Teaching and Research Greenhouse (TRGH). For generic facility information visit: www.bsu.edu/web/fseec/environment/ . Meeting Time: Saturday September 17 at 1:45 pm Meeting Place: Outside the West end of Pittenger Student Center Length of tour: 1 hour for the Tree Walk + 30 minutes in greenhouses for those interested If you would like to particpate, please send an e-mail noting your interest to: jetaylor@bsu.edu Top of Page
	Download Brochure/Registration Form
	For a printable, color "Greening of the Campus VI" brochure containing the information on this web site plus a listing of scheduled papers and the "Conference Registration Form", please download the following file. grn6reg.pdf (filesize = 588 K) The file is a portable document format (.pdf) file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print this file. To get a free copy of Acrobat Reader click here: Top of Page
	Need a Ride?
	Participants traveling to or from the conference site or airport may choose to make connections with other participants for ridesharing. Rideboard.com is one of many sites that helps travelers coordinate ridesharing. Rideboard.com is not affiliated with Ball State University. The following links are provided for convenience only and do not indicate endorsement of the linking website or services represented therein. Users are encouraged to read, understand and accept the terms of service, safety issues and FAQ listings of the Rideboard.com website before making any arrangements for ridesharing. Ball State University accepts no liability for arrangements made through ridesharing websites or systems. Rideboard.com Rideboard.com: Frequently Asked Questions Rideboard.com: Safety Tips Participants choosing to utilize the Rideboard.com service are encouraged to include the terms, "Greening of the Campus" or "GOC" in their postings and searches to facilitate making connections with other conference participants. Top of Page
Proceedings	Ordering Information
Proceedings	Conference Proceedings are available by contacting: Peggy Weis, Conference Proceedings CERES, AB 018 Ball State University 2000 University Avenue Muncie, IN 47306-0170 Phone: 765-285-1135 Fax: 765-285-5622 Email: pdweis@bsu.edu Conference Proceedings may be purchased via Visa, MasterCard, Check or Money Order. Proceedings will be shipped via USPS. Please include your full name, full return mailing address and phone number on each order along with complete credit card information. Make checks and money orders payable to "Ball State University". Be sure to indicate the number of proceedings desired from each conference and indicate CD or bound copy when a choice exists. Costs for the Proceedings (including shipping) are as follows: Greening of the Campus I Sorry Sold Out Greening of the Campus II: The Next Step ISBN# 0-9776854-1-1 $20.00 (Bound copy only) Greening of the Campus III: Theory or Reality Sorry Sold Out Greening of the Campus IV: Moving to the Mainstream ISBN# 0-9776854-3-8 $35.00 (Bound Copy only) Greening of the Campus V: Connecting to Place ISBN# 0-9776854-4-6 (Bound Version) ISBN# 0-9776854-5-4 (CD) $40.00 (CD or Bound copy) Greening of the Campus VI: Extending Connections ISBN# 0-9776854-6-2 (Bound Version) ISBN# 0-9776854-7-0 (CD) $40.00 (CD or Bound copy) Please be advised that Conference Proceedings are limited productions and may no longer be available at the time of your request. Top of Page
Greening Links	Submitted Links
Greening Links	The following links were submitted by those responding to the Call for Papers. SCUP Campus Sustainability Day III - 10/26/05 Grand Rapids Community College: Greening Team Environmental Sustainability @ Duke University University of Georgia: Office of University Architects NWF Campus Ecology Program Randolph-Macon Women's College: Environmental Studies Ithaca College: Sustainability University of Wyoming: School of Environment and Natural Resources Good Company Clean Air - Cool Planet University of British Columbia: Sustainability Office Royal Roads University University of Vermont: UVM Campus Greening Harvard Green Campus Initiative Green Map System Pacific Lutheran University: Sustainability Free The Planet! - Student Environmental Activists Strategic Energy Innovations International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education Top of Page