September 5, 2007,
10 am-8 pm (meals included)

This pre-conference workshop is for full- and part-time paid campus sustainability professionals. Cost is $75, payable by downloading and completing this SEPARATE (pdf) registration form:

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Facilitated, interactive sessions will allow all participants to contribute and learn. Lead contributors will kick off each session with 5-minute overviews and case studies (no PowerPoints). Workshop organizers are Dean Koyanagi (Cornell), Cindy Pollock Shea (UNC Chapel Hill), and AASHE (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education).

Registration deadline is Friday, August 17th 2007.
Registration is limited to the first 35 persons.

Please direct content questions to Judy Walton at AASHE: judy@aashe.org.

Schedule

10:00 – 10:30 
Introductions

10:30 – 11:30 
Adding the social to the three-legged stool

11:30 – 12:30 
Financing options for sustainability

12:30 – 1:30 
LUNCH

1:30 – 2:30 
Sustaining the sustainers

2:30 – 3:30 
Planning for achieving climate neutrality

3:30 – 4:00 
BREAK

4:00 – 5:00 
Professional development needs of practitioners

5:00 – 6:00 
Communicating sustainability to the un-engaged

6:00 – 8:00 
WALK, DINNER & SOCIAL EVENT

GOC VII Conference Program

General
Conference Schedule:

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

3:00 P.M. to
5:00 P.M. Registration

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

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: Chris O'Brien
2:00 P.M. Break
2:15 P.M. Paper Sessions
3:45 P.M. Interaction/Special Panels/Poster Sessions
5:00 P.M. Dinner on Your Own
7:00 P.M. Evening Program: Michael Shuman

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

7:30 A.M. Registration
8:00 A.M. Breakfast
8:30 A.M. Plenary Session: Debra Rowe
9:30 A.M. AASHE Awards Presentation
10:00 A.M. Break
10:15 A.M. Paper Sessions
Noon Lunch
1:00 P.M. Plenary Session: Dorceta Taylor
2:00 P.M. Break
2:15 P.M. Paper Sessions
3:45 P.M. Interaction/Special Panels/Poster Sessions
6:00 P.M. Dinner
7:00 P.M. Plenary Session: Eban Goodstein
8:00 P.M. Reception (BSU Museum of Art)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2007

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. Sustainability Tours
4:30 P.M. Adjournment

Concurrent tours of several local facilities will be available on Saturday, September 8th at approximately 1:30 pm.

See the registration brochure for cost and reservation details.

See the links below for tour details.

Paws Inc. Solar Aquatic Waste Treatment Facility

BSU Field Station and Environmental Education Center

LEED Buildings on BSU Campus

Review the following article announcing the naming and features of one of BSU's new LEED certified facilities: