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The
Tennessee Pollution Prevention Roundtable Committee on Higher Education is
planning a conference to explore and advance environmental stewardship
within the state’s institutions of higher education. The Conference intends to extend the
dialogue begun at last year’s Fisk University Conference where over 120
attendees representing 23 higher education institutions in Tennessee came
together to share experiences and discuss the opportunity to build a
sustainable environmental ethic on campuses. This conference intends to build on last
year’s results.
Where and When: March 28 and 29, 2007, at Belmont University, Nashville, TN
Why:
- Higher education has an obligation to be a
good environmental steward
- Students will emulate the environmental
example being set by higher education
- An environmentally conscious campus will
attract the best and brightest students
- We have much to learn from one another
Content: As last year, the Conference will consist of
both plenary presentations with national speakers and concurrent topic
tracks with presentations by individuals from Tennessee higher education
institutions. The three tracks this
year, designed to reach all consituencies on campuses, are (1) campus
operations; (2) academic/instructional programs; and (3) energy/climate
change. Speakers will include
faculty, staff, and students. Topics
within the tracks will include materials recycling, energy conservation,
climate change initiatives, constructing “green” buildings, structuring
degree programs, and much more.
Who Should Attend: Faculty and students, campus operations staff,
facility planners, campus health and safety professionals, administrators
wanting to learn more about university-based environmental initiatives,
government leaders, and concerned citizens.
Don’t Miss: A Presidents’ Signing Ceremony, the evening of
March 28, led by Belmont President Robert Fisher where leaders of higher
education institutions in Tennessee
will sign the Talloires Declaration committing their campuses to
sustainability in the future.
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