Come to the FIRST EVER Spring Convocation
of Students Working With Sustainability Coordinators!

If you are interested in efforts to advance sustainability on campus, participate

April 4, 2012 at Hampshire College, Amherst, Franklin Paterson Hall.

Mingle: 8-9 AM.  Presentations:  9-12.  Working sessions: 1-3:30

 

The morning will have presentations from students and others, including:

Emerson College:  Matthew Durham and Erin Moriarty, on                                                                         Transitioning from Bottled Water to Tap

Bunker Hill Community College:  Leonila Téllez-Valle, on

The Frugal Flushing Water Conservation Project

UMass Amherst:  Sarah Herbert, on

Updating the Campus Climate Action Plan

Suffolk University: Thomas Applegate, on

“Dump and Run” for Move-out Donations and Signage

Worcester State University: Jonathan McGee, on

Converting Waste Oil from Fryolators Into Useable Biodiesel

Boston University: Nairika Murphy, on

Making Sustainability Sustainable: Utilizing Existing Infrastructure & Tools

 

The afternoon will have breakout working sessions on how colleges can work together – how you can connect with students interested in sustainability from other institutions, and what message you want to send to college presidents, concerning sustainability.  Contribute constructive suggestions!  Meet students from other colleges!  The results of this event will be shared with the presidents and sustainability coordinators of Massachusetts colleges and universities.  Make your voice heard! Bring a carload of students!  Other reasons to come:

  • Hear the new president of Hampshire College, Jonathan Lash, the former director of the President’s Commission on Sustainable Development and former president of the World Resources Institute.
  • Hear about the worldwide campus sustainability movement from Sarah Brylinksi of Second Nature, the group that organizes the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment.
  • Hear Nadav Malin, president of BuildingGreen, present on BuildingGreen Suite, a web resource used by faculty, students, sustainability and facilities staff at over 100 colleges and universities.
  • Learn about internships, green chemistry, pollution prevention, and other great topics.

For further information, contact:  Rick Reibstein, 617 626 1062, rick.reibstein@state.ma.us or see Hampshire College’s website here.
This event is sponsored by the Massachusetts School Sustainability Coordinators Roundtable, Second Nature, and Hampshire College.