Bibliographies
Sustainable Campuses
Friday, September 14, 2007
From: Katherine Hanson <katherine.hanson@charter.net>
To: asle: interversity.org <asle@interversity.org>
Dear all,
I have agreed to be on a committee at University Center Rochester (Minnesota)that includes my institution— Rochester Technical and Community College —and a branch of Winona State University. Both schools are part of MnSCU system – Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. The President of MnSCU has issued a statement that says in part:
“We believe colleges and universities must exercise leadership in their communities and throughout society by modeling ways to minimize global warming emissions, and by providing the knowledge and educated graduates to achieve climate neutrality. Campuses that address the climate challenge by reducing global warming emissions and by integrating sustainability into their curriculum will better serve their students and meet their social mandate to help create a thriving, ethical and civil society.”
The goal of the committee at UCR, I have been told, is to “to create a plan to integrate sustainability into the fabric of the college.” I am not sure exactly what they mean by this, but I am glad that this first step has been taken. (Before this year, for example, we did not recycle paper on our campus!)
My questions are: Do any of you have any advice for me as part of this committee, for the committee, or for this endeavor? Do you know of similar efforts at other institutions? How effective have those efforts been? Do you know of any good resources for information?
Thanks for any and all advice / suggestions.
Katherine Hanson
Friday, September 14, 2007
From: jkerber@ucalgary.ca
Dear Katherine,
You may want to look at the book Planet U by Michael M'Gonigle and Justine Stark of the University of Victoria. It examines what universities in Europe and N. America have done and can do to serve as catalysts for sustainability, both on campus and in their wider communities.
Kind regards, Jenny
Jenny Kerber, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow
Dept. of English
University of Calgary
jkerber@ucalgary.ca
Friday, September 14, 2007
From: Ralph H. Lutts <rhlutts@swva.net>
There are a number of links to web sites addressing sustainability in higher education on Goddard College's environmental studies resources web site, "George." Just point your browser to http://web.goddard.edu/ESresources
Click on "Directory of Resources" and then on "Sustainability."
-- Ralph
Friday, September 14, 2007
From: Johnson, Rochelle <RJohnson@albertson.edu>
Katherine,
ASSHE is a fabulous, relatively new organization that is a great place to learn what's happening in this arena around the country. Check out their web site http://www.aashe.org/index.php, sign on to their weekly newsletter, and you'll discover lots.
Good luck! Rochelle
Friday, September 14, 2007
From: David Lee Drotar <drotar@brookviewpress.com>
The University at Albany just initiated a "Go Green" initiative. Their web site is: http://www.albany.edu/gogreen/
David
Friday, September 14, 2007
From: Hal CRIMMEL <HCRIMMEL@weber.edu>
Katherine,
I'm co-chairing our new environmental initiatives committee at Weber State and have been working a lot recently to find answers to the questions you asked. Two books I found very helpful are:
1) Sustainability on Campus: Stories and Strategies for Change, MIT Press 2004
2) Degrees That Matter: Climate Change and the University, MIT Press, 2007
Hal Crimmel, Associate Professor
English Department
1201 University Circle
Weber State University
Ogden, UT 84408
801-626-8044
hcrimmel@weber.edu
Fax: 801-626-7760
Friday, September 14, 2007
From: David R. Williams <drwillia@gmu.edu>
Check out the Sidwell Friends School in Washington DC. They have constructed a state of the art green school building right near the Capital where it is serving as a model many congressmen visit.
http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/overview.cfm?ProjectID=775
-Preacher Dave
Saturday, September 15, 2007
From: Howard, Jeff L <howardj@uta.edu>
Greetings,
A colleague here at University of Texas at Arlington, Stacy Alaimo, forwarded some of the ASLE discussion on campus sustainability. I've recently agreed to co-chair our new President's Sustainability Committee. You may be interested in the attached list of resources, which I've been compiling for the last year or so.
Jeff
Jeff Howard, Asst. Professor
School of Urban & Public Affairs
University of Texas at Arlington
Box 19588, University Hall 519
Arlington, TX 76019-0588
Phone 817-272-5119 Fax 817-272-5008
Monday, September 17, 2007 8:57 AM
From: Karen Waldron <waldron@coa.edu>
Dear Professor Hanson:
Your request for information came to me via the ASLE list-serv. Although I may not be the person most suited to answer your question -- I'm a literature professor and faculty dean -- I do know that our tiny college has made a profound commitment to sustainability since its founding 35 years ago. What kind of information does your committee need? Is this more of a research or a practical project? What's your time frame? At College of the Atlantic we recycle all paper (and use recycled goods), we've had zero-waste graduation, we're building green housing, we use only non-toxic building and cleaning materials, we have a Director of Sustainability, and there are policies in place to insure that all college activities, buildings, and operations use the best environmental practices currently available. We were the first college in the U.S. to pledge ! carbon-neutrality. Our president is deeply committed to this effort and might be a good person to contact, as might our Director of Sustainability or Director of Buildings and Grounds. It would help if I knew a little more about your needs -- we also have faculty involved in green business practices, environmental activism, and various aspects of ecological and environmental study.
Please let me know more if our experience might be of interest.
Sincerely,
Karen E. Waldron, Ph.D.
Dean of Faculty and Professor of Literature
College of the Atlantic
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
207-288-5015
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 11:32 AM
From: Thomas P Lynch <tlynch2@unlnotes.unl.edu>
I wonder if it wouldn't be useful to post all of the information about sustainable campuses on the ASLE website?
Dan, what think you? --Tom
Tom Lynch
Assistant Professor, Department of English
202 Andrews Hall, P.O. Box 880333
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0333
(402) 472-1833
http://www.tlynch2.com/
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
From: Sullivan, Heather <hsulliva@trinity.edu>
Dear All:
I would also like to request more shared information on sustainable campuses, or even an ASLE sponsored site. Trinity has just formed a Presidential Task Force on this very question and we should be meeting very soon. It would be great to have more resources from ASLE about such committees, or perhaps a place for conversations about goals, experiences, etc. I have been gathering websites, etc., and all the materials sent by this listserv as well as all the materials forwarded to those of us on the committee, but a single location with links and comments would be very helpful. It seems there is a confused wealth of information online. Guidance and suggestions from ASLE could be a productive source to bring to our first meeting. The collective wisdom from ASLE would be much appreciated here!
Best, Heather
Heather I. Sullivan
Associate Professor of German
Chair of Interdisciplinary Minor in Comparative Literature
Department of Modern Langs. and Literatures
One Trinity Place
Trinity University
San Antonio, TX 78212
(210) 999-7535
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
From: Jeanne Hamming <jhamming@centenary.edu>
Please do! This would help me in my efforts at Centenary College to get some movement on the issue. Also, you may want to look at the environmental programs at the Associated Colleges of the South website: http://www.colleges.org
Jeanne Hamming