Mennonite Higher Education Sustainability Summit
SCHEDULE
Below is a tentative schedule
Thursday, August 4
3pm: Rooms open (dorms at EMU), check-in.
5:30pm: Dinner.
Friday, August 5
7:30 – 8:30am: Breakfast provided
8:30am: Welcome and Introduction
9:30 – 10:30am: Goal-setting discussion
10:30am: Break (coffee and snacks)
11am-12:30pm: Case studies in campus sustainability
We will share together a set of stories from one or two campuses about some of the complexities of sustainability change over time: how did the campus set the stage for changes? Which parts came easier, and which harder? Where has time/inattention/lack of maintenance eroded some of those gains? These profiles highlight some of the realities of this change on our campuses.
12:30-2:00pm: Lunch
2:00-3:15 pm: Workshop Session #1 (choosing from the following possible sessions)
– Institutional Support: Taking steps to incorporate sustainability commitments in our planning
– Sustainability in a financially-constrained environment
– Curricular and co-curricular models for sustainability education
– Encouraging and supporting student-led initiatives
– Carbon in the Infrastructure: examining areas other than direct energy consumption where climate can be positively affected on campus (grounds, efficiency retrofits, etc)
– Messaging sustainability to support Mennonite colleges
– Sustainability and Food (Services)
3:15-3:45pm: Break
3:45-5pm: Solar energy field trip
We will have the chance to see local solar installations, and talk with companies involved with campus-scale solar installation.
5:30pm: Dinner
6:30-7:45pm: Workshop Session #2 (choosing from the above possible sessions)
7:45pm: Summarizing the day
Saturday, August 6
8am – 4pm: Shenandoah National Park Field Trip. A Field trip to beautiful nearby Shenandoah National Park. We will have opportunity to hike, speak with park rangers, and otherwise spend a day enjoying this amazing bit of creation! This is a chance to have conversations with your colleagues, and to think about the larger context of sustainability within our society. Costs for transportation and park entry covered by CSCS.
5:30pm: Dinner
7:00pm: Keynote, public presentation and panel discussion.
Sunday, August 7
7:30-8:30am: Breakfast
8:45-10am: Processing Results of Workshop Sessions
10-10:30am: Break (coffee and snacks)
10:30am-11:30pm: Conclusions and next steps
11:30-12:00 pm: Closing worship
12-1pm: Lunch