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Two great sustainability workshops in Chicago in mid-July!

  • 1.  Two great sustainability workshops in Chicago in mid-July!

    Posted 05-23-2007 14:03
    Could you PLEASE REDISTRIBUTE THIS WIDELY, especially to sustainability
    lists and to laboratory and science learning and design lists?

    Two great sustainability workshops in Chicago in mid-July!
    (a) Creating a Sustainable Campus Through Integrated Planning
    (b) The Case for Green Chemistry: Integrating Sustainability into
    Curricula and Campus

    (a) The Case for Green Chemistry: Integrating Sustainability into
    Curricula and Campus
    http://www.scup.org/annualconf/42/workshops.html
    This workshop - Saturday, July 7, 8:30-5 - is for any campus planner,
    organizer or administrator who is in the midst of developing and
    integrating sustainability as a core value into their campus planning
    process. Workshops outcomes include:
    * An understanding of individual and campus impacts environmentally,
    socially and
    politically and how that information can aid in identifying and
    informing
    decision-making.
    * The potential resources a campus can utilize in answering identified
    needs.
    * What are the key pieces of the planning process.
    * How to bring together key individuals into the planning process.

    (b) The Case for Green Chemistry: Integrating Sustainability into
    Curricula and Campus
    http://www.scup.org/annualconf/42/workshops.html
    This workshop - Sunday, July 8, 8-12:30 - will utilize a field trip to
    Northwestern University's new undergraduate Organic Chemistry laboratory
    for learning about:
    * The basis for green chemistry, its role in sustainability, its
    pedagogical impact,
    and its integration into an undergraduate laboratory renovation
    design based on
    sustainable design principles,
    * A hands-on green chemistry practicum for educators wishing to adopt a
    greener organic
    laboratory curriculum, and
    * Adapting science curricula with strategies and tools used in
    practicing greener
    chemistry and extensively student-tested laboratory experiments.

    These are preconference workshops (workshop attendance only is
    permitted) at the 42nd annual, international conference and idea
    marketplace of the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP):
    "Shaping the Academic Landscape: Integrated Solutions."

    Note that the core conference program includes many conference sessions
    relating to sustainability and sustainable design, as well as a keynote
    from the chief sustainability officer for the City of Chicago!

    Register now: http://www.scup.org/annualconf/42/.

    --
    Terry Calhoun, MA, JD
    Director of Media Relations and Publications
    Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)
    terry.calhoun@scup.org | 734.998.7027 | www.scup.org | AIM = "splendid1"
    339 E. Liberty Street, Suite 300, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 USA