Program
"How to Green Your Campus"
An EACUBO and ICCD Pre-Conference Workshop
November 4, 2007
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The Greenbrier Resort
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 8:45 Welcome and Introduction
John Dunn, Dean of Administration,
Dutchess Community College
8:45 – 9:00 Review of Agenda, Introduction
of Panel and Overview.
Panelists include:
John Cusack, Executive Director, New
Jersey Higher Education Partnership
for Sustainability
Mark Blaire, Environmental Programs
Director, Hackensack University
Medical Center
Clay Nesler, Vice President Global
Energy and Sustainability, Johnson
Controls, and
Kevin Lyons, Director, Purchasing
Department and Research Professor,
Supply Chain Environmental
Management, Rutgers University.
9:00 – 9:30 The Business Case for Sustainability
in Higher Education – John Cusack
The interaction of the environment, climate
change and energy issues is a major
financially-material issue for higher
education. Cost savings are possible from
being more efficient in resource use,
and sustainable management can lead to
risk management benefits.
9:30 – 10:30 The Triple Bottom Line of Sustainability
Clay Nesler
To succeed long term, investments need to
be made in the organization as well as in
the environment and people. Sustainability
initiatives help ensure that the resources
and people needed to grow for generations
to come are available.
10:30 – 11:30 Conversion to Green Cleaning Materials
Mark Blaire
Eliminating cleaning agents containing
hazardous ingredients and replacing them
with non-toxic products that utilize natural
ingredients preserves the environment.
Green cleaning reduces toxicity, waste,
storage space and cleaning costs.
11:30 – 12:30 Green Purchasing – Kevin Lyons.
Green purchasing includes the acquisition
of recycled content products, environment-
ally preferable products and services, bio-
based products, energy- and water-efficient
products, alternate fuel vehicles and
products using renewable energy.
12:30 – 1:30 Working lunch
1:30 – 3:30 Problem Solving Work Groups
There will be an opportunity for small
groups to meet with each of the panelists
and others in the audience in order to
elicit suggestions and action steps that will
make it possible to bring solutions back
to the campus.
Presenters' Bios
Registration:
For the Cost and to Register, please visit EACUBO's website.
It is not necessary to register for the entire EACUBO conference to attend this ICCD pre-conference workshop.
This is the fifth workshop ICCD has offered with EACUBO (see Past Programs).
For more information about this program or other ICCD programs and customized services, contact Lee Riddell, Assistant Director, at lee.riddell@cornell.edu or (607) 254-8260.
"How to Green Your Campus" is a Resource Development program, part of Gravitational Leadership.
