Call for Proposals for “Strengthening Ties for Collective Impact: Campus Sustainability in the Northeast Region”
The Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium and the New England Campus Sustainability Forum are accepting proposals for the “Strengthening Ties for Collective Impact: Campus Sustainability in the Northeast Region” conference being held at UMass Amherst on April 9-10, 2015.
Details for the conference will be posted here as they develop: www.umass.edu/sustainability/northeast
The Key Conference Objectives:
-Collectively understand and discuss the most important and urgent sustainability issues in our region
-Determine what our collective impact could be to address these issues
-Grow as sustainability professionals
Important dates (subject to change)
- December 19, 2014: call for proposals submissions open
- January 23, 2015 (5 p.m.): proposals submission deadline
- February 6, 2015: Proposal Notification
- March 20, 2015: session editing deadline (if proposal is accepted)
- April 9-10, 2015: Conference
**PLEASE NOTE: Your proposal does not need to be a refined proposal by any means. This call for proposal/ideas/input is our attempt at casting a wide net to capture as many ideas as possible and identify who is interested in exploring ideas with the planning committee, and doing the work to develop those ideas and convening colleagues to deliver them into interactive sessions.