News from AASHE!
1. 2014 AASHE Webinar Schedule
The 2014 AASHE Webinar schedule will provide the higher education sustainability community with tools and support in the areas of energy, social equity, purchasing, behavior change, certification and much more. New this year, AASHE webinars are free for AASHE members and $50 for non-AASHE members.
First up: register here for the AASHE webinar “Department of Energy + Campus Microgrids” on February 19. Browse the full schedule of topics here and plan ahead for your 2014 AASHE webinar experience!
2. Call for Applications: AASHE Sustainability Across the Curriculum Leadership Workshop
Led by Geoffrey Chase of San Diego State University and Peggy Barlett of Emory University, this workshop is for faculty leaders of all disciplines who wish to develop curriculum change programs around sustainability on their campuses. Through an intensive two days of presentations, exercises, discussions, reflection, and planning, participants will become familiar with the philosophy of change in higher education developed through the Ponderosa Project at Northern Arizona University and adapted at Emory in Piedmont Project.
Participants will also experience a range of workshop strategies, hear local experts, enjoy outdoor place-based activities, and dialogue with faculty from around the country as they gain help in adapting this model to their own campuses. The workshop will take place July 10-11, 2014 at San Diego State University. Find out more and apply here by March 17.
Stay tuned for the full 2014 AASHE Workshop schedule in the February Events newsletter!
3. Call for Proposals Open: AASHE 2014 Conference & Expo
AASHE 2014: Innovation for Sustainable Economies & Communities, taking place October 26-29 in Portland, Ore. will draw together a diverse group of campus representatives including faculty, sustainability officers, presidents and students. In one of the most innovative sustainable cities in North America, we will gather to examine:
• how communities and higher education institutions can come together to create vibrant local economies to help guide the sustainability transformation
• how higher education institutions are serving as a model for sustainability in the communities they are located
• campus and community partnerships that are creating innovative solutions to current environmental, social, and economic issues
Submit your innovation, activity, framework, learning outcome, or leadership initiative by February 28, 2014.
4. Call for Reviewers: AASHE 2014 Conference & Expo
Each year we rely on more than 200 volunteer reviewers to help meet the volume of the conference proposals received. If you are interested in being part of the proposal selection process for this year’s conference, please sign up here! Reviewers will be asked to review 15-25 submissions on topics in which they offer the strongest level of expertise.
Courtesy of AASHE