"Teaching Resources and Campus Action for Climate Change" NJHEPS Fall Sustainability Education Workshop

Friday, November 2nd; 8:30am - 3:00pm Frist Student Center, Princeton University *Co-sponsored with the National Science Foundation & Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI).

Morning

• Registration, Continental Breakfast 8:15 - 8:45
• Introduction and Setting Agenda for the Day 8:45 - 9:00
  Purpose: to provide climate change teaching resources and information about higher education climate change initiatives, John Cusack, Executive Director, NJHEPS
• Keynote: The Social Contract: Solving the Problem of Global Warming 9:00 - 9:30
  Stephen W. Pacala, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Co-Director, Carbon Mitigation Initiative, Princeton University
• Stabilization Wedges: Concept and Game 9:30 - 10:30
  Roberta Hotinski, Princeton Environmental Institute & Stephen W. Pacala
• Break 10:30
• Campus Climate Challenge: How Our Campuses Can Lead 10:45 - 11:45
  Presidents Climate Commitment: American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) John Cusack, Executive Director, NJHEPS Webquests: Campus Global Warming Solutions and Renewable Energy Angela Cristini, Professor, Biology, Ramapo College and the Webquest Development Team
• Using National and New Jersey Initiatives to Teach Climate Change Issues 11:45 - 12:30
  The New N.J. Global Warming Response Act, N.J. Board of Public Utilities, Energy Master Plan, N.J. Sustainable State Institute, Reaching New Jerseys Goals; Step It Up (Nov.3/07) John Cusack, Executive Director, NJHEPS and Donald Wheeler, Professor, Global Studies/Sociology, Kean University

Environmental Justice and Global Warming, Patrick Hossay, Political Science, Richard Stockton State College Urban Ecology and Global Warming Daniela Shebitz, Acting Director, Urban Ecology Institute & Professor, Biology and John Dobosiewicz, Professor, Geology and Director, Epsilon Corps. Student Gathering, Carlos Rymer, Energy Action Coalition/Student, Cornell University

• Models of Campus Activity-Getting students, faculty, administrators organized 1:15 - 2:30
  Shana Weber, Sustainability Manager, Princeton University
  John Imperatore, Rowan University Energy/Emissions Initiatives
  Nick Fabbroni, UMDNJ Sustainability Committee
• Concurrent Annual NJHEPS Steering Committee Meeting; Student Gathering 2:30 - 3:30
  Attendees who are not a member of the Steering Committee are welcome to stay and hear an update on activities and observe the NJHEPS Steering Committee hold its annual meeting vote on by-law changes and elect new officers- Led by John Cusack, NJHEPS & Reggie Luke, Middlesex College/NJHEPS
  Concurrent Student Gathering: share experiences and plan a future meeting; led by Don Wheeler, Kean University, Professor, Global Studies/Sociology