In this issue: Table of Contents Below
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A Message From Dr. Donald Wheeler |
We invite you to join in several very important sustainability events coming soon! See details in the articles below.
Here are two important steps that add encouragement to our campus efforts to address global warming:
These encouraging developments add impetus to our campus efforts in support of the New Jersey Greenhouse Gas Action Plan. One strong supporter of these efforts is Peter Mark Jansson PP, PE from Rowan University who is featured in our "Faculty Profile." Another is Walter Kanzler, architect, who presented the green design process and Montclair State's new academic building at the Sustainable Built Environments Conference at the Liberty Science Center. They are two of many others making important contributions to sustainability in NJ higher education.
Yours for sustainability,
Donald Wheeler, Ph.D.
Executive Director, NJHEPS
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October 11 (Columbus Day) |
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NJHEPS Student PowWow (with Dr. David Orr):10:30 - 11:45 AM
NJHEPS Fall Convocation: Noon - 5 PM (FREE -- register at
acteva.com)
NJHEPS/USGBC Presentation: 5 - 8 PM ($10 for NJHEPS members; $5 for students)
-- register at acteva.com)
NJHEPS proudly welcomes David Orr, who will offer his extensive wisdom on education for sustainability at our October 11th Fall Convocation, to be held on the afternoon of Columbus Day (Monday). In addition to chairing the Environmental Studies program at Oberlin College, Dr. Orr was responsible for overseeing Oberlin's renowned and comprehensively green Adam Joseph Lewis Environmental Studies Center from charrette to completion of construction. Known for several dozen articles on biophilia, sustainability, and the environmental and educational implications of architecture as "crystallized pedagogy," David is also the author of Earth in Mind and Ecological Literacy, which have greatly shaped current-day thinking about higher education and education for sustainability.
We invite all interested students, faculty and staff to participate:
Use the links above to register for either or both events at Acteva. We hope to see you there!
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Explored, at Liberty Science Center |
On September 14, an audience of over 100 gathered to hear presentations designed to provide motivation and clear guidance on advancing sustainability, in particular through green building and energy choices. Paul Von Paumgarten gave an overview of green buildings and the US Green Building Council's initiatives and growing collection of green built-environment assessment tools. Walter Kanzler, a leading voice in the NJHEPS Green Design Team and leading author/editor of the forthcoming NJHEPS Green Design Guidelines, offered extensive tips on structuring and managing a green design project, complete with detailed data on Montclair State University's New Academic Building (under construction and aiming for LEED certification). Russell Unger spoke of exciting green construction legislation that the NYC Council was developing; and Jim Fava of Five Winds International introduced the history, utility and methodologies used in life-cycle assessment. David Gottfried, the founder of the US Green Building Council, gave a lunch talk about greening buildings and lives.
Detailed information was offered on a complementary set of green building options -- Earth-friendly options that the company members of the Alliance for Sustainable Built Environments offer. Johnson Controls, Johnson Diversey, Forbo Flooring, Milliken Carpet, Philips Lighting together presented a comprehensive set of green options that provide energy, flooring, lighting, and cleaning solutions that are cost-competitive and lead the field in "triple bottom line" performance. NJHEPS and staff from a number of NJ colleges and universities benefited from attending this well-produced event.
Seminar presentations can be viewed/downloaded from: www.sustainablebuiltenvironments.org/sem_newyork_presentations.htm.
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Faculty Profile:
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Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rowan
University
201 Mullica Hill Road, Rowan Hall Rm. 134
Glasboro NJ 08028
Tel: (856) 256-5373
jansson@rowan.edu
NJHEPS welcomes Dr. Peter Mark Jansson to its Executive Committee. Dr. Jansson, PP, PE, has over 25-years of management, teaching, research and construction experience in electric power systems. He also has provided engineering and consulting services in the United States and abroad, including Conectiv, Atlantic Energy, Atlantic Energy International, MIT, National Science Foundation, DGXII of the European Commission: 5th Framework - Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development, and the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. He obtained his first degree in engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology; his Master of Science in Engineering from Rowan University and his Ph.D. is from the University of Cambridge in England. He is presently Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rowan University and President and Principal Consultant of Integrated Systems, a technology consulting, development and engineering firm.
Dr. Jansson has served as Rowan's Faculty Liaison to NJHEPS since 2003, and has been a major contributor to the NJHEPS Energy Technical Team. His NJHEPS- related work at Rowan includes the use of a mini-grant to advance clean energy and recycling on campus; an ongoing engineering class in energy auditing has resulted from these efforts (see Dr. Jansson's presentation for further details). He also is an active participant in Rowan University's Energy Review Panel, a multi-stakeholder group that informs energy policy and decisions at the university. His current research focus includes renewable and novel energy systems for the electric power grid, innovation and invention in electricity, industrial sustainability, and business transformation.
The Climate Campaign, the Ivy League Environmental Coalition, and the Green Umbrella at Columbia University/Barnard College invite you to join us in pursuit of a cleaner, healthier, more sensible world at this years
Northeast Environmental Conference
October 15-October 17, 2004
Columbia University
Register and learn more at www.nec.coolerweb.com
Speakers include:
Download a more detailed agenda (Microsoft Word format) at www.njheps.org/CCConference-Oct%202004.doc
Please note that we do not have any funds to cover transportation, but we will be providing hosted housing (sleeping bag required), as well as most meals (although you will need to bring your own non-disposable dishware)
Email Jessica DiCamillo at jhd2001@columbia.edu with any questions.
A Climate Campaign action you can support: Sign the Declaration of Independence from Dirty Energy
This October our generation is ready to stand up and declare a clean energy future! On October 19th, two weeks before the election, the youth of the United States are challenging all candidates for elected office and leaders of our institutions to lay out their plan for a complete transition beyond dirty energy. Sign the Declaration of Independence from Dirty Energy (www.energyaction.net/declaration/declaration.php) and help us reach our goal of 30,000 youth declaring our freedom on October 19th, Energy Independence Day!
What else can you do?
For more information, contact Billy Parish, Executive Director of The Climate Campaign: www.climatecampaign.org, bparish@climatecampaign.org, (203) 772-4669 (office), (203) 887-7225 (cell); 109 Howe St., New Haven CT 06511.
Associate Director, Office of Sustainability Programs
www.sustainableunh.unh.edu
Established in 1997, the UNH Office of Sustainability Programs (OSP) is an endowed, university-wide program that links the principles of sustainability to community life. OSP initiatives integrate sustainability principles and practices into all facets of the land grant mission including teaching, research, operations, campus culture and engagement and extension. OSPs work is organized around four educational initiatives: Biodiversity, Climate, Culture and Sustainability and Food and Society. All initiatives involve collaboration with faculty, staff and students as well as local, regional and international partners. Collaboration is build upon the common goal of improving community life.
The Associate Director is responsible for the overall management of the Office including internal systems and relations as well as interaction with campus faculty, staff, administrators related to policy and implementation of OSP programs, facilities, finance and personnel. Responsibilities include operational coordination and integration of the 4 OSP initiatives and related working groups, and supervision of OSP staff of 3 FTE, 6-12 part-time undergraduate and graduate interns, and project consultants. The Associate Director is also responsible for the coordination, and implementation of a strategic communications plan including webpage, e-newsletter and press releases, formal and non-formal, campus-wide educational programming as well as frequent written and oral presentations about OSP initiatives and projects to internal and external audiences.
Minimum Qualifications: Master's degree in a sustainability related discipline and five years of related experience, or Bachelor's degree and eight years of related experience. Supervisory experience should demonstrate the ability to create a management structure that is creative, responsible, and open in establishing annual goals and supporting creativity and leadership by staff. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including grant and report writing and public speaking are required as is a strategic grasp of approaches to programmatic communication. A well-grounded understanding and deep commitment to sustainability is essential.
TO APPLY: http//www.unhjobs.com .
For further information, contact:
Dr. Tom Kelly, Ph.D.
Director UNH Office of Sustainability Programs
Nesmith Hall Durham NH 03824
Ph: 603-862-2640 Fax: 603-862-0785
In the past six years, University of Michigan (U-M) staff has completed projects in 123 major campus buildings. These include: installation of more energy-conserving lights and equipment, tune-ups of mechanical systems, and installation of higher-efficiency motors, direct-digital control points for automated systems, and variable air volume boxes, as appropriate. Engineers at U-M predict the University will save $9.7 million annually beginning in fiscal year 2005 when the ENERGY STAR program will be implemented fully in all major buildings.
Additional information about the University's energy management efforts can be found at http://www.plantops.umich.edu/utilities/energy_management.
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Columbia Earth Institute: |
Across the Hudson River lies some first-rate resources for students of sustainability and the interconnectedness of human societies and the cycles and systems of the Earth. The Earth Institute at Columbia offers a Fellows Program (www.earth.columbia.edu/postdoc/index.html) for post-doctoral fellows, who join multidisciplinary teams of outstanding, committed scientists from a diverse group of Earth Institute research units and departments across Columbia University. The Fellows Program provides innovative post-doctoral scholars with the opportunity to build a foundation in one of the core disciplines represented within the Earth Institute (i.e., any of the social sciences, earth sciences, biological sciences, engineering sciences and health sciences), while at the same time acquiring the cross-disciplinary expertise and breadth needed to address critical issues related to sustainable development and reducing environmental degradation, poverty, hunger and disease. The program offers a unique intellectual surrounding that fosters cross-disciplinary interaction, research and education. Earth Institute fellowships will ordinarily be granted for a period of 24 months.
Candidates should submit a proposal for research based in one of the core disciplines mentioned above and to be carried out at one of the Earth Institute's research units. Applications submitted by December 1 will be considered for fellowships starting in the summer or fall of the following year. Fellowship offers will be made late in January.
The Earth Institute is also offering two relatively-new degree programs: an MA in Climate and Society (www.columbia.edu/cu/climatesociety/) and a Ph.D. in Sustainable Development (www.sipa.columbia.edu/phd/). Anyone interested in formal study for the purpose of crafting sustainable solutions are urged to explore these programs!
Russel W. Myers Scholarship. Eligibility: NJ Resident, pursuing a degree in environmental field (including horticuluture or park administration); GPA 3.0 or higher, with at least 15 credits completed. Apply by April 1st -- find more details and application at www.morrislandconservancy.org/Scholarship.html.
Under the proposal announced today, the Department of Environmental Protection would revise several air pollution control rules, bringing them in line with current scientific consensus that carbon dioxide is an air contaminant. As part of the rule proposal, the DEP is publishing a formal determination that carbon dioxide emissions are responsible for significant adverse impacts on human health and the environment by contributing to global warming. The revision lays the groundwork for regional initiatives to reduce carbon dioxide -- including a soon-to-be-launched regional "cap-and-trade" program in carbon emissions for power plants, similar to the program that now exists for power-plant sulfur dioxide emissions.
New Jersey is currently part of the nine-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) that is working to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Other participating states are Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. In addition, Pennsylvania, Maryland, the District of Columbia, the Eastern Canadian provinces and New Brunswick are participating as observers in the initiative.
The Governor and Commissioner also discussed a new study completed by Rutgers University and funded by the DEP that found that for the past century, human-induced global warming accounted for almost one-half of the sea level rise in New Jersey.
Today's proposed confirmation that carbon dioxide is an air contaminant will appear in the October 18, 2004 New Jersey Register and will be subject to a 60-day public comment period.
For general inquiries about the project, please contact Naoko Kubo, Project Coordinator at the GRI Secretariat (kubo@globalreporting.org).
SCUP Sustainability Day in October -- All Month Long!
www.scup.org/profdev/csd/csd_2.html
SCUP invites you to choose an October day for your Campus Sustainability Day that coincides with any of two "no-travel" events they offer (all are at 1 Pm Eastern time):
SCUP also asks that you contact them with details about whatever Campus Sustainability Day you organize, so they can place the event on their website calendar -- and contact NJHEPS also (tmeierdierck@njheps.org; 973/642-7848)! We'd like to help campus organizers inspire each other with their ideas and plans.
You can select to license all four audiocasts, or you can license the one that works best for your campus, based on either the topical focus or the timing. Be sure to share this event with those on your campus who are teaching related classes in the fall term. Registration will open soon, but you can register your interest through contacting csd@scup.org.
Living with Nature: Healthy Eating for You and the Planet
A Celebration of Food and Biodiversity
October 12, at the American Museum of Natural History, NYC
6 PM Resource Fair, Hall of Northwest Coast Indians (77th Street Entrance; 7:30 Panel Discussion, IMAX Theater
Local farmers will be available at the resource fair; panelists to include Dan Barber (Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture), Joan Dye Gussow (author, This Organic Life), Mollie Katzen (author, Moosewood Cookbook), Tod Murphy (founder, Farmers Diner, which serves inexpensive, home-style, local and organic food).
Free, but registration is recommended: cbc.amnh.org or 212/496-3423.
2004 Empire Energy and Environmental Exposition (E4™)
October 12 & 13, 2004
"Clean and Green" -- the 4th Annual Conference
Saratoga Springs, NY
Sponsored by the Environmental Business Association of NY
$350 registration fee
Information and registration: www.eba-nys.org/Events/2004/e4/e4.htm
The E4 will feature programs and businesses engaged in green building, energy efficiency, clean energy, alternative fuels, and high performance schools. This event will leverage the business community's awareness of energy and environmental challenges to help them act in their own interests and, in so doing, improve their operating economics and New York's economic and environmental climate in the process.
AIA and PE credits available.
EPA WasteWise Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony
October 14 - 15th, 2004
Hilton Washington, Washington DC
Registration: $115 for both days; $70 for one day.
Agenda includes sessions on eCycling, design for the environment, materials use and climate footprints, greening the supply chain, and green buildings. Keynote address by Joel Makower, founder of GreenBiz.com.
More information and registration: www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/conserve/2004news/ww-mtg.pdf
To learn more about Bioneers, visit The Collective Heritage Institute and its 15th annual Bioneers conference. For more information, contact Adam Ward, conference coordinator at The Office of Sustainability Programs (603/862-8564, adam.ward@unh.edu) or download a registration form.
Sustainability and Higher Education Conference
Education for Sustainability Western Network
October 21 - 23, Portland OR
www.efswest.org/conference/program.php
Discounted Registration ends September 10!
This conference aims to advance sustainability at college campuses throughout the U.S. and Canada, and will tie into the United Nations Decade on Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014), with a special address by UNESCO program chair Chuck Hopkins and Wynn Calder, Associate Director of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (Secretariat for the Talloires Declaration). Conference organizers have chosen the theme "Defining the Vision for Higher Education" as a fitting focus for the first of what is intended to become a series of EFS conferences in the West.
Invited Speakers
Invited plenary and keynote speakers include the following
sustainability leaders:
Session Themes
For further information contact Steven Kolmes, Conference Chair, at kolmes@up.edu.
Toward a Sustainable Bronx: Energy & Environmental Technologies that Save Dollars, Create Jobs
October 22, 2004, 8:30 AM - 5 PM
Colston Hall Lower Level, Bronx Community College
University Avenue at West 181st Street Bronx, NY 10453
Further information and complete agenda: www.bcc.cuny.edu/institutionalDevelopment/cse/calendar_events.cfm?page=34.
Attendance at this seminar qualifies for 4.5 continuing education units with the AIA.
Meeting NYC's Water Needs for the Next Century
Oct 26, 2004, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
New York Academy of Sciences (New York City)
Speakers: Christopher Ward, Commissioner, New York City Department of Environmental Protection
Registration fee: $20 for non-members.
Christopher Ward, Commissioner, (NYC DEP) will discuss the NYC DEP's efforts to protect New York's drinking water watersheds and the City's role in promoting sustainability.
London Sustainability Intensive
featuring Alan Atkisson and L. Hunter Lovins
Nov. 5-6; Imperial College, London, UK (reception on the evening of Nov. 4th)
Fees: $1250 Standard Registration, $750 NGOs and Non-profits, $350. Student Meals included; accommodation is not included but is available in local hotels, some scholarships available.
Further information and a brochure: www.atkisson.com/workshop/index.html. To pre-register, please send an email with your complete contact information to: Workshop@AtKisson.com.
The AtKisson Group is partnering with Natural Capitalism Inc., The Natural Edge Project, and Imperial College London to offer a two-day Sustainability Intensive, 5-6 November 2004. The workshop will open with a reception on the evening of 4 November. Two days of intense, hands-on exposure to some of the best tools and methods available for making sustainability happen ... in corporations, in government, and in communities around the world.
The workshop will be led by Alan AtKisson, author of Believing Cassandra: An optimist looks at a pessimist's world and strategic advisor to many sustainability initiatives in Europe, Asia, Australia, and the United States. The AtKisson Group's clients include global companies, venture capital funds, new business incubators, UN training programs, international and regional development efforts, governments, major cities, and small communities. Alan is lead developer of the Accelerator, a widely-used set of sustainability tools that help change happen faster, better, and far more effectively. Co-presenting will be Hunter Lovins, co-author of Natural Capitalism, co-founder of Rocky Mountain Institute, and President of Natural Capitalism, Inc. Joining the workshop as a special guest will be Junko Edahiro, founder of Japan for Sustainability, a leading organization in Japan with over 50 major corporate sponsors.
Geothermal Training
Presented by Richard Stockton College Geothermal Project
GEOTHERMAL TECHNOLOGY II: FOR DESIGN PROFESSIONALS
November 10, 2004 Edison,
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Registration begins at 8:30 with a Continental Breakfast
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will review Geoexchange Technology giving overviews of two case studies. Life cycle cost analysis will be discussed in detail. Project design details will be taught: Heat/Gain Loss Data; Test Bore & Thermal Conductivity Test; Borehole Layout; Software Applications and Ventilation Issues. NEW Includes computer design software updates.
(Suggested Perquisite: Some knowledge of Geothermal Technology is assumed, quick overview will be given.)
INSTRUCTORS: Lynn Stiles, Ph.D. Richard Stockton College of New Jersey; Howard Alderson, PE Alderson Engineering, Inc.
Architects earn 3 AIA Learning Units
Early Registration Fee available
Special Group Discounts
Please contact Diane Hulse-Hiller to register (Diane.Hulse-Hiller@stockton.edu; 609/652-4677)
City That Drinks the Mountain Sky
Puppet Theatre presentation of Arm of the Sea Theater
Nov. 10, 10 AM and 11:45 AM (one hour in length)
Tribeca Performance Arts Center, Borough of Manhattan Community College, NYC
Tickets: $5 each (call 212/220-1459 for reservations.
Through a shimmering tapestry of poetry, puppetry and music, City that Drinks the Mountain Sky brings alive the lyrical landscape of the Catskill Mountain communities to portray the ongoing struggle to protect this flowing treasure. Suitable for students grade 2 through college.
The Restoration of Urban/Suburban Green Space
November 18, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia PA
Registration: $50 before Nov. 1st, $60 after. Call for student rates.
Specific conference goals are explore the practical methods of restoration; identify the needs of urban/suburban greenspace restoration; provide a forum to discuss the issues of restoring urban/suburban green space.
Call 215/482-7300, x. 118 with questions or to register.
Greenbuild Expo
Portland, Oregon
November 10 - 12, 2004
$450 - $750 ($99 for students)
www.greenbuildexpo.org
Join others interested in green building and design at the US Green Building Council's yearly national conference.
Upcoming AEE Telecourses
Complete Course Offerings (including sessions on Strategic Energy Planning and Performance Contracting): www.aeecenter.org/realtime/.
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NJHEPS
Dr. Donald Wheeler, Executive Director
Dr. Daniel Watts, President
Want to share progress towards sustainability on your campus? Please send news items to Terra Meierdierck (973-642-7848; tmeierdierck@njheps.org) for inclusion in our newsletter.
NJHEPS gratefully acknowledges the support of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the Educational Foundation of America, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, the AT&T Foundation, AT&T, Inc., and the NJHEPS 40 Member Institutions.
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