2012

NEW ENGLAND BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION

FORUM
Second Nature
Education for Sustainability

NEW ENGLAND CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY

WELCOME
September 21, 2012 Dear New England Campus Sustainability Forum Attendees, Welcome to the 2012 New England Campus Sustainability Forum! This years theme, Leveraging Collective Resources for the Future, reects the need of the higher education community, both on and o campus, to work together to achieve more as we face the challenges associated with the creation of cultures of sustainability for our schools. We hope that this conference will serve as an opportunity for sustainability innovators from across New England to share creative solutions to advance sustainability on campus. This year we have faced record breaking natural disasters including expansive wildres, crop devastation, and unusually high temperatures. These are the records that as sustainability professionals in higher education weve been working hard not to break. Its an important year for us to come together to address these issues and share resources to meet our collective challenges. In organizing the Forum, we have worked to create dynamic and interactive sessions that engage attendees in creating solutions and ideas that you may want to implement at your own institutions. Our keynote and panel speakers will explore higher educations potential to change the larger world, and will present focused, implementable ideas to accelerate sustainability on our campuses. We have also sought to provide ample opportunity for you and your colleagues to reect on the ideas to be discussed through several networking breaks. We would like to thank each of you for attending the Forum and bringing your knowledge and expertise. As sustainability leaders, we have the vision, the knowledge, the passion, and the experience to accelerate positive change on our campuses. Working together, we can achieve more, far more, than we may have thought possible. Throughout the Forum, we ask you to participate, engage, and help us to shape the future of sustainability that is increasingly important for our campuses and the world beyond. Thank you, Steering Committee New England Campus Sustainability Forum

TABLE of CONTENTS Special thanks

Welcome Letter Table of Contents Host Colleges: Colleges of the Fenway Host Organizations Conference At-A-Glance Map of Conference Spaces Session Descriptions Poster Session Event Greening Eorts Sponsors Speakers 2 3 4-5 6-7 8 9 10-11 12 13 13 14-19
Wentworth Institute of Technology Event Execution Team: Claudio Santiago Charlene Roy Victoria Cupper Tristan Cary Chris Simonton The Host Institutions: Wentworth Institute of Technology Massachusetts College of Art and Design Emmanuel College Mass Pharmacy and Health Sciences Simmons College Wheelock College Dedicated Organizing Partners: Colleges of the Fenway New England Board of Higher Education GreenerU Clean Air-Cool Planet Second Nature Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium Generous Financial Sponsors: National Grid NSTAR Chartwells GreenerU Casella Resource Solutions Oce Depot BigBelly Solar Power Options Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc

Forum Planning Committee

Jennifer Andrews, CA-CP Bonny Bentzin, GreenerU Erin Blaisdell, Colleges of the Fenway Alex Davis, GreenerU Van Du, Second Nature Daren Follweiler, NEBHE Fenna Hanes, NEBHE Chanel Leonard, GreenerU Rob Pratt, GreenerU Claire Ramsbottom, Colleges of the Fenway Nicole Schepker, NEBHE Brett Shollenberger, GreenerU Kurt Teichert, Brown University

Program Committee
Jennifer Andrews, CA-CP Bonny Bentzin, GreenerU Lana Dvorkin Camiel, Mass Pharmacy and Health Sciences Mary Jensen, Keene State College Henderson W. Pritchard, Wentworth Institute of Technology Kurt Teichert, Brown University Jamieson Wicks, Massachusetts College of Art and Design Kristen Zapata, Emannuel College

EMMANUEL COLLEGE SIMMONS COLLEGE

Founded: 1919 Population: 2,500 undergraduate and graduate students Character: A coeducational, residential Catholic liberal arts and sciences college Mission: Emmanuel educates students in a dynamic learning community rooted in the liberal arts and sciences and shaped by strong ethical values and a Catholic academic tradition. Founded: 1899 Population: Approximately 1,900 undergraduate women and 3,000 graduate men and women Character: A four-year, private, non-sectarian undergraduate womens college with a

comprehensive liberal arts and professional curriculum, and four coeducational graduate professional schools Mission: Simmons provides transformative learning that links passion with lifelong purpose.

MASSachusetts college of art & design

Founded: 1873 Population: 1,769 undergraduate students and 147 graduate students Character: A public, independent college of visual and applied art Mission: Massachusetts College of Art & Design strives to prepare students to participate in the creative economy as ne artists, designers, and art educators, and to engage in the well-being of their society. Founded: 1904 Population: 3,892 undergraduate students Character: An independent, coeducational college oering bachelors and graduate degrees in the elds of architecture, computer science, construction, design, engineering, engineering technology, environmental science, and management

WENTWORTH institute
Mission: Wentworth provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary, project-based education in engineering, technology, design, and management that integrates classroom, laboratory, studio, cooperative, and experiential learning resulting in a career-ready, skilled professional, and engaged citizen.

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Founded: 1823 Population: 3,884 at the Boston campus Character: An accredited, private institution specializing in medical careers Mission: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) prepares students for successful careers in healthcare through excellence in teaching, scholarship, research, professional service, and community engagement. Founded: 1888 Population: 871 undergraduate students and 366 graduate students Character: A four-year, private, coeducational college with comprehensive arts, sciences, and professional programs Mission: Wheelock College provides a transformational education to students passionate about making the world a better place especially for children and families.

HOST COLLEGES: colleges of the fenway

HOST COLLEGES: COLLEGeS OF THE FENWAY

CLEAN AIR-COOL PLANET NEW ENGLAND BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Clean Air-Cool Planet works to accelerate the transition to sustainable communities through climate mitigation, adaptation planning, and eective climate policies. CA-CP works collaboratively with campuses, communities, and corporations to pioneer and scale-up innovative solutions aimed at reducing carbon emissions and preparing for climate change. We also work to build support for environmentally eective and economically ecient national climate policies. NEBHE promotes greater educational opportunities and services for the residents of New England. In pursuit of this mission, we work across the six New England states to: engage and assist leaders in assessment, development, and implementation of sound education practices and policies
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of regional signicance. We promote policies, programs, and best practices to assist in implementation of important regional higher education policies and promote regional cooperation and programs that encourage the ecient use and sharing of educational resources.

COLLEGES OF THE FENWAY

Colleges of the Fenway is a collegiate consortium in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area of Boston, Massachusetts. The association promotes collaboration between local schools to enhance the variety of educational programs; to gain economic benets

NORTHEAST CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY CONSORTIUM

The Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium was established in October 2004 to advance education and action for sustainable development on university campuses in the northeast and maritime region. Organized around the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, the NECSC members have committed to an annual meeting that advances campus sustainability by providing close networking opportunities, professional development, and access to the areas vibrant and growing college and university sustainability practitioner community.

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through shared research, medical, and dining facilities; and to provide students and faculty with the opportunity to study, live, and teach in a small college environment while enjoying the resources of a major academic environment comparable to that of a large-scale university setting.

GREENERU
GreenerU believes that colleges and universities are ideally situated to become sustainability leaders while substantially reducing infrastructure and utility costs. From comprehensive energy eciency programs to student engagement and behavior change initiatives, GreenerU partners with colleges and their students to solve the campus sustainability and energy management challenges of today and tomorrow.

SECOND NATURE
Second Nature works to create a healthy, just, and sustainable society by transformSecond Nature ing higher education. Second Nature is the lead supporting organization of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, a growing network of over 675 signatory higher educaEducation for Sustainability

tion institutions in all fty states that have made a public commitment to transform the educational experience for all students so they are prepared to solve the climate crisis.

HOST organizations

HOST ORGANIZATIONS

CONFerence at-a-glance
Morning Keynote (9-10) Sustainable Financing (10:30-12:15) Lunch Keynote (12:30-1:45) Financial Approaches (2-3:45) Presidents Panel (4:15-5:15)

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BREAK & NETWORKING (3:45 - 4:15) PRESDIENTS PANEL 4:15 - 5:15 PUB NETWORkING
Moderator: David Hales, President, Second Nature College Presidents: Len Schlesinger, Babson College; Mark Huddleston, University of New Hampshire; Gloria Larson, Bentley University; Robert Pura, Greeneld Community College Squealing Pig: 134 Smith Street, Roxbury Crossing, MA Optional Event

CONFERENCE AT-A-GLANCE

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STUDENT ACTIVISM

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Leonardo Da Vinci to Higher Education... Tony Cortese, Founding President, Second Nature

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Conference Introduction: Rob Pratt, CEO, GreenerU Opening Remarks: Claire Ramsbottom, Executive Director, COF Opening Reection: Zorica Pantic, President, Wentworth

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7:30 AM TO 8:30 AM MORNING KEYNOTE 9:00 AM TO LEONARDO DA VINCI TO HIGHER EDUCATION: LEAD US ON A HEALTHY, JUST AND SUSTAINABLE PATH NOW TONY CORTESE, FOUNDING PRESIDENT, SECOND NATURE 10:00 AM 10:00 AM TO BREAK & NETWORKING 10:30 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS 10:30 AM TO 12:15 AM
Rosi Kerr, Ezra Small, & Josh Stoel Concurrent Session Track: Campus as a Living Lab Students are the lifeblood of many sustainability initiatives at colleges and universities around the country. However, the proliferation of opportunities on campus can spread students thin. Well developed sustainability engagement programs (i.e. Eco-Reps) and living-learning communities are proven mechanisms to educate students and focus their energy in productive ways. Join three campus sustainability professionals for an interactive workshop that will help you to identify the challenges you are facing in harnessing student interest and energy, and teach you to establish programs that can help you to overcome these challenges at your institution.

Olmsteds Emerald Necklace - A Guided Walking Tour of Bostons Historic Parkland Join us in the Back Bay Fens across from the historic Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum for a walking tour of one of the nations oldest urban parks. A local expert from the Emerald Necklace Conservancy will describe the history, ora, and fauna of this local treasure, located just ve minutes from the entrance to the Wentworth Institute of Technology (walking distance). The tour will begin promptly at 7:30 a.m. and meet at the registration desk.

URBAN GREENSPACE TOUR

Welcome lunch Keynote

TRANSFORMING CAMPUSES, TRANSFORMING LIVES HUNTER LOVINS, PRESIDENT, NATURAL CAPITALISM SOLUTIONS

12:30 PM TO 1:45 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS

STRATEGIC APPROACHES FOR COMPREHENSIVE RETURNS

Bill Leahy, Michele Madia, Chris Powell, & Michael Stoddard Concurrent Session Track: Financial Strategies An integrated approach to planning, funding, and implementing energy and environmental projects on campus can shift sustainability initiatives from cost centers to investment opportunities that result in signicantly higher risk-adjusted returns compared to other campus investment strategies. The use of lifecycle cost accounting, strategic project bundling, and a holistic approach to building solutions has allowed many institutions to achieve signicant eciencies and even nancial returns on investmentwhile improving campus operations and infrastructure, engaging the campus community, and enhancing learning environments. In this combination moderated panel discussion and participant discussion, learn how these strategies are working for others and consider how they can work on your own campus.

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BEHAVIOR CHANGE

EFFECTIVELY HARNESSING STUDENT INTEREST & ACTIVISM

Antje Danielson, Libby Mahay, & Dallase Scott Concurrent Session Track: Organization and Coalition Building A growing number of students, faculty, and sta are increasingly concerned about their environmental impacts. Despite good intentions, these same people, armed with the knowledge that their individual behavior can negatively impact the environment, continue to act with environmental disregard (e.g. leaving windows open during heating season, leaving lights on when leaving the room). This session will provide participants with strategies, developed from behavior theory, to shift campus constituents from saying that they want to care for the environment to actually taking pro-environmental action.

CAMPUS LIVING LABORATORY: FROM HEADACHE TO HALO

David Kopans, Mark Orlowski, & Ed Terceiro Concurrent Session Track: Financial Strategies Long-term, exible, and self-renewing resources can allow higher education sustainability professionals to move beyond triage or low-hanging fruit modelsin which projects are chosen out of urgency or easeto a holistic approach. This moderated panel discussion will explore development of sustainable sustainability funds, as well as a variety of funding and nancing strategies including power or thermal purchasing agreements; green revolving loan funds; alumni/donor investments. These nancial models can provide inexpensive capital, stretch dollars in times of limited resources, and build partnerships that strengthen the mission of the institution. Shela Fletcher Concurrent Session Track: Operational Practices Green Oce programs are great opportunities to engage with your full-time building occupants (faculty & sta) while enhancing the campus through a sustainable lens. By connecting directly with these valuable stakeholders you can engage a broad spectrum of change agents who play a vital role in the success of your organizations future. This session will provide process development programs, areas of focus, and engagement tactics.

SUSTAINABLE SUSTAINABILITY FINANCING

Jack Byrne, Mary Jensen , & Kurt Teichert Concurrent Session Track: Campus as a Living Lab Campus living laboratories are a common topic among campus sustainability programs, yet success can be challenging to achieve. This session addresses the challenges of living lab programs, the impetus for their design, and the tactics that can be applied to harness the often elusive link between student projects and campus operations. Successful programs can turn campus challenges into eective applied learning platforms for the entire community.

GREEN OFFICE

10:30 AM TO 11:15 AM

James DeLaura, Gabriella Gobiel, Fenna Hanes, & Susan Mooney Concurrent Session Track: Operational Practices The STEM PBL Project is a New England Board of Higher Education project funded by the National Science Foundation that aims to increase the number of middle school, high school, and college faculty skilled in the use of PBL in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) with a focus on sustainable technology education. Compared with lecture-based instruction, PBL has been found to improve student motivation, critical thinking, problem solving, learning retention, and ability to adapt to novel situationscritical skills for the 21st century workplace. A new PBL course for pre-service and graduate students developed at Central Connecticut State University will be described. In addition, a Stonehill College professor and student will describe how they implemented the STEM PBL instructional materials in a Environmental Science course.

PROBLEM BASED LEARNING (PBL) FOR SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY

2:00 PM TO 2:45 PM 3:00 PM TO 3:45 PM 3:45 PM TO 4:15 PM

Kate Anderson Concurrent Session Track: Operational Practices Beyond Benign is a non-prot dedicated to green chemistry education with an initiative designed specically for a chemistry departments curriculum. The Green Chemistry Commitment is a systematic approach to the demand for safer, non-toxic Melissa Goodall Concurrent Session Track: Organization and Coalition Building products and processes. The commitment shifts our educational institutions to prepare students to enter the workforce Campuses around the world are tracking sustainability metrics, but how do we communicate those measurements in a way that engages and em- armed with the skills and knowledge to create societys next generation of sustainable materials. powers students, sta, and faculty? Participants will learn to create a visibility plan for sustainability programs--including establishment of graphic identity guidelines and identication of practical and eective communications tools. Participants will learn to create a student-based visibility team to translate the universitys sustainability metrics into fact sheets, posters news items, classes, training sessions, and more.

GREEN CHEMISTRY

MEASURE, MESSAGE, MOTIVATE: BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE AND EMPOWERED CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY CULTURE

11:15 AM TO 12:15 PM

Jenn Andrews & Susan Sloan-Rossiter Concurrent Session Track: Organization and Coalition Building Given that potential strategies for cutting campus energy use and carbon emissions are myriad, how do you identify the best options and move forward on them? The quantitative answer depends upon a nancial analysis including lifecycle cost accounting and strategic project bundling to achieve a portfolio of strategies with the lowest cost per ton possible. The Campus Carbon Calculators Solutions Module allows users to easily undertake this type of analysis, and this session will demonstrate how. The session will also explore how to weigh qualitative considerations by highlighting case studies from Vanasse Hangen Brustlins work with colleges and universities on Transportation Demand Management.

SELECTING AND PRIORITIZING GHG MITIGATION STRATEGIES BREAK & NETWORKING

PRESIDENTS' PANEL
Len Schlesinger, Babson College Mark Huddleston, University of New Hampshire Gloria Larson, Bentley University Robert Pura, Greeneld Community College Moderated by: David Hales, Second Nature

Bonny Bentzin & Paul Ligon Concurrent Session Track: Operational Practices The priorities and values of the solid waste stream are shifting. It is no longer satisfactory merely to manage a single stream, a single container, and a hole in the groundthe new solid waste paradigm relies on an increasingly complex (and potentially resource-intensive) combination of aversion and diversion tactics. Mastery of the new paradigm necessitates a re-evaluation of management processes from their conceptionthe solid waste contract. The EPA has worked with stakeholders to develop best practices for management sourcing to dramatically increase waste diversion rates. Their approach is performance-based, and may be the key to management under a zero solid waste standard. This session is not a sales pitch and will present concepts and processes from this approach to seed a dialogue meant to rethink campus waste stream management beginning with the contract an approach that works with any type of campus, whether the institution manages the waste stream internally or works with an external contractor.

SOURCING TO ACHIEVE ZERO SOLID WASTE - THE CRITICAL CONNECTION

SUSTAINING SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS THROUGH TRANSITION

SQUEALING PIG

134 Smith Street, Roxbury Crossing, MA

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poster session conference greening

ROLLIN DOWN THE RIVER!
Bunky Williams, Loren Cruise, Esty Aviksis, & Flor Romero Wheelock College

HOUSEHOLD WATER USE & REUSE

Beattie et al. Simmons College

THE EFFECTS OF PRECIPITATION ON TURBIDITY LEVELS OF THE MUDDY RIVER: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY
Amanda Belair, Stephanie Di Cesare, & Kacie Devine Wheelock College

CORRELATING FLOW RATE & TURBIDITY AT TWO DIFFERENT SITES OF THE MUDDY RIVER

Waste Reduction: Food served on reusable china Single-serve packaging avoided for food and condiments Digital program available for laptops, smartphones, and tablets, and programs not printed for all Forum attendees Programs printed on 100% post-consumer waste paper Transportation: Boston public transportation information provided to all attendees Public transit users, carpoolers, bikers, and walkers rewarded with an entry into a rae to win a solar backpack

Food: Coee, tea, and sugar is fair trade and/or organic Organic dairy milk and soy milk oered All lunch options regionally sourced, with an emphasis on family farms and local businesses

Ida Bixho, Jason Lu, Kenny Janec, Yan Qi Lin, Danielle Vaughan, & Nathalie Victoria Colleges of the Fenway STEM Scholars Program

QUANTIFICATION OF METAL CONTENT IN MUDDY RIVER WATER USING EDTA TITRATION AND ATOMIC ABSORBANCE SPECTROSCOPY
Hillary Butts, Georey Conklin, Lauren Gagnon, Jason Leavitt, & Aren E. Gerdon Emmanuel College Department of Chemistry

DREDGING UP, HISTORY AND FUTURE OF THE MUDDY RIVER

Laura Carrington, Kathleen Perry, Emily Ramos, & Danielle Vekeman Wheelock College

EFFECTS OF TURBIDITY OF MUDDY RIVER WATER DILUTIONS ON DAPHNIA SURVIVAL

Stephanie Di Cesare, Ellen E. Faszewski, & Lisa Lobel Wheelock College

FORUM SPONSORS
LEAD SPONSORS

PHRAGMITES ROLE IN WETLAND HABITAT ALONG THE MUDDY RIVER OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Hilary Johansen & Sara Levin Wheelock College

INVESTIGATING PH LEVELS OF SELECT MUDDY RIVER STORM-WATER RUNOFF & DRAIN SITES BEFORE & AFTER PRECIPITATION EVENTS FIRE IN THE FENS
Molly OBrien, Talia Mango, Allie Goyette, & Melissa Anderson Wheelock College

LUNCHEON SPONSOR

BREAKFAST SPONSOR

PLEASE RECYCLE YOUR MESS

Shailyn Wilder, Shelby Souther, Rachael Zuckerman, & Jeremiah Tessier Wheelock College

ARE WE THERE YET? MANAGING TRANSPORTATION DEMAND IN THE GROUNDS PLAN ECOLOGY NURTURES/TECHNOLOGY ENABLES | CAMPUS AS A LIVING LABORATORY
Christopher Lovett Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.

FORUM SPONSORS

Christopher Conklin Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Oce of the University Architect & Parking and Transportation Department University of Virginia

GENeral SPONSORS
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
TONY CORTESE
Anthony D. Cortese, ScD is the founding president and a senior fellow of Second Nature, a nonprot organization with a mission to develop the national capacity to make sustainability the foundation of all learning and practice in higher education. He is also a co-organizer of the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment and co-founder of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. He is co-founder and co-coordinator of the Higher Education Association Sustainability Consortium and a consultant to higher education, industry and non-prot organizations on institutionalization of sustainability principles and programs. Dr. Cortese was formerly the Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. He was the rst Dean of Environmental Programs at Tufts University and founded the award-winning Tufts Environmental Literacy Institute and the internationally acclaimed Talloires Declaration of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future. Dr. Cortese has B.S. and M.S. Degrees from Tufts University in Civil and Environmental Engineering, a Doctor of Science in Environmental Health Sciences from the Harvard School of Public Health and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Allegheny College and the University of Maine Presque Isle.

GLORIA LARSON

Gloria Cordes Larson, JD, joined Bentley University as its president in July 2007 after a prestigious career as an attorney, public policy expert, and business leader. She came to Bentley from her position as Co-Chair of the Government Strategies Group at Foley Hoag LLP. Prior to her life in private law practice, Larson worked in the public sector for several decades, serving as Secretary of Economic Aairs under Massachusetts Governor William Weld, and Deputy Director of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission. She serves as a director of Unum Group, chairing Unums Regulatory Compliance Committee. Ms. Larson is also a director of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, where she is Vice Chair of the Board, and serves as President of the Massachusetts Conference for Women and the Massachusetts Womens Forum.

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HUNTER LOVINS

Hunter Lovins is President of Natural Capitalism Solutions. NCS helps companies, communities and countries implement more sustainable business practices protably. Hunter has worked in countries from Afghanistan to New Zealand, and was just asked by the King of Bhutan to be an expert at a conference at the UN on reframing the economy. Over her 30 years as a sustainability thought leader, Hunter has written hundreds of articles and 13 books. The latest, The Way Out: Kickstarting Capitalism to Save Our Economic Ass (2012), is a sequel to her international best-selling book, Natural Capitalism, now in use in hundreds of college courses. A founder of the eld of Sustainable Management, Hunter has helped create several MBA programs and currently teaches Sustainable Business at Bainbridge Graduate Institute in Washington State, the University of Denver and Bard College. Hunter has won dozens of awards, including the European Sustainability Pioneer award, the Right Livelihood Prize (the alternative Nobel) and this year the Rachel Carson Award. Time Magazine recognized her as a Millennium Hero for the Planet, and Newsweek called her the Green Business Icon. Hunter rides rodeo and is a member of the Boulder County Sheris Mounted Search and Rescue Patrol.

Dr. Zorica Pantic has been an academic entrepreneur, technology advocate, agent for change, and a champion for diversity, making a positive impact at regional, state, and national levels. As Wentworths rst female president and the rst female engineer to lead a higher education institution of technology in the United States, she was instrumental in implementing 6 new undergraduate engineering programs (biomedical, civil, computer, electrical, mechanical, and interdisciplinary engineering) as well as an applied math program. Under her leadership, Wentworth became a graduate level institution by starting its rst 3 masters level programs (architecture, construction management, and facilities management). The campus has experienced a tremendous growth and just opened a new Center for Sciences and Biomedical Engineering and the Flanagan Campus Center. Over the 7 years of Dr. Pantics tenure, the Institute has become a leader in engineering, technology, design, and management education.

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DAVID HALES
David Hales has been President and CEO of Second Nature, the Boston-based advocacy organization committed to promoting sustainability through higher education since August, 2012. Prior to assuming this post, Hales was President of College of the Atlantic. Under his leadership, College of the Atlantic received recognition for innovative academic excellence, and became the rst institution of higher education in the United States to be a NetZero emitter of greenhouse gases. President Hales has held numerous positions promoting sustainability nationally and internationally, including directing environmental policy and sustainability programs of the United States Agency for International Development throughout the Clinton administration.

Dr. Robert Pura, Ph.D., has 34 years experience as a teacher and administrator in the Massachusetts Community College System; he has spent the past twelve as President of Greeneld Community College, and is also a proud graduate of a community college. As the rst in his family to attend college and the child of an immigrant, he understands what a community college education can mean to students. Opening the doors to higher education to all who aspire to a better life for themselves and their families while at the same time maintaining high academic standards is the noblest mission in higher education.

MARK HUDDLESTON

Len Schlesinger became President of Babson College in 2008 after serving as Vice Chairman and COO of Limited Brands. He spent over 20 years teaching at Harvard Business School, where he led MBA and executive education programs and was architect and chair of Harvard Business Schools MBA Essential Skills and Foundations programs. He is author or co-author of eleven books, including Just Start: Take action, Embrace uncertainty, Create the future. At Babson, he has led a strategy to broaden methods for teaching entrepreneurship--Entrepreneurial Thought & Action-extending the context through Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, and taking Babsons pedagogy to the world. In 2011, the Historically Black Colleges and Universities named him the Most Entrepreneurial University President in the U.S.

LEN SCHLESINGER

Mark W. Huddleston of the University of New Hampshire is proud to lead eorts that build on UNHs national reputation as a sustainability leader in higher education. Since joining UNH in 2007, President Huddleston has been an outspoken advocate for incorporating sustainability into all aspects of campus life, academics, research, outreach and its public-private partnerships across New Hampshire and around the world. A comprehensive 10-year strategic plan he directed makes sustainability a core value that will guide a re-imagining of UNH. UNH is home to the oldest endowed sustainability program in U.S. higher education and supports the UNH Sustainability Institute. Today, UNH is rated among the top coolest schools in the nation. Its Durham campus generates up to 85 percent of its energy needs from landll gas. UNH also operates the rst organic dairy farm at a U.S. land-grant university, emphasizes clean alternative fuels as part of a sustainable transportation strategy, supports sustainability research across academic disciplines, and promotes locally grown foods and resource conservation. Recently, a group of business professionals were the rst to complete the new UNH Certicate in Corporate Sustainability program. President Huddleston earned his bachelors degree in political science from the State University of New York-Bualo, and both a masters degree and Ph.D. in political science from the University of WisconsinMadison.

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KATE ANDERSON
Kate Anderson earned her Masters in Education: Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Environmental Education from Florida Atlantic University in 2006 after graduating with her B.A. degree in Political Science & Environmental Studies from the University of Massachusetts Boston. She has worked as a Sustainable Project Manager in the seafood industry in Massachusetts. Kates previous experience also includes working as a program coordinator for non-prot environmental education programs where she developed curriculum, taught K-12 programs, managed service-learning projects and supported professional development workshops and trainings for teachers. She is excited to be spreading the word that green chemistry oers solutions to the environmental challenges of today and tomorrow.

MELISSA GOODALL

Melissa Goodall is the Assistant Director of the Yale Oce of Sustainability. Her specic areas of focus are connecting global policy to local action; sustainability planning; and sustainable food. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Yale Climate and Energy Institute, cochairs the Universitys Paper Reduction Committee and chairs the Sustainability Microloan Committee. She was a UNEP GEO-5 research fellow for the 2011-2012 academic year. Melissa is currently a doctoral student at Antioch University New England, where she also earned a Master of Science in Resource Management and Administration.

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JENNIFER ANDREWS

Jennifer Andrews is Director of Program Planning and Coordination at Clean Air-Cool Planet, where she helps to coordinate integration between the dierent programs and projects of CA-CP in addition to her long-standing role advising stakeholders at colleges, universities and K-12 schools across the US on how to measure and manage their greenhouse gas emissions. Jenn has been at CA-CP since early 2001; previously, she did work in public radio, and as an historic and environmental educator.

Fenna Hanes is Senior Director for Professional and Resource Development at the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE). She has been with NEBHE since 1992. Hanes is the principal investigator for the NSF/ATE-funded project STEM PBL (Problem Based Learning). This project has developed six interdisciplinary problem-based multimedia Challenges (case studies) in collaboration with industry for use in college and high school classrooms. The topics include sustainable technology areas such as wind and solar power, sustainable agriculture, storm water management, lighting and green chemistry. The project has also developed two professional development courses at Central Connecticut University, one for pre-service and one for in-service teachers. Hanes holds a BS in liberal arts/business administration from Northeastern University and a MSPA in public aairs from the University of Massachusetts in Boston.

BONNY BENTZIN

MARY JENSEN

Bonny Bentzin is the Director of Sustainability at GreenerU. She is widely recognized as a leader in higher education sustainability as a result of her many accomplishments at Arizona State University (ASU). As Director of University Sustainability Practices at ASUs Global Institute of Sustainability, she worked with President Michael Crow in helping the University chart a course to achieve carbon neutrality and integrate sustainability into all of its operations and practices. In her seven years at ASU, Bonny was a key contributor to the university-wide solar initiative and the installation of 10 megawatts of solar photovoltaics; the establishment of a $3 million Sustainability Initiatives Revolving Loan Fund; a redesigned recycling program for over 70,000 students; and the highly acclaimed Carbon Neutrality Action Plan. She has provided guidance and support to numerous colleges and has mentored many students. Bonny is active in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) and the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). Bonny is a LEED Accredited Professional and has a BA in Environmental Sciences from Mount Holyoke College.

Mary Jensen is the Campus Sustainability Ocer at Keene State College. She heads the Presidents Council for a Sustainable Future and the Eco-Reps program, and has contributed signicantly to eorts to construct sustainable buildings at Keene State. She is a founding incorporator for the Keene Community Kitchen, a former member of the Keene Cities for Climate Protection Committee, an advisor to the Campus Ecology student group, and former chair of National College and University Recycling. In 2009 she was a recipient of the Outstanding Women Awards, sponsored by the Presidents Oce and the Campus Commission on the Status of Women, for the depth and quality of her service to the campus and local community, for her service as a mentor and role model to women, and for her leadership.

ROSI KERR

JACK BYRNE

Jack Byrne is the Director of the Sustainability Integration Oce at Middlebury College. He is currently working on implementing the Colleges strategies for becoming carbon neutral by 2016. Byrne is co-founder of the non-prot Foundation for Our Future at the Center for a Sustainable Future. While there he oversaw a six-year $18 million US Department of Education project, Education for a Sustainable Future - a national and international collaboration to develop technology based, K-12 curriculum, training programs, software and on-line resources about sustainable development. Byrne holds a B.S. in Biology from the Honors College at Kent State University and a Masters degree in environmental law from the Vermont Law School.

Rosi Kerr is Dartmouth Colleges Director of Sustainability; her goal is to help transform Dartmouth into a global leader of sustainability scholarship, education and action. Before Dartmouth, Rosi was the Director of Sustainability at GreenerU where she led implementation of sustainability programs on a multiple campuses, including Babson College. Prior, Rosi was the founding Executive Director of Gray is Green, a non-prot focused on engaging people over 65 in environmental sustainability, and an Energy Advisor at Juice Energy, a renewable energy supplier in NYC where she developed energy and carbon management strategies for businesses. She serves on the Board of Vineyard Power, ClimateRide.org, the Upper Valley Rowing Foundation and on the Sustainability Advisory Board for GreenerU. Rosi earned a BA from Dartmouth and a Masters degree from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

DAVID KOPANS

ANTJE DANIELSON

Antje Danielson is the Administrative Director at TIE as well as the graduate interdisciplinary Water: Systems, Science and Society(WSSS) program. She came to Tufts from Durham University (UK), where she served as the Deputy Director for Sustainability, in May 2008. Previously, she worked with the Harvard Green Campus Initiative. A long-time resident of Cambridge, Mass, Antje also co-founded the innovative carsharing company Zipcar. She holds a Ph.D. in Geology from Free University, Berlin.

David Kopans is co-founder and Chief Financial Ocer for GreenerU. Previously, Dave was head of nance/CFO for two publicly traded companies and is a serial entrepreneur who has started, operated, and advised software, hardware, biotech, and clean-energy companies. David is on the board of directors of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA), a graduate of Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts in economics and public policy, and holds an MBA degree, with honors, in nance and accounting from New York University.

BILL LEAHY

JAMES DeLAURA

Dr. James DeLaura received his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Technology in 1967, as well as a Master of Science degree in Industrial Technology from Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) in 1970. Following graduation, Dr. DeLaura taught Industrial Arts before completing his doctorate degree at the University of Northern Colorado in 1974. Prior to joining the CCSU faculty in 1976, Dr. DeLaura was an Assistant Professor of Industrial Technology at Southeastern Louisiana University. Until 2003, he was a professor in the Department of Manufacturing and Construction Management at CCS and is currently chairperson of the Department of Technology & Engineering Education. Dr. DeLaura works closely with Connecticut industry through consulting activities with the Institute of Technology and Business Development in New Britain and is actively engaged in consulting with regional and national school districts to bring problem-based learning (PBL) to the forefront of STEM education. As a consultant on the STEM PBL project, Dr. DeLaura has developed and taught PBL pedagogy courses for both pre-service and in-service graduate students at CCSU.

William M. Leahy, CEM, CSDM, LEED AP, is the Chief Operating Ocer of the Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU). Leahy has forty years of experience in public education and/or energy management. In 2002, Leahy was appointed Director at the Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University, which received the 2004 National Energy Star Partnership Award for Community Leadership in Energy Education from the US Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency, as well as numerous recognitions from regional and state organizations. He holds a BS and MS in Industrial Education from Central Connecticut State University and an MS in Business from Rensselaer.

PAUL LIGON

SHELA FLETCHER

Shela Fletcher is Oce Depots Senior Manager, Environmental Strategy. At Oce Depot, Ms. Fletcher is responsible for reporting the Companys annual environmental performance data within their Corporate Citizenship Report; in addition to contributing toward strategy setting and integrating a wide range of environmental programs throughout the organization. She developed the companys robust Green Reporting for customers, which won her Oce Depots 2009 Innovation Award. Prior to Oce Depot, Ms. Fletcher was a long range comprehensive planner for the County of Santa Barbara, California and a Board Member for the non-prot, The Sustainability Project. Ms. Fletcher graduated with honors from Boston University with a Masters in Energy and Environmental Analysis and Bachelors in Environmental Analysis and Policy with a concentration in Economics and Policy Analysis.

Paul Ligon is the Vice President of Development for Casella Resource Solutions, a Vermont based public corporation that provides recycling, organic residual processing, energy, bio-fuels, and closed loop recovery solutions to businesses, universities, and communities in the Northeast. Prior to joining Casella, Paul was an advisor to Sustainable Venture Partners and Managing Director with Waste Managements (WM) Organic Growth Group, where his responsibilities included serving on the senior leadership teams of WMs Upstream Sustainability Services and Greenopolis Recycling Technology divisions. From 1990 to 2001, Paul was a Senior Scientist with Tellus Institute, a global environmental research and consulting NGO, where responsibilities included advising agencies and businesses on emerging best practice and policies related to product and material recovery, recycling, and reuse. Paul received a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies from the University of Vermont and a Masters of Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He also co-founded the University of Vermonts Vermont Student Environmental Program in 1988, and Tucks Business and Sustainability Initiative in 2002.

MICHELE MADIA

GABRIELLA GOBIEL

Gabriella Gobiel is an Undergraduate Student at Stonehill College studying to achieve an Environmental Studies Major and Sociology Minor. After taking a travel course with Professor Susan Mooney and participating in STEM PBL projects, her class, which contained students with majors ranging from Accounting to Education, was prepared to redesign the Everglades to create an ideal sustainable community.

Michele Madia is the Director of Sustainability Financing and Strategy at Second Nature, where she focuses on nancing sustainability initiatives in higher education by working with colleges and universities, as well as with partner organizations and other stakeholders. Prior to coming on board at Second Nature, she was Director, Environmental Leadership at the National Association of College and University Business Ocers (NACUBO), where she was responsible for the associations portfolio of sustainability programs, products, and services. Michele graduated from Miami University with a B.A. in English Literature and Art History. She studied abroad at the John E. Dolobois European Center in Luxembourg and she received her M.A., Education Policy (Education Policy, Planning, and Administration) from the University of Maryland, College Park.

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LIBBY MAHAFFY

Libby Mahay is the Communications Specialist at TIE and Tufts Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning alumna (G11). She hails from the Great Lakes State and her interests include facilitation, mediation, and intercultural communication. As the shepherd of TIEs communications strategy, she coordinates various publications and TIEs social media presence.

JOSH STOFFEL

SUSAN MOONEY

Susan Mooney, PhD, Professor of Biology & Director of Environmental Studies, has incorporated the STEM PBL cases into her teaching, as preparation for more interdisciplinary, more applied work with her students (both majors & non-majors) at Stonehill College. Through community-based learning and travel to rare & fragile places, students face capacious real-world problems - and practicing with the STEM PBL cases helps build the skills and condence needed to address these complex issues.

Josh Stoel has been involved with the advancement of sustainability in higher education for the last 5 years, rst starting his career by establishing an Eco-Rep Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as his undergraduate honors project. After graduating, Josh became UMass Amhersts rst Sustainability Coordinator and simultaneously completing a Masters degree in higher education administration, with a special focus on the advancement of sustainability in higher education. Josh left UMass Amherst after two years to join Connecticut College as their rst Manager of Sustainability. Since the beginning of his career, Josh has had a keen focus on deeply incorporating students into the advancement of sustainability on in higher education through the establishment of sustainability internship programs, student sustainability engagement programs and other programs that support institutions to holistically incorporate sustainability into their campus culture and operations.

KURT TEICHERT

MARK ORLOWSKI

Mark Orlowski is founder and executive director of the Sustainable Endowments Institute, a Cambridge-based special project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. Mark leads the Institutes research and outreach eorts on college sustainability initiatives including development of the College Sustainability Report Card and Billion Dollar Green Challenge. Mark has spoken at dozens of conferences as well as at more than 80 colleges in over 30 states. He has worked with students, faculty, administrators, and trustees at more than 100 schools. A graduate of Williams College, Mark served on the colleges Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility and chaired its Campus Environmental Advisory Committee. He also attended Berkshire Community College and earned a masters degree at Harvard University, where he studied nonprot management.

Kurt Teichert is a Lecturer in Environmental Studies and Manager of Environmental Stewardship Initiatives at Brown. He teaches courses and advises students on environmental stewardship and human interactions with the built environment, with a particular interest in adaptive reuse of buildings and enhancing urban mobility. He has been involved in research, design and construction of high performance educational facilities for over 25 years. Prior to coming to Brown, Kurt served as Research Associate and Facilities Manager at New Alchemy Institute in Falmouth, MA. He holds an M.Sc. in Resource Economics from Oregon State University and a B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College.

ED TERCIERO

CHRIS POWELL

Chris Powell is the Director of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Initiatives at Brown University where he works to increase energy efciency, make procurement plans more comprehensive and diversify the Universitys energy portfolio to incorporate both conventional and renewable energy sources. Before his arrival on campus in the summer of 2006, Powell was a vice president at CH2M Hill, an energy consulting company with gross annual revenues of $3.8 billion. Previously, he was energy manager for United Technologies Corporation, a $50 billion company. Powells energy management led to a signicant decrease in UTCs greenhouse gas emissions, winning him the Green Circle Award from the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.

Edward R. Terceiro, Jr. is the executive vice president emeritus at Mount Wachusett Community College, where he served as the colleges chief operations ocer and resident engineer. Under Terceiros leadership, the college focused its eorts on sustainability, energy conservation, renewable energy, co-generation and CO2 reduction. His work has been recognized by numerous organizations and agencies including the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, International Facilities Management Association, Worcester Business Journal, National Wildlife Federation and Clean Air-Cool Planet. Terceiro served on the American Council on Renewable Energys Higher Education Steering Committee and Biomass Coordinating Council and was a member of the Technical

DALLASE SCOTT

Dallase Scott works in her position as Sustainability Program Manager at GreenerU, to coordinate and communicate green initiatives and implement sustainability and behavior programs at college campuses as part of GreenerUs comprehensive campus solutions. She has a diverse background in psychology and urban/environmental planning. Previously, she developed and taught a Tufts University course designed to foster eective environmental activism. As a Peace Corps volunteer, she spent two years in the Caribbean teaching environmental education classes with a focus on behavioral change. Dallase has a Masters degree in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning from Tufts University and a Bachelors in Psychology from California State University, Chico.

SUSAN SLOAN-ROSSITER

Susan Sloan-Rossiter leads the VHBs Transportation Demand Management practice. A LEEDaccredited professional, she has more than 30 years of experience in the planning, permitting and technical transportation analysis of large, complex, multimodal mixeduse development projects. She has conducted transportation studies for numerous educational institutions, including the University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Georgia Institute of Technology and Case Western Reserve University. For the University of Virginia Grounds Plan, Sloan-Rossiter has been working on the development of a comprehensive Transportation Demand Management plan and strategies for program implementation. Evaluating the benet and cost of the transportation demand in relation to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions on campus has been instrumental in supporting eorts to improve the pedestrian environment, mitigate impacts to the host community and help manage the universitys carbon footprint. Sloan-Rossiter completed her undergraduate studies in sociology at the University of Michigan and holds a masters degree in city planning from the University of Pennsylvania.

EZRA SMALL

Ezra Small is the Sustainability Manager at the University of Massachusetts, where he works to foster a culture of sustainability by coordinating eorts for the UMass Campus Sustainability Initiative. He chairs the Chancellors Environmental Performance Advisory Committee (EPAC), a body of administration, faculty, sta, and students responsible for reducing carbon emissions and energy usage on campus and advancing overall sustainable eorts at the University. Prior to moving back to Massachusetts, Ezra worked with the Delaware Valley Green Building Council where he coordinated education programs for green building professionals. Prior to his work at DVGBC, Ezra as worked with the National Park Service and Forest Service, served as an AmeriCorps VISTA and the Student Conservation Association, coordinated the Berkshire Environmental Educators Network, and more recently the Climate Crisis Coalition based in western Massachusetts, where he helped build the student climate movement in colleges throughout the state, and coordinated legislative visits to the nations capitol to advocate for equitable and effective climate and energy policies. Ezra has a Master of Science in Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

MICHAEL STODDARD

Michael Stoddard is the rst Executive Director of the Eciency Maine Trust, a position he started in 2010. Eciency Maines mission is to help Maine consumers meet their energy needs at the lowest cost through the implementation of market-based energy eciency and alternative energy programs. Before coming to the Trust, Michael was Senior Counsel at ENE, a non-profit research and advocacy group specializing in energy policy. He was ENEs lead energy advocate in Maine, where he helped to negotiate the legislation for Maine to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, reform Maines building energy codes, and restructure Maines administration of energy eciency programs. Michael holds degrees from Williams College and the University of Maine School of Law.

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SOL AR COMPACTOR