“Climate, Sustainability and Environmental Programs”

July 15-17, Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, WA

Thank you to all of the speakers, breakout leaders, and participants who made the 2008 CEDD Summer Meeting such a success! Record numbers of deans and directors attended, and benefited from a rich agenda and provacative presentations and discussions.

Agenda (in PDF format; 165k).

Breakout notes:

• Campus Sustainability, moderated by Judy Walton
• Climate Solutions Curriculum, moderated by Alan McIntosh
• Education and Action for a Sustainable Future, moderated by Debra Rowe
• Environment and Health , moderated by Dave Hassenzahl
• Environmental Curricula, moderated by Shirley Vincent and Will Focht
• Setting Up a New Environmental Program , moderated by Alan Elzerman

Briefing book (in PDF format; 1.2mb).

Evaluation form (in Word document format; 131k).

Participant list (in PDF format; 317k).

Photos taken at Skamania Lodge now available.

• Link to Bill Sullivan's albums.
• Link to David Blockstein's album.
• Link to Kyra Wiens' albums.

Powerpoint slides from plenary presentations:

• Advancing Environmental Research and Education at NSF: Responding to
  the Environmental Challenges of Today, and of the Next Decades – Susan G. Stafford, Chair, NSF Environmental Research & Education and Advisory Committee (AC ERE), University of Minnesota (in PDF format; 691k)
• Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences – Monty Hempel, University of Redlands, AESS President (in PDF format; 1.9m)
• CEDD Curriculum Committee: Environmental Programs Curriculum Study – Shirley Vincent and Will Focht, Oklahoma State University (in PDF format; 189k)
• Climate Solutions Curricula – Alan McIntosh, University of Vermont and CEDD climate curriculum working group (in PDF format; 125k)
• Columbia University’s MA Program in Climate and Society – Arezou Raeisghasem, Columbia University (in PDF format; 1.5m)
• Curriculum for the Bioregion: Making Sustainability a Norm Across the Disciplines– Jean MacGregor, The Evergreen State College (in PDF format; 659k)
• Education and Action for a Sustainable Future: National Trends and Resources – Debra Rowe, US Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development (in PDF format; 833k)
• Environmental Careers: How Well Are We Preparing Our Students? – Kavita Shukla, National Bureau of Economic Research, Harvard University (in PDF format; 435k)
• Guiding Faculty through the Interdisciplinary Tenure Process – Stephanie Pfirman, Barnard College (in PDF format; 1.1m)
• Working Lands and Ecosystems  – Dan Kugler, Deputy Administrator for Natural Resources and Environment, CSREES, USDA (in PDF format; 523k)