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Nov 10, 2009 Online	Local Food and Food Security Reducing the carbon impact of your dining services is more than deciding to go trayless or to buy local – how do you buy local? What do contracts with local food providers look like? And how are they integrated in your contracts with your other dining and food service providers? How are colleges and universities participating in the increasingly important conversations about food security and ensuring that local farmers have the tools and strategies they need to create a resilient local food shed? This webinar will discuss the state of local food security and purchasing, and how colleges and universities are playing an integral role in creating resilient local food communities. More information: Clean Air - Cool Planet
Nov 11, 2009 through Nov 13, 2009 Pheonix, AZ	GreenBuild Greenbuild 2009 is heading to the American Southwest, a region with unique environmental and social challenges and opportunities, and the imperative is clear: Green building can and must come home to all people, boosting the quality of life on main streets across the country and around the world. More information: GreenBuild
Nov 17, 2009 Online	Reducing the Climate Impact of Dining Service More and more colleges and universities have begun to include dining services in their climate action planning and sustainability initiatives. Food and carbon is a topic of more and more conversations on campus or off – whether in the context of purchasing local food or reducing food waste. Not only are dining halls a promising location for cost and carbon savings as part of climate action plans, they hold enormous potential for building awareness and literacy around other campus sustainability initiatives. Students visit the dining hall multiple times a day but they are also frequented by faculty and staff. This webinar will touch on the strategies leading colleges and universities have implemented to reduce the negative climate impact of their dining services, while also discussing the hither-to difficult goal of QUANTIFYING those strategies. Speakers will also discuss how low-carbon initiatives in the dining hall have been used in comprehensive campus sustainability communication plans. More information: Clean Air - Cool Planet
Nov 17, 2009 through Nov 18, 2009 Online	Techniques for Developing Green Jobs Programs Participants in the two-part webcast will learn about the techniques other schools have used to develop successful green jobs programming. The first session will focus on strategies to research local and regional industry trends, employer needs, and market conditions and size. The second session will discuss identifying and leveraging internal resources and collaborating with stakeholders across campus. More information: Academic Impressions
Nov 18, 2009 through Nov 20, 2009 Albany, NY	Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Workforce Education Conference This national conference will offer the most current information on instructional strategies, curricula development, and best practices for training in the renewable energy and energy efficiency fields. Two days of conference sessions on some of the best practices and teaching models underway across the country at community colleges, technical high schools, skill centers, the trades, industry, and other training centers and organizations. The conference will be preceded by one day of technical workshops. More information: NYSERDA
Nov 19, 2009 Online	Carbon Neutral Campus Architecture This webcast will focus on projects within learning environments (and ideally, in different stages of development: design, under construction, built, and operating) that push the limits of design to create high-performance environments that are also exemplars of pedagogical and aesthetic excellence. Because design requirements vary considerably according to the climate, examples of carbon neutral buildings from three to four different climate zones will be highlighted. Learn about the passive and active strategies of these buildings, and how they respond to their specific climatic conditions. The projects that are featured during this program will likely include a variety of learning environments, including higher education, K-12, Pre-K, library/museum/lifelong learning, and/or research facilities. More information: Society for College and University Planners
Nov 20, 2009 through Nov 22, 2009 Penang, Malaysia	International Conference on Education for Sustainable Development After five years of the UN Decade 'Education for Sustainable Development' this conference provides the opportunity to critically reflect on what has been achieved so far and which tasks and challenges remain to be addressed. The 3rd international conference - hosted by the UNESCO Chair‚ Higher Education for Sustainable Development, in cooperation with the Universiti Sains Malaysia - is asking for the specific implications for higher education, focusing on higher education practice, research and teaching/learning. Locating the regional focus of this year’s conference on the Asia-Pacific region will continue the international dimension of the conference and will highlight the intent of cross-cultural dialogue. More information: Higher Education for Sustainable Development
Jan 7, 2010 through Jan 8, 2010 Atlanta, GA	Sustainability Across the Curriculum AASHE's Sustainability Across the Curriculum Leadership workshops are 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 the 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 campus. Applications to participate are due October 30, 2009. More information: AASHE
Jan 20, 2010 through Jan 22, 2010 Washington, DC	About the New Green Economy NCSE's national conference engages leading thinkers and doers from a diversity of disciplines, sectors, and perspectives in a structured conversation about the meaning of the green economy and how investment in green education, research and jobs can help solve both the economic and environmental crises. NCSE uses a multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral approach that engages involved scientists and decisionmakers from a wide range of organizations. Our conferences are highly interactive, including renowned speakers, topical symposia to explore issues in more depth, and breakout sessions to develop (and publish) recommendations on how to advance science and connect it with policy and decision-making. This conference expects to welcome over 1,000 attendees. More information: National Council for Science and the Environment
Mar 21, 2010 through Mar 23, 2010 College Park, MD	Smart and Sustainable Campuses This comprehensive symposium features sessions and workshops on smart growth and sustainable practices that serve the economy, the community, and the environment. Topics include institutionalizing sustainability, operational solutions, smart growth and campus planning, and assessment and measurement. More information: NACUBO

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