Presentation Abstracts and Notes

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Session I Monday, October 8 3:30-5:00 pm

Financing Sustainability "Show Me the Money". Marian Brown, Ithaca College Click here for abstract Click here for Power Point PDF

Campus Visioning and Planning Comparing Master Planning on Different Campuses. William Colehower, MIT Click here for abstract

Food Footprint Food. Education. Waste. Soup to Nuts systemic change in Dining Services at Keene State College. Mary Jensen, Keene State College, NH & Food Miles with Suzanne Morse, COA Click here for abstract

Power without Pollution Energy Management 101: A Primer for Campus Sustainability Professionals. Bill Leahy, ECSU and Rich Miller, University of Connecticut Click here for abstract

It's About People From Ideas to Implementation: Beginning Anecdotes from Bowdoin and Yale. Discussion with Keisha Payson, Bowdoin College and Julie Newman, Yale University. Click here for abstract

Making Powerful Connections Tuesday, October 9th 9:00-10:00 am

Norman Willard, US EPA “Climate Change News”: Ten minutes on regional (Regional Greenhouse Gas Inventory - RGGI, New England Governors/Eastern Canadian Premiers Climate Action Plan), state and local and national (Supreme Court, Congress, EPA) and international (International Panel on Climate Change 2007 reports- IPCC) climate change activity of interest to the college and university community. Click here for Power Point PDF

Kurt Adams was appointed to serve as Chairman of the Maine Public Utilities Commission in June of 2005. From 2003 until his appointment, Chairman Adams served as Chief Legal Counsel to Governor John E. Baldacci. He was a lawyer in the law firm of Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson from 1997 to 2003. Chairman Adams received his Juris Doctor from the University of Maine School of Law in 1997. He also received an M.A. in International Affairs from The George Washington University in 1990 and a B.A. in Government from Skidmore College in 1988. Chairman Adams' term expires in March 2011

Session II Tuesday, October 9th 10:15-11:45 am

Financing Sustainability Financing Mechanisms (ESCOs and Performance Contracts). John DiModica, Johnson Controls Click here for abstract

Campus Visioning and Planning Seeing Things as Whole: A Vision of Campus Sustainability in 2020. Tom Kelly, University of New Hampshire Click here for abstract

Food Footprint Panel of Maine Dining Service Leaders: Joe Klaus, Assistant Director of Dining Services, Colby College, Christine Schwartz, Director of Dining Services Bates College, Mary Lou Kennedy, Director of Dining and Bookstore Services, Bowdoin College

Power without Pollution Exploring Sustainable Biomass Combined Heat and Power. Chris Recchia, Executive Director Biomass Energy Center.

It's About People Mechanisms for Engaging Students in Campus Sustainability. Panel discussion with Bob Ferretti, Yale, Jack Byrne, Middlebury College and Christine Erickson, University of Vermont

Session III Tuesday, October 9th 1:15-2:15 pm

Financing Sustainability Energy Projects in Process. Presentation on the financial aspects of energy projects. Jack Byrne, Middlebury College, Andy Griffiths, College of the Atlantic Click here for abstract Click here for Power Point PDF

Campus Visioning and Planning Transportation Planning. KR (Deac) Decarreau, University of Vermont Click here for abstract Click here for Power Point PDF

Food Footprint Greening the Campus through Humane Sustainable Food Systems. Rick Clugston, University Leaders for a Sustainable Future, Tom Kelly, University of New Hampshire and Tim Galarneau, University of California at Santa Cruz Click here for abstract

Power without Pollution Pathways to Carbon Neutrality: Definitions and Challenges. Tom Kimmerer, Executive Director of AASHE.

It's About People Engaging Faculty and Greening the Curriculum. Sandy Wachholz, University of Southern Maine and Fred Loxsom, Eastern Connecticut State University