10th Annual Conference Sustain What? Preparing our Students by Greening our Campuses
November 8–9, 2013 Pace University 861 Bedford Road Pleasantville, NY, 10570
Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies About the Environmental Consortium The Environmental Consortium of Colleges & Universities was established in 2004 to advance our understanding of the cultural, social, political, economic and natural factors affecting the region. By promoting collaboration among its members, the Consortium works to provide ecosystem-based curricular and co-curricular programming aimed at improving the health of the regional ecosystem. The mission of the Environmental Consortium is to harness higher education’s intellectual and physical resources to advance regional, ecosystem-based environmental research, teaching, and learning with a special emphasis on the greater Hudson-Mohawk River watershed. Spearheaded and hosted by Pace University, the Consortium’s headquarters is situated within the Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies in Pleasantville, New York. Among Pace Academy’s stated goals is to externally apply the university’s strengths to local and global environmental problems. As a testament to its commitment to interdisciplinary pedagogy, scholarship and service, the Academy provides essential administrative support that grounds the Consortium’s programs. www.environmentalconsortium.org Photos
William McGrath, Pace University's Senior Vice David Hales, President, Second Nature delivered President and Chief Administrative Officer the opening keynote and spoke about living welcomed attendees and discussed Pace's sustainably in the future climate. ambitious Master Plan.
The Friday Plenary Panel, "Preparing our Campuses for an Uncertain Future" was moderated by Andrew C. Revkin, Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding Pace University Academy for Applied Environmental Studies and Dot Earth Blogger for The New York Times. He was joined by panelists (shown above from left to right: Alexandre Remnek, Environmental Engineer Water and Climate Change Coordinator, Dredging, Sediment and Oceans Section Clean Water Regulatory Branch, Clean Water Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2; Ariella Maron, Associate Principal at Happold Consulting; Peter Ellard, Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs at Siena College; and Radley Horton, Associate Research Scientist Center for Climate Systems Research at Columbia University.
The Environmental Consortium was honored to present The Great Work Award in honor of Thomas Berry to James Gustave Speth for advancing Fr. Thomas Berry's ideal that "The human exists, survives and becomes whole only within the single great community of the planet Earth."
The award presentation was followed by Speth's keynote. Speth’s message to teachers and students was clear: “We environmentalists can legitimately claim many victories but we are losing the struggle–losing the overall effort to pass our beleaguered planet on to our children and grandchildren. … My hope is that you can help redesign the university’s approach to environmental studies, and environmental education generally, in a way that embraces the true keys to environmental success.”
Saturday morning began with a plenary, "The Of Middlebury College, shown left to right: Middlebury Campus as a Learning Laboratory via Natalie Valentin ('15); Ho Wang Adrian the Classroom and the Boardroom," moderated by (Adrian) Leong ('16); Molly Shane ('14); Jack
Jack Byrne, Director of Sustainability Integration Byrne, Director, Office of Sustainability at Middlebury College. Integration; Camille Seyler ('14); and Patrick Li ('14).
The conference included breakout sessions...... a poster session;
... and an exhibitor expo. On Friday evening, attendees were lifted by music from Andy Revkin's Breakneck Ridge Revue. Featured left to right: Joe Johnson; Dan Einbender, Jeff Main, Andy Revkin, David Bernz and Jacob Bernz.
Keynotes
How do We Define an 'Environmental Issue' Here Be Dragons: Living Sustainably in the and How Does the Answer Affect the Future Climate Curriculum?
David Hales, President, Second Nature James Gustave “Gus” Speth, Professor of Law, Vermont Law School
CONTENTS
AGENDA ...... 2 Friday, November 8, 2013 ...... 2 Saturday, November 9, 2013 ...... 4
KEYNOTE ABSTRACTS AND BIOGRAPHIES ...... 7
PLENARY PANEL BIOGRAPHIES (FRIDAY) ...... 9
ROUNDTABLE DESCRIPTION (SATURDAY) ...... 11
BREAKOUT SESSION DESCRIPTIONS ...... 12 Session 1 (Friday) ...... 12 1a. Integration of Sustainability Across the Curriculum ...... 12 1b. The Possible Effects of Global Climate Change on Hudson-Mohawk Campuses ...... 13 1c. Sustainability: What is it and is it achievable?...... 14 1d. Using Technology, Innovation and Education to Promote Sustainability in Campus Dining ...... 15 1e. Become an Agent of Change ...... 16 Session 2 (Saturday) ...... 17 2a. Discovering Urban Sustainability in NYC: Enabling Students to Connect with the Community ...... 17 2b. Developing a Campus-wide Sustainability Strategic Plan ...... 18 2c. Opportunities for Internal and External Collaboration Through Green Campus Infrastructure Projects 19 2d. How Colleges Use and Protect Their Natural Areas ...... 20 2e. The Power of Student Groups and Committee Representation ...... 21
THE GREAT WORK AWARD ...... 22
EXHIBITORS ...... 23
RAFFLE ...... 28
BREAKNECK RIDGE REVUE ...... 29
POSTERS ...... 30
ADVERTISEMENTS ...... 36
AGENDA
Friday, November 8, 2013
8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast [Kessel Student Center, Gottesman Room]
9:00 a.m. Welcome
William McGrath Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Pace University
Michelle D. Land Director Pace University Academy for Applied Environmental Studies and the Environmental Consortium of Colleges & Universities
9:30 a.m. Keynote - Here Be Dragons: Living Sustainably in the Future Climate
David Hales President Second Nature
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Plenary - Preparing our Campuses for an Uncertain Future [Gottesman Room]
Andrew C. Revkin (Moderator) Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding Pace University Academy for Applied Environmental Studies Dot Earth Blogger The New York Times
Peter Ellard Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs Siena College
Radley Horton Associate Research Scientist Center for Climate Systems Research Columbia University
Ariella Maron Associate Principal Happold Consulting
Alexandre Remnek Environmental Engineer Water and Climate Change Coordinator Dredging, Sediment and Oceans Section Clean Water Regulatory Branch, Clean Water Division U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2
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12:00 p.m. Lunch [Gottesman Room]
1:30 p.m. Concurrent Breakout Sessions
1a Academic [Choate House, Art Gallery] Integration of Sustainability Across the Curriculum
Fredrica Rudell Chair, Department of Marketing & International Business Iona College
Facilitator: Martin B. Shaffer, Dean, School of Liberal Arts, Marist College
1b Administration and Planning [Kessel Student Center, Conference Room A/B] The Possible Effects of Global Climate Change on Hudson-Mohawk Campuses
Peter Ellard Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs Siena College
Facilitator: Ariella Maron, Associate Principal, Happold Consulting
1c Sustain What? [Mortola Library, Henry Birnbaum Room] Sustainability: What is it and is it achievable?
Ghassan Karam Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies Pace University
Facilitator: Andrew C. Revkin, Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding, Pace University Academy for Applied Environmental Studies, Dot Earth Blogger, The New York Times
1d Facilities and Operations [Kessel Student Center, Conference Room C/D] Using Technology, Innovation and Education to Promote Sustainability in Campus Dining
Steve Sansola Associate Dean for Student Affairs Marist College
Justin Butwell Director of Physical Plant Marist College
Mohamad Charafeddine General Manager Marist Dining Services (Sodexo)
Facilitators: Andrew Castellon, Director of Dining Services, Pace University Pleasantville Chartwells Charles Cerulli, Sr., Director of Dining Services, Bard College, Chartwells
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1e Students [Miller Hall, Classroom 28] Become an Agent of Change
Alistair Hall Sustainability Assistant Vassar College
Facilitator: Claudia Mausner, Environmental Psychology Consultant, Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Pace University
3:00 p.m. Exhibitor Showcase [Kessel Student Center, Setter’s Cafe]
5:00 p.m. Dinner with Special Musical Guests: Andy Revkin's Breakneck Ridge Revue [Gottesman Room]
7:00 p.m. Adjourn
Saturday, November 9, 2013
8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast [Kessel Student Center, Gottesman Room] Poster Set Up [Kessel Student Center, Setter’s Cafe]
9:00 a.m. Welcome
Michelle D. Land Director Pace University Academy for Applied Environmental Studies and the Environmental Consortium of Colleges & Universities
9:15 a.m. Roundtable - The Middlebury Campus as a Learning Laboratory via the Classroom and the Boardroom
Jack Byrne (Moderator) Director, Office of Sustainability Integration Middlebury College
Ho Wang Adrian (Adrian) Leong, Class of 2016 Patrick Li, Class of 2014 Camille Seyler, Class of 2014 Molly Shane, Class of 2014 Natalie Valentin, Class of 2015 Middlebury College
10:30 a.m. Break
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10:45 a.m. Concurrent Breakout Sessions
2a Academic [Mortola Library, Henry Birnbaum Room] Discovering Urban Sustainability in NYC: Enabling Students to Connect with the Community
Kevin L. Woo Mentor in the Science, Mathematics and Technology Area of Study SUNY Empire State College
Karyn Pilgrim Mentor in the Culture Studies Area of Study SUNY Empire State College
Ruth Goldberg Mentor in the Arts Area of Study SUNY Empire State College
Facilitators: Ryan Palmer, Director, Center for the Urban River at Beczak, Sarah Lawrence College Marilyn Power, Professor of Economics, Sarah Lawrence College
2b Administration and Planning [Kessel Student Center, Butcher Suite] Developing a Campus-wide Sustainability Strategic Plan
Sister Kathleen Sullivan, O.P. Chancellor for External Affairs Dominican College
Madeline Mignone Associate Professor and Coordinator, Biology Program Dominican College
Facilitator: Thomas Porcello, Associate Dean Strategic Planning and Academic Resources, Vassar College
2c Community Partners [Choate House, Art Gallery] Opportunities for Internal and External Collaboration Through Green Campus Infrastructure Projects
KT Tobin Associate Director Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO) SUNY New Paltz
Emily Vail Watershed Outreach Specialist, Hudson River Estuary Program New York State Department of Environmental Conservation NYS Water Resources Institute at Cornell University
Facilitator: Paul Benzing, Assistant Professor of Biology, The College of Saint Rose
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2d Facilities and Operations [Kessel Student Center, Conference Room C/D] How Colleges Use and Protect Their Natural Areas
Richard Feldman Associate Professor of Environmental Science Marist College
Facilitator: George Schuler, Director of Conservation Science and Practice, The Nature Conservancy
2e Students [Kessel Student Center, Conference Room A/B] The Power of Student Groups and Committee Representation
Jessie Baker Sustainability Task Force & Engagement Office of Sustainability New York University
Facilitator: Laurie Husted, Sustainability Manager, Bard College
12:00 p.m. Lunch [Kessel Student Center, Gottesman Room]
12:30 p.m. Presentation of The Great Work Award, in honor of Thomas Berry Recipient: James Gustave Speth
1:00 p.m. Keynote - How do We Define an 'Environmental Issue' and How Does the Answer Affect the Curriculum?
James Gustave “Gus” Speth Professor of Law Vermont Law School
1:45 p.m. Campus Team Meetings: Strategies and Goals for Short-Term and Long-Term
2:30 p.m. Closing Remarks & Raffle
2:45 p.m. Reception and Poster Session [Kessel Student Center, Setter’s Cafe]
4:30 p.m. Adjourn
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KEYNOTE ABSTRACTS AND BIOGRAPHIES
David F. Hales (Nov. 8)
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 first 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.
Keynote: Here Be Dragons: Living Sustainably in the Future Climate
Abstract: Evidence of climate change mounts, and colleges and universities – and the communities in which they are located -- are not prepared.
Few institutions have assessed the impacts of climate on their missions, curriculum, infrastructure, operations, budgets, students, workforce, investments, and endowments. Even fewer have actually begun to prepare to avoid, minimize, or recover from climate impacts that are inevitable.
Institutions of higher education have a responsibility to create research-based knowledge aimed at assessing and responding to climate impacts, and to prepare themselves and help others to assess, prepare and respond.
We have a responsibility to educate students for professional careers that will emerge from addressing the impacts of climate change.
Most of all, we have a responsibility to act to protect the futures of our institutions.
Our unique challenge, role and capability mandate that we lead our societies in preparing for the challenge of living in the future climate.
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James Gustave Speth joined the faculty of the Vermont Law School as Professor of Law in 2010. He serves also as Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos and Associate Fellow at the Tellus Institute.
In 2009 he completed his decade-long tenure as Dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. From 1993 to 1999, Gus Speth was Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and chair of the UN Development Group. Prior to his service at the UN, he was founder and president of the World Resources Institute; professor of law at Georgetown University; chairman of the U.S. Council on Environmental Quality (Carter Administration); and senior attorney and cofounder, Natural Resources Defense Council. Throughout his career, Speth has provided leadership and entrepreneurial initiatives to many task forces and committees, including the President’s Task Force on Global Resources and Environment; the Western Hemisphere Dialogue on Environment and Development; and the National Commission on the Environment. Among his awards are the National Wildlife Federation’s Resources Defense Award, the Natural Resources Council of America’s Barbara Swain Award of Honor, a 1997 Special Recognition Award from the Society for International Development, Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Environmental Law Institute and the League of Conservation Voters, and the Blue Planet Prize. His latest book is America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy, published by Yale Press in September 2012.
Speth currently serves on the boards of the New Economy Coalition, Center for a New American Dream, Climate Reality Project, and the Institute for Sustainable Communities. He is an honorary director of the World Resources Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
He graduated summa cum laude from Yale University in 1964 with a BA in Political Science, and subsequently earned an M.Litt. in Economics from Oxford University in 1966 as a Rhodes Scholar and his JD from the Yale Law School in 1969. After law school, he served as law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black.
Keynote: How do We Define an 'Environmental Issue' and How Does the Answer Affect the Curriculum?
Abstract: We have a fairly settled idea of what falls within the framework of environmental studies. But, like mainstream American environmentalism generally, the commonly accepted approach is too narrow for today's needs.
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PLENARY PANEL BIOGRAPHIES (FRIDAY)
Preparing our Campuses for an Uncertain Future
Peter Ellard | Siena College Peter Ellard is the Associate Vice President for Student Retention and Success at Siena College where he also teaches courses on Religion and the Environment, Religion and Science, and Environmental Ethics. Peter wrote his Master’s thesis on Thomas Berry in dialogue with St. Bonaventure before shifting to the thought of the School of Chartres for his dissertation which was done under Ewert Cousins at Fordham University. His book, The Sacred Cosmos: Theological Philosophical and Scientific Conversations in the Twelfth Century School of Chartres, was published by Scranton University Press. Peter's recent publications have been about Thomas Berry and he is currently doing research in the Berry archives at Harvard.
Radley Horton | Columbia University Dr. Radley Horton is an Associate Research Scientist at the Center for Climate Systems Research at Columbia University. His research interests include regional climate projections, sea level rise, extreme climate events, loss of Arctic sea ice and its implications, and adaptation to climate variability and change. Radley is a Convening Lead Author for the Third National Climate Assessment, Northeast Chapter. He is also Deputy Lead for NASA’s Climate Adaptation Science Investigator Working Group, charged with linking NASA’s science to its institutional stewardship. He served as the Climate Science Lead for the New York City Panel on Climate Change, and is a Co-Lead for the NOAA-funded Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast. Radley is also the Columbia University lead for the Department of Interior-funded Northeast Climate Science Center. Radley has also been a Co-leader in the development of a global research agenda in support of the United Nations Environmental Program’s Programme on Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaptation (PROVIA) initiative. Radley is also a Co-PI on an NSF funded Climate Change Education Partnership Project. Radley also teaches in Columbia University’s Sustainable Development department.
Ariella Maron | Happold Consulting Ariella Rosenberg Maron is an Associate Principal at Happold Consulting, where she provides strategy consulting services related to urban development, energy management, climate action, and sustainability planning. She was most recently the Deputy Commissioner for Energy Management at the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services, during which time she also sat on the Board of the New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation. Prior to this role, she was the Deputy Director of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Long- Term Planning and Sustainability, the office responsible for the implementation of PlaNYC, the city’s long-term sustainability plan. She was part of the core team that developed PlaNYC, focusing on air and water quality, energy, and climate change. She has also worked as a senior project manager in the Energy Division of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, as an urban planner in the Bronx Office of the New York City Department of City Planning, and as an analyst at the energy, economic consulting firm PA Consulting Group (formerly PHB Hagler Bailly). She received her Master in City Planning from MIT where she concentrated on environmental policy and urban design and focused her thesis research on mainstreaming green building in NYC. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Alexandre Remnek | United States Environmental Protection Agency
Mr. Remnek currently is the Water and Climate Change Coordinator for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2. In this role, he works with EPA HQ and EPA Regional staff in developing climate change adaptation plans and programmatic activities. Mr. Remnek previously worked as an Environmental Engineer with the Hawaii Department of Health Environmental Planning Office on water quality and watershed studies. He has worked both as an environmental engineer on water quality with the US Environmental Protection Agency and as an environmental and transportation engineering consultant in California. His international development experience includes working on community based natural resources management with the Central African Regional Project for the Environment and as a Water Resources Engineer with the Peace Corps in Thailand. He received a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California at Davis and a M.S. in Environmental Engineering and Biogeochemistry from Cornell.
Andrew C. Revkin | The New York Times and Pace University
Andrew Revkin is Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding at the Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies. He is also the creator and writer of the Dot Earth blog for the Opinion section of The New York Times, where he covered the environment as a staff writer from 1995 through 2009. At Pace University, Revkin teaches courses on blogging, environmental- science communication and documentary video with a focus on sustainable development. As a pioneer in multimedia communication, Revkin speaks to varied audiences around the world about the power of the Web to foster progress on a finite planet. A prize-winning journalist, online communicator and author, he has spent 30 years covering subjects ranging from the assault on the Amazon to the Asian tsunami, from the troubled relationship of science and politics to climate change at the North Pole. Revkin has a biology degree from Brown and a Master's degree in journalism from Columbia. He has taught at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism and the Bard College Center for Environmental Policy.
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ROUNDTABLE DESCRIPTION (SATURDAY)
The Middlebury Campus as a Learning Laboratory via the Classroom and the Boardroom
Jack Byrne, Director, Office of Sustainability Integration (Moderator)
Ho Wang Adrian (Adrian) Leong, Class of 2016 Patrick Li, Class of 2014 Camille Seyler, Class of 2014 Molly Shane, Class of 2014 Natalie Valentin, Class of 2015
Many of the sustainability efforts and achievements at Middlebury College have arisen from action, research and engagement by students, faculty, administrators and board members - often driven by student activism. Examples include a $12 million biomass gasification system to heat and power the campus, support for the start up a new biomethane manure digester, the college Organic Farm and FoodWorks program and food waste minimization, the divestment movement, competing in the Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon international contest, and the College's in-house recycling and composting centers. This roundtable will feature Middlebury students currently engaged in various efforts to move the agenda forward and the director of the Office of Sustainability Integration. They will briefly share what they are working on and how things work (and don't work) in affecting change across the college campus.
Jack Byrne | Middlebury College
Jack Byrne is the Director of the Sustainability Integration Office at Middlebury College where he works with students, faculty and staff to advance and support leadership in creating a more sustainable future. His efforts cover a wide range of initiatives including green building design and construction, recycling, renewable energy technologies and energy conservation, local foods, greenhouse gas reduction strategies and transportation initiatives. He is currently working on implementing the College’s strategies for becoming carbon neutral by 2016 through renewable energy, conservation, efficiency, and offsets after all other measures have been taken. Byrne is also co-founder of the non-profit Foundation for Our Future at the Center for a Sustainable Future.
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Session 1 (Friday)
1a. Integration of Sustainability Across the Curriculum [Location: Choate House, Art Gallery. Campus Map Building #9]
Presenter: Fredrica Rudell Chair, Department of Marketing & International Business Iona College
Facilitator: Martin B. Shaffer, Dean, School of Liberal Arts, Marist College
Description: This session, using a Green Marketing course as a launching point, covers the implementation of sustainability in education, particularly into atypical courses and curriculum. Both methods and philosophy will be broadly discussed, highlighting topics, assignments, and teaching strategies that engage Generation Y. The goal is to share experiences, what works and what does not, while also finding ways to use such courses to addresses environmental issues right on campus.
Biography: Fredrica Rudell is Associate Professor of Marketing and serves as Chair of the Marketing and International Business Department in the Hagan School of Business at Iona College, where she has taught for over 30 years. She holds a BA from Vassar College and MBA and PhD degrees from Columbia University. In addition to teaching Marketing Principles, Consumer Behavior, and Green Marketing courses, she is heavily involved with campus sustainability activities as chair of the Environmental Concerns Committee of the Peace and Justice Education Program. She blogs about sustainable consumption at www.WeHateToWaste.com.
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1b. The Possible Effects of Global Climate Change on Hudson-Mohawk Campuses [Location: Kessel Student Center, Conference Room A/B. Campus Map Building #8]
Presenters: Peter Ellard Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs Siena College
Facilitator: Ariella Maron, Associate Principal, Happold Consulting
Description: This session found its beginning at the 2012 Environmental Consortium conference with the question of how institutions can prepare for global climate change. The question also serves as a challenge to colleges and universities and a call for commitment and change. Finally, it is a way to have the voices of those working in the field heard by the institutional policy makers. The initial research of Dr. Peter Ellard and his student Kori Swieter seeks to present a vignette of what this might look like at one college. This case study is designed to lay the groundwork from which further research can be made and which others may emulate and expand. The session emphasizes the complexity of the question and highlights how Consortium members can work to inspire each other to complete similar studies and shift planning with the future in mind.
Biography: Peter Ellard is the Associate Vice President for Student Retention and Success at Siena College where he also teaches courses on Religion and the Environment, Religion and Science, and Environmental Ethics. Peter wrote his Master’s thesis on Thomas Berry in dialogue with St. Bonaventure before shifting to the thought of the School of Chartres for his dissertation which was done under Ewert Cousins at Fordham University. His book, The Sacred Cosmos: Theological Philosophical and Scientific Conversations in the Twelfth Century School of Chartres, was published by Scranton University Press. Peter's recent publications have been about Thomas Berry and he is currently doing research in the Berry archives at Harvard.
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1c. Sustainability: What is it and is it achievable? [Location: Mortola Library, Henry Birnbaum Room. Campus Map Building #7]
Presenter: Ghassan Karam Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies Pace University
Facilitator: Andrew C. Revkin, Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding, Pace University Academy for Applied Environmental Studies, Dot Earth Blogger, The New York Times
Description: This session will scrutinize the popular definition of sustainability, going beyond the environment and applying it to social and political realms. The discussion will introduce a variety of yardsticks to measure sustainability and provide evidence that it has become an existential issue in the Anthropocene era. The presentation will attempt to show that it is not sufficient to define our goal but that what is in dire need is a strategy that will enable us to get there from here. Participants will discuss and suggest the major ideas that need to guide our effort during this most important of transformations.
Biography: Prior to permanently moving to the United States in 1969, Ghassan lived and studied in Lebanon. He completed his BA in Economics at the American University of Beirut and continued to focus on economics throughout his graduate work, ABD, at the New School for Social Research in NYC. Ghassan is an active contributor to Middle East media on issues related to environmentalism and the political economy. He has been a professor at Pace for 30 years, teaching courses such as Ecological, Ethical, and Political Perspectives and Green Economics.
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1d. Using Technology, Innovation and Education to Promote Sustainability in Campus Dining [Location: Kessel Student Center, Conference Room C/D. Campus Map Building #8]
Presenters: Steve Sansola Associate Dean for Student Affairs Marist College
Justin Butwell Director of Physical Plant Marist College
Mohamad Charafeddine General Manager Marist Dining Services (Sodexo)
Facilitators: Andrew Castellon, Director of Dining Services, Pace University Pleasantville, Chartwells Charles Cerulli, Sr., Director of Dining Services, Bard College, Chartwells
Description: This facilities and operations-focused session examines dining services from several perspectives. With the example of Marist College, the session approaches the idea of “making sustainability real” through local food purchasing, creative menu planning, installation of energy efficient equipment, and food waste recovery. It covers the connection between sustainable dining services and an institution’s strategic plan, methods for sourcing local foods, and designing kitchens and facilities with sustainability in mind.
Biography: Steve Sansola is Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Marist College (1985 - present). He is responsible for managing the offices of Housing and Residential Life, Campus Dining Services, Upward Bound and Liberty Partnership Program. He also serves as Co-chair of the Campus Sustainability Advisory Committee.
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1e. Become an Agent of Change [Location: Miller Hall, Classroom 28. Campus Map Building #5]
Presenter: Alistair Hall Sustainability Assistant Vassar College
Facilitator: Claudia Mausner, Environmental Psychology Consultant, Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Pace University
Description: The need for change is not something unique to any generation. However, discovering the appropriate strategies is a challenge that constantly renews itself. Students offer much more than power in numbers. Their power lies in their energy and enthusiasm, talent for relating and communicating ideas, and their fresh perspectives. In this session, students learn tips and tools on becoming an agent of change at their institution and catalysts for a better future.
Biography: Alistair Hall is a 2011 graduate of Vassar College, majoring in Urban Studies, and a 2012 graduate of Green Corps, the Field School for Environmental Organizing. As a community organizer, he worked with the Sierra Club in Cleveland, Ohio to promote clean energy, with Food & Water Watch in Battle Creek, MI to reform the federal Farm Bill, and in Doylestown, Pennsylvania to successfully protect funding for state parks in the Pennsylvania budget. Now back at Vassar as the Sustainability Assistant, he works with students, faculty and staff to improve college operations and educate the community.
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Session 2 (Saturday)
2a. Discovering Urban Sustainability in NYC: Enabling Students to Connect with the Community [Location: Mortola Library, Henry Birnbaum Room. Campus Map Building #7]
Presenters: Kevin L. Woo Mentor in the Science, Math and Technology Area of Study, SUNY Empire State College
Karyn Pilgrim Mentor in the Culture Studies Area of Study, SUNY Empire State College
Ruth Goldberg Mentor in the Arts Area of Study, SUNY Empire State College
Facilitators: Ryan Palmer, Director, Center for the Urban River at Beczak, Sarah Lawrence College Marilyn Power, Professor of Economics, Sarah Lawrence College
Description: Using its summer course entitled, “Green Pens and Thumbs: Discovering Urban Sustainability in New York City,” Empire State College presents a case study on student engagement through an innovative course that taps into students’ independent learning and observations. Empire State College is an inherently interdisciplinary, non-traditional learning environment that serves predominantly adult learners from diverse and underserved populations. Students bring with them experiences that enrich the college learning environment and facilitate learning outside the classroom, by merging their working lives and academic study. By challenging students to create a legacy of sustainability, they connect more fully to their own communities. From community farms to environmental justice, urban environments also offer an opportunity for people to think about salient ecological issues that transcend scientific and social perspectives, such as nutrition, sustainability, climate change.
Biographies: Kevin Woo earned his PhD in Animal Behavior from Macquarie University in 2008. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the area of Science, Math, and Technology at the Metropolitan Center of SUNY Empire State College. His pedagogical and research interests are in animal behavior, ecology, and cognition, with new endeavors in science education and the incorporation of sustainability themes into the curriculum. Along with his collaborators, he has published his research in several international journals in behavioral ecology.
Karyn Pilgrim earned her PhD in English from Binghamton University in 2009. She is currently Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies at the State University of New York/Empire State College. Her areas of research include ecocriticism, women's studies, and creative writing. She has an article forthcoming in Environmental Humanities, stories published in numerous literary journals, and a MacArthur Scholarship in fiction.
Ruth Goldberg, PhD is Assistant Professor of Cinema and Cultural Studies at SUNY Empire State College in New York City. Since 2001, she has also worked as a member of the visiting faculty of the International School of Film and Television in Cuba where she teaches courses on film history, analysis and screenwriting twice a year. She publishes on the topics of Latin American cinema, the horror film, and cultural memory. Dr. Goldberg sits on the board of the Americas Media Initiative and advisory board of the SonEdna Foundation.
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2b. Developing a Campus-wide Sustainability Strategic Plan [Location: Kessel Student Center, Butcher Suite. Campus Map Building #8]
Presenters: Sister Kathleen Sullivan, O.P. Chancellor for External Affairs Dominican College
Madeline Mignone Associate Professor and Coordinator Biology Program Dominican College
Facilitator: Thomas Porcello, Associate Dean Strategic Planning and Academic Resources, Vassar College
Description: This session covers the development of a campus sustainability plan that engages commitment across constituencies. Using Dominican College as a case study, it follows the development and planning processes for green campus infrastructure to the embedding of sustainability into an institution’s strategic plan. Created by a campus-wide task force, the sustainability strategic plan incorporates campus systems, earth systems, administrative systems, education and engagement. It assures the implementation of specific programs while setting the stage for further action.
Biographies: Sister Kathleen Sullivan, O.P. currently serves as the Chancellor for External Affairs at Dominican College in Orangeburg, NY and as a member of the College’s Board of Trustees. She served as President of the College from 1987- 1997. Sister is a member of the Board of the Rockland Economic Development Council, and also serves as a Trustee of Molloy College, Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee and as a member of the Executive Committee. Sister is a member of the Rockland County Public Health Priorities Steering Committee and on the Board of St. Peter’s Day Care Center (Yonkers, NY).
Dr. Madeline Micceri Mignone is a member of the faculty at Dominican College of Blauvelt. She is also the Coordinator of the Science Department and the Biology Program. She was awarded a Ph.D. in Biology from CUNY Graduate Center. Her research interests include the effects of antioxidants on stressed neuroblast cells, the correlated effects of auxin, ethylene and arabinogalactan proteins on the development of apical meristematic growth in Physcomitrella patens, and the effects of phytoremediation on ROS enzyme production. She is presently working with her students on an ecological restoration project on the Dominican Campus.
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2c. Opportunities for Internal and External Collaboration Through Green Campus Infrastructure Projects [Location: Choate House, Art Gallery. Campus Map Building #9]
Presenters: KT Tobin Associate Director, Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO), SUNY New Paltz
Emily Vail Watershed Outreach Specialist Hudson River Estuary Program New York State Department of Environmental Conservation NYS Water Resources Institute at Cornell University
Facilitator: Paul Benzing, Assistant Professor of Biology, The College of Saint Rose
Description: SUNY New Paltz and NYS DEC Hudson River Estuary Program team up to present a case study of new stormwater and watershed management on the New Paltz campus as a model for internal and external collaboration, from the integration of environmental education to the implementation of green infrastructure. The discussion will include strategies on how to improve sustainability and climate change adaptations on campus while involving local governments, state agencies, academics, and practitioners while simultaneously spurring student-faculty research, curriculum development, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Biographies: Kathleen (KT) Tobin is the Associate Director at the Center for Research, Regional Education, and Outreach (CRREO) at SUNY New Paltz, where she is also an adjunct lecturer in Sociology. At CRREO, she is responsible for designing, conducting, managing, and producing studies on regional issues and concerns. Recent projects include: Regional Well-Being in the Mid-Hudson; the Economic Impact of Arts & Culture in the Mid-Hudson; and Planning and Implementing Green Infrastructure to Improve Watershed Resiliency in the Saw Mill Brook Watershed and Village of New Paltz. KT is the co-chair of the Campus Sustainability Committee.
Emily Vail is the Watershed Outreach Specialist for the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation’s Hudson River Estuary Program, with support from the New York State Water Resource Institute at Cornell University. She works with watershed groups, intermunicipal councils, municipalities, and other partners to support community-based watershed planning and conservation. She holds a BA in Environmental Studies from Vassar College.
www.environmentalconsortium.org 19 2d. How Colleges Use and Protect Their Natural Areas [Location: Kessel Student Center, Conference Room C/D. Campus Map Building #7]
Presenter: Richard Feldman Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Marist College
Facilitator: George Schuler, Director of Conservation Science & Practice, The Nature Conservancy
Description: Natural areas on campuses have multiple purposes, including academic, aesthetic, athletic and recreational ones, plus conservation and storm water management. Attention to managing these areas likely varies considerably among colleges and universities, with the different experiences providing valuable insights. Using the example of Marist College’s 12-acre preserve, the discussion will launch into the attributes of natural areas, challenges faced in their protection, strategies to garner support for preserve management, and the potential collaboration among colleges in this topic area.
Biography: Richard Feldman regularly teaches Natural History of the Hudson Valley, Ecology, and Introduction to Environmental Issues; additional courses taught include Campus Environmental Sustainability and Environmental Literature (with Richard Grinnell, Dept of English). Previous research areas included Hudson River PCBs and effectiveness of different mulches for weed control on organic vegetable farms. More recently his focus has been development of a management plan for the Marist College nature preserve, Fern Tor. He lives within the Esopus Creek/Ashokan Reservoir watershed.
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2e. The Power of Student Groups and Committee Representation [Location: Kessel Student Center, Conference Room A/B. Campus Map Building #7]
Presenter: Jessie Baker Sustainability Task Force & Engagement Office of Sustainability New York University
Facilitator: Laurie Husted, Sustainability Manager, Bard College
Description: College campuses are fountains of learning and innovation from which students are given an abundance of opportunities. The college community alone offers motivated students a chance to gather with other bright and forward thinking people. On the other hand, unique challenges arise in pulling together into legitimate student groups, organizing ideas, sustaining efforts, and approaching issues strategically and professionally. This session will offer insight and guidance on achieving formal campus representation and meaningful engagement with decisions-makers and committees on campus.
Biography: Jessie Baker works with the NYU Office of Sustainability to coordinate the University's Sustainability Task Force and a variety of larger student, faculty and staff engagement initiatives. Jessie received her Masters degree from NYU Steinhardt's Environmental Conservation Education program, where she explored interests in resource-based conflicts, environmental security and developmental challenges - writing her Master's thesis on Environmental Education and Conflict Prevention. Professionally, her experience has ranged from teaching in Juvenile Court Schools to advising climate-conscious media campaigns and regional climate action plans. Prior to her time in the Office of Sustainability, she received her B.A. in Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine where she coauthored several publications on electricity consumption in the residential sector, particularly focusing on energy feedback devices and behavior change. In her role at NYU's Office of Sustainability she has worked to design, launch and manage numerous campaigns and programs on a variety of environmental, economic and social issues.
www.environmentalconsortium.org 21 THE GREAT WORK AWARD
The Environmental Consortium of Colleges & Universities created The Great Work Award in honor of Thomas Berry and to recognize a faculty member, or members, whose work has advanced higher education's unique and central role in the environmental future of our region, and the planet, as articulated in Father Berry's book, The Great Work: Our Way into the Future.
In the book’s introduction, Berry wrote: “Of the institutions that should be guiding us into a viable future, the university has a special place because it teaches all those professions that control the human endeavor.”
The Environmental Consortium is honored to present The Great Work Award in honor of Thomas Berry to James Gustave Speth for advancing Fr. Thomas Berry's ideal that
"The human exists, survives and becomes whole only within the single great community of the planet Earth."
Thomas Berry The Great Work: Our Way into the Future
Thomas Berry (1914-2009)
Thomas Berry was one of the greatest environmental thinkers of our time. Throughout his writings and lectures, and effortlessly in personal conversation, he spoke to our special place in nature, and the universe. He found equal inspiration in the limitless cosmos, the "Earth community," and the Hudson River bioregion. Photo by Joseph Arcure
Thomas was a priest of the Passionist Order. The teachings of Jesuit priest and philosopher Teilhard de Chardin (1891-1955) inspired his integration of the sacred, ecological, and cosmological. He called upon us to "renew our human participation in the grand liturgy of the universe"; to discover "the dream of the Earth, the dream that is carried . . . in the depths of our genetic coding"; and to embrace our role on the Hudson as "the instrument whereby the valley celebrates itself."
Thomas’ The Great Work: Our Way Into the Future (Random House/Bell Towers, 1999) is considered his masterpiece. In it the humanist and cosmologist stand side by side, encouraging us to understand that out of humanity's darkest times have emerged its most creative works, just as life itself emerged from the cataclysm of the Big Bang. Our next Great Work, he wrote, is to transform our hostile relationship with Earth into a new, ecologically-centered mission.
He saw a special role for higher education, which he believed is the only of society’s institutions that offers the multiple disciplines, the critical capacity and the duty to community necessary to change humanity's destructive environmental course.
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EXHIBITORS
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511nyrideshare.org | c/o MetroPool, 10 New King Street, Suite 211, White Plains, New York 10604
Ken Cothren, Employer Outreach Manager, 845-838-6776, [email protected] Heather Reiners, Outreach Coordinator, 914-437-8870 ext. 4402, [email protected] ______
appletoncoated.com | 295 North Mountain Avenue, Montclair, New Jersey 07043
LaTascha Foster, Sales Representative, 973-233-0895, [email protected] ______
campuskitchens.org | 19 I Street NW, Washington, DC 20001, 202-789-5979
Matt Schnarr, Community Development Coordinator, 202-789-5979 x101, [email protected] ______
paper.cascades.com | 170 Revolutionary Road, Scarborough, New York 10510
Steve Varvaro, Business Development Manager, 917-509-4844, [email protected]
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compostwerks.com | 487 East Main Street, Mount Kisco, New York 10549
Gregg Twehues, Owner/Partner, 914-774-2208, [email protected] Peter Schmidt, Owner/Partner, 914-837-2364, [email protected] ______
courtneystrong.com | 446 Broadway, Kingston, New York 12401 on behalf of NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research Development Authority)
Jeffrey Domanski, EDGE Contractor - Hudson Valley, 646-483-1338, [email protected] Melissa Lopez, EDGE Contractor – Westchester, 914-329-7917, [email protected] ______
emeraldwater.com | 1441 Broadway, 5th Floor, NY, NY 10018, 212-729-3484, [email protected]
Andrew Gunn, CEO, [email protected] Ryan Stokes, President, [email protected] ______
exprint.com | 8 Westchester Plaza, Elmsford, New York 10523
Andrew Dieckman, General Manager, 914-592-3200, [email protected]
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greengridroofs.com | 124 Hebron Avenue, Suite 3B, Glastonbury, CT 06033, 860-368-3200
Jared Markham, Program Manager, 860-368-3204, [email protected]
CleanVehiclesNY.com | 111 Sunrise Highway, Amityville, New York 11701
Gary Birke, President, 631-608-4380, [email protected] John Rywelski , Sales Representative, 631-608-4380, [email protected] ______
mss-solar.com | 47 West Hurley Road, Woodstock, New York 12498
Randolph Horner, Managing Director, 845-591-1272, [email protected] ______
natradinghouse.com | 21 N. Broadway 2nd Fl., Tarrytown, NY 10591, [email protected]
Gerardo Soto, Manging Director, 212-729-0757, [email protected] ______
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Patrick Tina, Vice President of Sales, 516-967-0805, [email protected]
prismsolar.com | 180 South Street, Highland, New York 12528, 845-883-4200
Michael Sprague, Director of Operations, 845-883-4200, [email protected] Wayne Beckerman, Director of Engineering, 845-883-4200, w.beckerman @prismsolar.com ______
r3energy.com | 1 Central Ave, Suite 311, Tarrytown, New York 10591, 914-909-3940, [email protected]
Jennifer Williams, Director of Marketing, [email protected] Johann Rode, Data Analyst, [email protected] ______
rockandwrapitup.org | 405 Oceanpoint Avenue, Cedarhurst, New York 11516, 516-295-0670
Syd Mandelbaum, CEO, [email protected] Diane Mandelbaum, VP of Operations ______
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thinkeco.com | 494 Eighth Avenue, PH Floor, New York, New York 10001, 212-684-2085
Matthew Tolliver, VP Business Development, 212-684-2085 ext.112, [email protected] Carmen Iao, Program Manager, 212-684-2085 ext.111, [email protected] ______
tradepal.com | 474 Bryant Street, San Francisco, California 94107
Tamar Burton, Head of Community, 415-508-7615, [email protected]
wm.com | 107 Silvia Street, Ewing, New Jersey 08682, 609-218-3843
Bob Ferraro, Strategic Account Manager, Higher Education, 609-218-3843, [email protected] Brian Frohnapfel, Senior Education Solutions Rep, Education, 973-477-7870, [email protected] ______
whiteroofproject.org | 540 East 20th Street 5A, New York, New York 10005, 646-737-4496
Jacqueline Lyoussi, Board Member, [email protected] Heather James, Board Member, [email protected] ______
xpedx.com | 261 River Road, Clifton, New Jersey 07014, 973-405-2218
Frank LoBello, Senior Sales Executive, 914-220-2851, [email protected]
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A special thanks to our exhibitors who generously donated items to the conference raffle.
Raffle tickets will be distributed at registration. The winning tickets will be drawn during closing remarks on Saturday, November 9th.
Participants must be present to win.
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BREAKNECK RIDGE REVUE
Breakneck Ridge Revue is an ensemble of Hudson Valley musicians brought together by Andy Revkin to create upbeat, tradition-infused acoustic music – what he calls “simple music for complicated times.”
Left to right at Dan Einbender, Andy Revkin, David Bernz and Jacob Bernz. Not pictured: Joe Johnson.
Andy Revkin’s music: veryfinelines.com
Dan Einbender: kidfriendlymusic.com
Jacob and David Bernz: folkmusiclives.com
Joe Johnson: facebook.com/redwally
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TITLE: An Analysis of the Real World Output and Present Value of a Solar Photovoltaic System
AUTHOR and PRESENTER: Robert F. Cassidy, Jr., Ph. D., Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, SUNY Ulster County Community College
ABSTRACT: A 2.4 kW solar voltaic system installed on the campus of SUNY Ulster County Community College has produced about 6,000 kWhr of electricity in two years of operation (3,000 kWhr/year). This output corresponds to 1250 kWhr per year per kW of installed capacity. At an average New York State electricity cost of $0.20/kWhr, this electrical output would have a present value of $3153 (20 year life, 5% discount rate). That is, solar electrical systems would be cost effective in our area (the middle Hudson River Valley region of New York State) if their installed price per watt is approximately $3.15 or less. ______
TITLE: Long-term Water Quality Assessment of the Normans Kill and Vloman Kill, Albany, New York
AUTHORS: Nicole A. Finnegan, Mohammed Hussain, Stephanie M. Maes, and Dr. Paul Benzing, The College of Saint Rose
PRESENTER: Nicole A. Finnegan
ABSTRACT: The Normans Kill and Vloman Kill are two tributaries that contribute to the Middle Hudson Watershed located in Albany County, New York. The two tributaries were monitored weekly from May to October to assess water quality. Along the Normans Kill four sampling sites were selected. Two sites, Tawasentha Park and Knott Road are upstream of a wastewater treatment plant effluent. The two downstream sites are located near the non-operational historic Normanskill Farm. The Vloman Kill sampling site was chosen to correlate with a study of macroinvertebrates to assess the stream’s overall quality. A YSI meter was used to measure conductivity, dissolved oxygen, salinity, and temperature. The pH of the water, total dissolved solids, turbidity, alkalinity, nitrate and orthophosphate content were also measured. Preliminary data indicates a downstream change in water chemistry is likely associated with the waste water treatment plant effluent.
Stream gauges were installed at the Hiker’s parking lot on the Normans Kill and at the Five Rivers Educational Center on the Vloman Kill, two highly populated pedestrian locations. The gauges have allowed for constant monitoring of the stream’s water level by “citizen scientists” as part of educating the community about the local watershed. The citizen scientists assist in data collection by texting the station number and stream height from the gauging staff as directed by a sign located onsite. The information will then be relayed to an informational website (www.crowdhydrology.org). The data will then be available to the public, as well as in the classroom as an online educational tool.
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TITLE: Using the YardMap Network to Encourage Student Understanding of Sustainable Campus Landscape Management
AUTHOR and PRESENTER: Elyse Glover Fuller, Associate Professor, Department of Science, Rockland Community College
ABSTRACT: One of Cornell Lab of Ornithology's many citizen science initiatives, the YardMap Network encourages a better understanding of how developed landscape habitat is linked to bird species richness and species abundance as participants assess their yards, local parks, schools, and other accessible areas using the program's online tools. YardMap can easily be incorporated into a general biology or introductory environmental science course curriculum to assist students in analyzing their campus environment. Ideally, the students' analyses and suggestions would encourage more sustainable campus landscape management practices.
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TITLE: Student-Designed and Implemented Green Stormwater Infrastructure Projects on the Siena College Campus
AUTHORS: Jonathan Glueckert, Environmental Science Major, Siena College
Katherine Meierdiercks, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Siena College
PRESENTER: Jonathan Glueckert
ABSTRACT: The Kromma Kill stream channel, which begins on the Siena College campus and flows to the Hudson River, is prone to flooding and other water quality issues. Members of the local community have expressed concern that much of the stormwater runoff that causes this flooding originates on the Siena College campus. As a way to address stormwater issues in their watershed, Siena students have become involved in a number of green infrastructure (GI) design projects including participation in the EPA Campus Rainworks Challenge and the design and construction of a rain garden on campus. GI is a stormwater management approach in which rainfall is captured where is falls. Student GI projects are designed to reduce the amount of stormwater draining to the Kromma Kill, but also increase awareness of environmental problems, specifically those related to stormwater, that impact the Siena College campus and greater Kromma Kill community. The visibility of the rain garden (and its accompanying interpretive/educational signage) and involvement of Siena students in the design and construction of the rain garden may be an effective way to increase awareness of community stormwater issues. Outcomes of this project include: (1) the reduction of stormwater leaving campus (measured quantitatively), (2) interdisciplinary learning opportunities for students, and (3) the building of partnerships among students, between students and the College administration, and between the College and their downstream neighbors.
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AUTHORS: Michele Golden, Environmental Science Major, Siena College Katherine Meierdiercks, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Siena College
PRESENTER: Michele Golden
ABSTRACT: As our population continues to grow, we are seeing an increase in the urbanization of our towns and cities. This urbanization can increase flooding and there is a need to better understand how urbanization impacts hydrologic response. This study looks at several physical characteristics of the Kromma Kill Watershed, a tributary to the Hudson River, to see how each factor affects the volume and timing of runoff. Observations of rainfall and runoff were made in the Kromma Kill watershed June-October, 2013. Physical watershed attributes such as land use, percent impervious, slope, and drainage density were compared to rainfall and runoff data. Results suggest that the percent imperviousness is not a good predictor of hydrologic response in the Kromma Kill and its subwatersheds. The outcome of this research could help in a better understanding of urban hydrology and help future communities grow in a way that will keep the hydrology of the area intact. ______
TITLE: Let's make connections on the Catskill Mountain Rail Trail
AUTHOR and PRESENTER: Megan McClellan, Master's Candidate in Environmental Policy 2014, Bard College
ABSTRACT: This poster will include background on what rail trails are, as well as their recreational, health, economic, sustainable transportation, and land protection benefits. It will then give more specifics about the proposed Catskill Mountain Rail Trail (CMRT) which will be located in Ulster County, New York and will extend from the city of Kingston into the Catskill Mountains. The trail will run along the Ashokan Reservoir and the Esopus Creek. Rail trails are well known as connectors in a community. The CMRT will connect children to nature, communities to each other, businesses to their customers, urban communities to rural ones, tourists from New York City to the Catskills through Kingston, among many others. Finally, it can help all its users reduce their carbon footprint while connecting to the dramatic beauty of the surrounding Catskill Mountains. This poster will also highlight the successes of other Ulster County rail trails, including how they will connect with the CMRT.
This poster is a result of my internship with the Woodstock Land Conservancy’s Friends of the CMRT committee this past summer. This internship was made possible through the McHenry Fellowship I received from the Open Space Institute. As such, this poster will include specific connections that I have made during my internship to help make the CMRT a reality. The poster concludes with how other interested individuals can help support the creation of this fantastic community resource.
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TITLE: Macroinvertebrate sampling of Normans Kill and Vloman Kill
AUTHORS: Mohammad Hussain and Nicole Finnegan, The College of Saint Rose Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Benzing, The College of Saint Rose
PRESENTER: Mohammad Hussain
ABSTRACT: The macroinvertebrate populations of a stream are a good indicator of the stream’s overall health along with the type of community structures present. Two streams of interest for this macroinvertebrate diversity study are the Normans Kill and Vloman Kill, both tributaries to the Middle Hudson Watershed. The three sites of study in the Normans Kill are located between upstream in Guilderland at Tawasentha Park followed by Knott Road and then continuing downstream to the site of the Normans Kill Farm near the Port of Albany. The Vloman Kill site of study is located at the Five Rivers Educational Center, located on the outskirts of Albany. All these sites have been previously studied and were chosen because they are quite accessible, are at geographically distinct locations along the streams, and have adequate riffle habitats for macroinvertebrate sampling. The macroinvertebrates were collected using a Surber Sampler where the location had riffles and fist-sized cobblestones that could support various populations of organisms. The collected samples were placed in an ethanol solution for preservation and these samples were then identified using An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America according to their respective family and genus. The assessment of the macroinvertebrate samples is part of a long term effort to focus on the diversity of the stream’s organisms which can be used to monitor the stream’s conditions over time.
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TITLE: The Use of Goats to Control Japanese Knotweed
AUTHORS and PRESENTERS: Matthew Proto (’14), Lizzie Grisafi (’15), Dr. Richard Feldman Marist College
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to observe the effectiveness of goats as a method of controlling Japanese knotweed (hereafter knotweed). Sometime in the past 15 years, the Marist College nature preserve, Fern Tor, was invaded by knotweed. Since its introduction to Fern Tor, the knotweed population expanded in coverage and outcompeted the native plants. The knotweed population targeted by this study was located in an area surrounding a pond and tributary to the Hudson River. In order to test the effectiveness of goats as a control method for knotweed, 7 goats were introduced to the area for 3 weeks. The goats were confined by solar powered electric fences, which surrounded the knotweed population. After the 3 week period of goat grazing the knotweed was observably suppressed. This study provides evidence that that longer term use of goats over repeated growing seasons could effectively control knotweed and then allow for the reestablishment of a native plant community.
www.environmentalconsortium.org 33 TITLE: Iona College's Mission to Move the World and Keep it Green
AUTHOR and PRESENTER: Christine Samwaroo, History and Environmental Studies Major, Iona College
ABSTRACT: At Iona College, students are determined to take on the challenge of promoting and increasing sustainability on campus. A small student-run organization called Iona College Green or simply, IC Green, is committed to not only making students aware of the current environmental crisis, but is also pushing for changes on campus, and more importantly, in the New Rochelle community. IC Green members believe that each person has a critical role to play in order to enter into the Ecozoic Era, a term coined by Thomas Berry. Efforts in waste management, the introduction of the Environmental Studies major, as well as the Take Back the Tap campaign and IC Green’s Community Clean-Ups are examples of Iona College’s increased commitment to be a more sustainable campus.
Also, despite the dedication of the IC Green members, there is an acknowledgement that there is a growing disconnect between humans and the natural world. Are people recognizing that their actions are harming other animal and plants lives? Even though many people are aware of pollution, why are they not making changes in their lives? What would Thomas Berry have to say about these rapid growing crises? Can humans change their attitudes and enter into an Ecozoic phrase? These questions will be addressed.
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TITLE: NaturesPace: A Natural History Information Database and Website with Mobile Device Access for the Pace Campus
AUTHOR and PRESENTER: Joshua J. Schwartz, Professor, Biology and Health Sciences, Pace University
ABSTRACT: We have developed a system allowing individuals on campus to easily gain information about the species of plants, animals and natural areas on the Pace University Pleasantville campus. By scanning a QR code on small sign posts near items of interest using their mobile devices, individuals can access relevant informative pages on our website. A Twitter account enables students and faculty to inform others via “tweets” of noteworthy species sightings (e.g. bird, plant flowerings) on campus. Our website also serves as a venue for works related to nature created by students and faculty. Collaborations with faculty at other schools and naturalists are underway.
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TITLE: Food Sustainability at Pace University
AUTHORS: Alireza Vaziri, Business Management Major, and Professor Marley Bauce Pace University
PRESENTER: Alireza Vaziri
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to examine the sustainability goals of Pace University as applied to its Dining Services Office. Data emerged has indicated that industrial food production (particularly animal agriculture) is the key driver of climate change, biodiversity loss, deforestation/desertification, and water pollution. Many people regard environmentalism as a valuable ethical concern, but this concern often stops when people are asked to analyze their diet and food purchasing habits. This study gathers information from the Pace University community members, examining their diet habits, their commitment to environmental stewardship and their perceived connections between food and ecological change. This research was presented to Pace’s Dining Services as a means for change. Professor Bauce and I were the winning pair for the 2012 – 2013 Undergraduate Research Initiative.
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www.environmentalconsortium.org 45 Conference Planning Committee Michelle Land, Director, Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies and the Environmental Consortium, Pace University Br. Kevin Cawley, Executive Director, Thomas Berry Forum for Ecological Dialogue, Iona College
Caroline Craig, Research Associate, Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies, Pace University
Lucille Johnson, Professor of Anthropology, Vassar College
Donna Kowal, Program Coordinator, Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies and the Environmental Consortium, Pace University
Madeline Mignone, Associate Professor and Coordinator, Biology Program, Dominican College
Susan Schwimmer, Lead Teacher, Early Childhood Center, Sarah Lawrence College
Contact us: Environmental Consortium of Colleges & Universities c/o Pace University Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies 901 Bedford Road Vineyard, 1st fl oor Pleasantville, NY 10570 Phone: (914) 773-3091 Fax: (914) 773-3878 E-mail: [email protected] www.environmentalconsortium.org
A special thank you to: Hudson Beach Glass and John Gilvey for their artistry and creation of The Great Work Award, in honor of Thomas Berry. www.hudsonbeachglass.com
Chartwells for sponsoring our coffee breaks.
Calculating The Present Value of a Solar Energy System in the Mid-Hudson Valley Region of New York State Dr. Robert Cassidy Department of Mathematics & Physical Sciences SUNY Ulster County Community College Calculation
• System Output: 1,250 kWhr/installed kW • “Present Value” function Microsoft Excel ® – 20 Year Project Life – 5% Interest – Various costs for electricity saved • $0.10, $0.15, and $0.20 – Savings and value are linear with respect to electricity cost – Calculate Present Value • Justified capital cost including all systems & installation Example Calculation
hWhr/yr 1250 Cost per kWhr $0.20 Investment rate 0.05 life of system (years) 20 future value 0
Electric value (year) 250.00 calculated field Electric value (bi-monthly billing period) 41.67 calculated field
Present value 3,152.97 calculated field Present Value vs. Electricity Cost
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– $0.10 – $1.58 – $0.15 – $2.36 – $0.20 – $3.15
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• College solar array (Burroughs): 2.4 kW – Production: 3,000 kWhr/year = 1,250 kWhr/year/kW – “Present Value” (justified investment): $3.15/installed Watt • $3,150 for a 1 kW system = “good deal” – Higher cost would not be recovered (not a good deal) » Parameters: 20 year project life, 5% interest rate – Electricity cost: $0.20/kWhr » Lower cost yields lower value, higher cost higher value Using the YardMap Network to Encourage Student Understanding of Sustainable Campus Landscape Management Elyse Glover Fuller, Department of Science, Rockland Community College
Abstract Results The YardMap Network can easily be incorporated into a general biology or Common themes in the students’ reports included: environmental science course curriculum to facilitate students’ assessment of their • Recognition of the campus’s ecological diversity (e.g. forest habitat, areas of campus environment. The Fall 2013 Rockland Community College (RCC) protective cover around buildings, some water features) Environmental Science class considered campus landscape sustainability using • Acknowledgement that the campus has a vast expanse of ecologically YardMap. The students’ suggestions for improving campus landscape sustainability unsustainable lawn will be presented to RCC administrators. • Recommendations that underutilized areas be restored as wildlife habitat to What is the YardMap Network? enhance ecological sustainability of campus A Cornell Lab of Ornithology citizen science initiative, the YardMap Network encourages understanding of beneficial landscape elements for wildlife including urban and suburban wildlife corridors. YardMap participants use online tools to identify landscape elements such as buildings, roads, lawns, trees, and habitat types (Figure 1). YardMap project leaders encourage participants to use their own maps in improving sustainability of their yards, places of business, and campuses.
Figure 2. A map of Rockland Community College created using YardMap tools Figure 1. YardMap habitat and object toolbars from www.yardmap.org Discussion Background and Methods In developing their YardMaps, the students gained a personal perspective on Citizen science has become a useful supplement to ecological research. To connecting landscape management practices to ecological sustainability. demonstrate its importance, I assigned my Fall 2013 Environmental Science students Furthermore, the students could better grasp the important role citizen science plays to create individual maps of the RCC campus using the YardMap Network (Figure 2). in larger scientific endeavors. A future goal of this project is to present the students’ During a group discussion about their individual assessments, the students prepared a recommendations to RCC administrators to raise their awareness of how campus proposal outlining their recommendations for a more ecologically sustainable campus landscape practices are tied not only to campus ecological sustainability but regional landscape management plan. sustainability. Macroinvertebrate sampling of Normans Kill and Vloman Kill Mohammad Hussain, Nicole Finnegan, Paul Benzing, and Stephanie Maes Department of physical and Biological Sciences, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY 12206 Results: Background: Benthic macroinvertebrates are significant in streams since they have defined roles that they are able to fulfill given a certain set of conditions including food source, temperature of water, and the water’s overall quality. These environmental factors can heavily impact the Results: structure of the various communities, in which minor changes in the habitat can result in a significant shift within the community. Features such as species richness and diversity in the community are among few components focused on to assess the health of a stream. A high diversity of macroinvertebrates and a presence of pollution tolerant taxa are characteristics that represent a flourishing stream. Therefore, macroinvertebrate communities are commonly used monitor the quality of a stream because they are easy to find, quite abundant, and the means of accessing them is inexpensive. Given this information, two streams, Normans Kill and Vloman Kill, were assessed via macroinvertebrate organisms in order to examine the Indinces condition of the stream’s health. Species Hilsenhoff Sample %EPT Site Richness Biotic Index size Vlomans Kill 10 60 3.24 29 Tawasentha Park 10 60 4.71 28 Knott Road 8 63 3.91 12 N. Kill Farm 9 40 4.09 101
Vloman Kill Normans Kill
The Normans Kill and Vloman Kill are two streams in the Albany region, both tributaries to the Middle Hudson Watershed. The Normans Kill, located between the town Bethlehem and the city of Albany, is one of the largest tributaries emptying into the northern section of the Hudson River estuary. The Normans Kill is roughly 45 miles long while the Vloman Kill is about 18 miles in length. The Vloman Kill is smaller in comparison to Normans Kill and it extends from New Scotland, NY, passing through the town Discussion: of Bethlehem and into the Hudson River. Sites on both streams were chosen for the sampling of the The overall health of Vloman Kill and Normans Kill can be assessed based on the data and the macroinvertebrates. These sites were chosen because they have been previously studied, and are quite indices used. The species richness for all the sites was quite low according to the New York State accessible. The sites of study are also at geographically distinct locations along the streams, and have Department of Conservation (DEC), in which less than eleven different species represents severely adequate riffle habitats consisting of fist-sized cobblestones for macroinvertebrate sampling. The three impacted streams. The low variety in the species can be explained by the small sample of sites of study in the Normans Kill are located between upstream in Guilderland at Tawasentha Park macroinvertebrates collected in comparison to the sample size of a hundred used by the DEC. followed by Knott Road and then continuing downstream to the site of the Normans Kill Farm near the Surprisingly the Normans Kill’s Farm site had more than the required quantity, but the species richness at Port of Albany. The site on the Vloman Kill is located near the Five Rivers Educational Center. the Farm site was quite low. This shows that there is less diversity among the species and that certain species are more prevalent in that environment. On the other hand, the %EPT and the Hilsenhoff Biotic Methods: Index (HBI) for all sites depict the Normans Kill and the Vloman Kill as healthy streams. The streams have First, a riffle area was chosen at the sites that had sufficient water current and fist-size cobble stones , strong numbers of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Tricoptera families within the streams along with gravel, and sand. Next, we placed the frame of the Surber Sampler onto the desired area so the direction other macroinvertebrates that possess high tolerance to organic pollution. Nevertheless, in order to get of the current is flowing into the net. Invertebrates attached to the large rocks were the cautiously a full understanding of the conditions of the two streams, data from previous and future years must be removed and the sediment was agitated within the frame, making sure the invertebrate samples were used. As an ongoing project, this data can be very resourceful for recognizing any shifts in the flowing into the net. The Surber Sampler was taken out from the water and all the invertebrate samples macroinvertebrate communities and the streams’ health itself. were placed into a 7o% ethanol solution. Samples from the streams were then all sorted according to respective their family and genus. Finally, species richness, diversity, and EPT richness (Ephemeroptera, References: Plecoptera, and Tricoptera) were determined for the individual sites since they are useful features to Diana , H., Lawrence , A., Brian , D., & Alexander , S. New York State Acknowledgements: indicate the stream’s overall health along with the type of community structures present. Another method Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Water. (2009). Funded in part by Royal Bank of Canada of assessing the stream’s is based on Hilsenhoff Biotic Index which aids in taking into account the level of Normans kill biological assessment. Retrieved from website: Five Rivers Educational Center Tom Gallager, Normans Kill Farm Manager tolerance organisms have in an environment. http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/water_pdf/sbunrmnskill09.pdf
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The CMRT will comprise one of the prime destinations of a county-wide Catskill Mountain Rail Trail unified rail trail network including: Ulster County Trail System
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The Use of Goats to Control
Fern Tor Japanese Knotweed Japanese Knotweed Control
History Goat Grazing • 13 acre forested preserve at Marist College, Matthew T. Proto, Lizzie Grisafi & Richard S. Feldman, Ph.D. •Goats were rented from Larry Cihanek Dutchess County, NY (Fig. 1) Dept. of Environmental Science & Policy •Grazing began on June 6, 2013 and lasted for three • Held as private estates during 17th-20th centuries, weeks purchased by Marist College, 1997, later named • 7 goats were used for grazing Fern Tor (Casey, 1998) •Methods • Ecosystems: forest, creek, pond and wetland • Containment of goats • Solar powered electric fence • Forest types: oak-hickory ridges, hemlock-northern • Fence surrounded target Japanese knotweed hardwood cove population Education • Strategic placement of warning signs for • Natural history observation & field journals electric fence • Biology course field experiments • Goats grazing on knotweed (Fig. 3) • Forest community measurement & analysis • Main objective was to starve the plant’s • Class-related or independent research rhizome and root systems Recreation • Goat maintenance • Walking/running • Count goats once a day Fig. 3. Goats grazing within electric fencing • Maintain water supply at least twice a day • Photography • Wildlife viewing Why Goats? Conservation •Reduces costs • Species conservation via forest and freshwater • Labor ecosystem protection • Materials •Environmentally friendly Japanese Knotweed A. • Minimal amount of greenhouse gas emissions • Natural, easily decomposable, waste Description • Avoids use of machinery • Extensive rhizome system •Effective at removal of Japanese knotweed • Young leaves and stems look like asparagus • Target knotweed • Hollow bamboo–like stem • Completely destroy viable plant particles through • Height in Fern Tor 5’-9’ digestion Life Cycle • Herbaceous perennial plant Observations • Reproduction •Suppression B. • Seed dispersal Fig. 1. Fern Tor knotweed boundary and goat suppression • Occurred mainly around the pond (Fig. 1) • Vegetative • Few stems remained after consumption by goats • Small plant particles (Fig. 4) • Sprouting from rhizomes • Goats were effective at suppressing the highest Harmful effects concentrations of knotweed • Colonies out-compete native species & greatly alter habitats (Fig. 2.) Future Management of Fern Tor Population in Fern Tor • Introduced sometime in past 15 years Knotweed Control • Dominates wetland and most of pond shoreline C. •More intensive control of Japanese knotweed using (Fig. 2.) goats • Largest colony borders Quiet Cove County Park • Introduction of goats 3X in a growing season • 4-6 week grazing periods
REFERENCES Post Knotweed Plan Casey, T. W. 1998. An abridged history of St. Ann's Hermitage and the Marist College arboretum •Reintroduction of native species to the ecosystem property. Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY. Fig. 2. Japanese knotweed on southern shore of pond Fig. 4. Suppression of knotweed by goats. •Continued control of knotweed when needed ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A.June 5, 2013 B.June 9, 2013 Larry Cihanek, provided information concerning the use of goats as a means to control invasive Contact Information: plants as well as the goats and electric fence used in this study. Tim Nightingale & Ralph Short, C.June 25, 2013 Dept. of Physical Plant, provided extensive logistical & material support. Matthew Ruis helped [email protected] take care of the goats. Photo for Figure 3. was taken by Victor VanCarpels. Sarah Sterner (class [email protected] of 2010) provided preliminary research and information for poster. [email protected] NaturesPace Gorgeous Campus Many Species of Plants & Animals Goals: Opportunity to Educate Pace Community Involve Students, Faculty & Staff with Different Interests / Backgrounds Highlight Natural Features and Beauty of Campus to Visitors Increase Appreciation and Concern for Natural World What’s The Big Deal? Other Schools: Species tours, lists, keys, etc. – rather dry Limited Info. (e.g.: taxonomic info, species descriptions, minimal or no research-based info) What’s Novel? NaturesPace: Platform for multiple disciplines. Opportunity for: Interactions / Communication Contributions Stimulating Facts Æ Education Accessing Species Pages Mobile Devices & QR Tags
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Barberry, Barberry, if I could plant you I would You burst through the snow with verve and heat be very merry, simply because you are a shrub With an odor that could rival rotting meat. so full, and you would not leave my garden Your purplish spathe greets the early spring dull! Housing the flowers to which flies pollen bring.
Once your leaves grow full and your roots pull deep Bye Barberry The marsh is alive with those that sing and creep. Barberry plant native of Japan
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Don’t grow in my town
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