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1. NEON GREEN or
What shade of green should a college be?
A new way to think about Sustainability
Jeremy King
Campus Sustainability Coordinator
Denison University
10. Do we want to be Neon? Like
Pomona, Oberlin, Middlebury…..
Do we just want to blend in?
I’M NOT SURE IT MATTERS UNLESS WE RETHINK SUSTAINABILITY
11. What is Sustainability
The capacity to endure and/or remain in balance
Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use
that aims to meet human needs while preserving the
environment so that these needs can be met not only
in the present, but also for future generations.
-Brudntland Commission 1987
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13. In order to build a sustainable society, diverse groups will need to
be able to come together and work collaboratively to address
sustainability challenges. People of color and low-income
communities tend to suffer disproportionate exposure to
environmental problems. This environmental injustice happens as a
result of unequal and segregated communities. To achieve
environmental and social justice, society must work to address
discrimination and promote equality. The historical legacy and
persistence of discrimination based on racial, gender, religious, and
other differences makes a proactive approach to promoting a
culture of inclusiveness an important component of creating an
equitable society. Higher education opens doors to opportunities
that can help create a more equitable world.
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education - AASHE
14. Sustainability is NOT a normal
problem, it is a game changer
Normal Problem: can be addressed with familiar tools
and strategies because it does not call into question
fundamental assumptions (e.g. DDT)
Game Changer: questions fundamental
assumptions, institutions, and cultural values
(worldview), and so requires very different tools and
strategies
15. A Hard Truth
“Almost everything being done in the
name of sustainable development
addresses and attempts to reduce
unsustainability. But reducing
unsustainability, although critical, does
not and will not create sustainability”
--John R. Ehrenfeld, Sustainability by Design
16. Green Roof atSomeFord Plant in Michigan
a Problems
Deliberate worldview change is
1) Unprecedented
2) Not widely desired
3) Fraught with paradoxes
Less Unsustainable
25. CIRP DATAEducational Research Institute
Cooperative Institutional Research Program – Higher
Anecdotal Evidence: Students in the FYS Class Energy and the Environment
admitted that they didn’t know what petroleum was used for
26. How in Tune are Your Students?
Do your students connect with your sustainability efforts?
What projects and activities resonate well with them?
Do they relate well with outdoor sustainability themes?
What are some of those outdoor initiatives?
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29. Where to?
Because sustainability is a fundamentally different kind
of challenge, it requires a very different strategy with a
different objective. Our aim is not to win the old
game, but rather, to help catalyze a new game and
culture. To get off track!
While progress in institutionalizing sustainability is
satisfying, these “little successes” risk distracting attention
from the primary conundrum: Reducing unsustainability will
never create sustainability.
- Dr. Paul Morgan – West Chester University
31. What better place to begin to address the
complex issues surrounding sustainability than
on college campuses?
32. NEON or Camo ?
At Denison we are trying to find a different path
33. Shifting the Focus
Tree Campus USA
Native Plants
Building partnerships with the local
community to promote and protect trees
Campus Arboretum
Local CO2 Offset Program goes directly to our trees
Campus Community Garden
The Denison Homestead – Alternative living community
Developing Sustainable Agriculture programs and experiences
38. Campus Arboretum
http://www.denison.edu/sustainability/denison_university_arboretum.html
Strategic Native Plantings
Memorial Trees
Educational Resource
Environmental Attributes
CO2 Offsets
Comprehensive Inventory to track our trees
The Arboretum is creating a buzz both on and off campus
41. How to Move Sustainability Outside –
Reconnecting with the Natural World
• Sustainable Sites Initiative
• Finding friends in unfamiliar places
• Connect with teaching faculty
• Alumni love preserving the college “look”
• Strategic planning that allows for
multipurpose use of spaces and places
Most schools go with some theme of a recycling logo and “go green” My college is no different – we blend in – something I’m working to change.
We are on the tracks leading to major environmental problems i.e. global warming.
We are all on the train together
Here in the U.S. we don’t like public transportation – we like our individual cars – so perhaps our train looks like this
In an effort to be “sustainable” we make our train green – we light it with LEDs, use recycled material for the seats, we even fuel it with bio diesel.
The problem is….we are still on the same tracks heading in the same direction – we are just being less unsustainable
Group discussion – 5 to 10 minutes
We need to abandon the tracks and chart a new course
I will elaborate more on these slides – this is the new section that I want to do after our conversation today