| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.93 |
| Liaison | Ezra Small |
| Submission Date | Jan. 31, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Massachusetts Amherst
ER-T2-6: Sustainability Events
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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0.25 / 0.25 |
Ezra
Small Sustainability Manager Physical Plant |
Does the institution hold major events related to sustainability, such as conferences, speaker series, or symposia, that have students as the intended audience?:
A brief description of the event(s):
Yes, UMass holds major events with a focus in sustainability multiple times a year in the fall and spring.
Each year UMass holds campus wide Earth Day events in the spring and Campus Sustainability Day events in the fall.
Other events includes seminar series such as "Designing for sustainability in the Built Environment." The seminar series discussed the difficulties and solutions when constructing energy efficient classrooms and laboratories at a public institution. The seminar series kicked off a campus-wide dialogue about these exciting and far-reaching projects. Each panel discussion featured facilities planning/design professionals and a University of Massachusetts Amherst academic researcher.
We also co-sponsored a lecture series in Spring 2011 that included Naomi Oreskes (Climate Change), Kert Davies (Gulf Oil Spill), Jerry Melillo (Global Land Use patterns) and Nat Tripp (Connecticut River).
Sustainable UMass, the Earth Day Committee, the Permaculture Initiative, and Student Affairs have recently brought (or are planning to bring) the following speakers to campus over the past two years:
Past:
Charles Mann (March 2012)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Earth Day 2012)
Francis Moore-Lappe (June 2012)
Van Jones (October 2012)
Bill McKibben (April 2013) *cancelled due to Boston Marathon Bombings
Annie Leonard (Earth Day 2013)
Majora Carter (June 2013)
Colin Beavan (September and October 2013)
Scheduled:
Dr. Robert Bullard (Earth Day 2014)
The website URL where information about the event(s) are available:
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