General Sustainability Announcements

The UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference was established in 2001 for the exchange of best practices between people engaged in, or seeking to learn more about, campus sustainability- from teaching and academic research to all aspects of campus operations.

This year's conference seeks to highlight innovative examples and implemented works in the following areas:

1. Poster and Presentation Topics
2. Curriculum and Research
3. Energy
4. Food Systems
5. Green Building - New Construction
6. Green Building - Operations, Maintenance, and Renovations
7. Institutionalizing Sustainability
8. Procurement and Sustainable Business Practices
9. Student Affairs
10. Transportation
11. Waste Reduction and Recycling
12. Water, Agriculture and Landscaping
13. (new in 2008) Medical Centers, Nursing Schools and Student Health Facilities
14. (new in 2008) Green Economy and Social Equity

Who Should Submit?
In order to foster a peer-to-peer network between and within the three California college and university systems, we are seeking presentations, micro-workshops, and posters from:

1. Campus operations and planning staff
2. Faculty and academic researchers
3. Campus administrators
4. College and university students
5. Providers of the products and services delivered to colleges and universities in teams co-presenting with any of the above members of the campus community

Deadlines:
Presentation proposals due *Feb 26, 2008.
Poster proposals due *June 1, 2008.
Registration opens in *March 2008.
Conference dates *July 31-Aug 3, 2008.

For more information, visit http://sustainability.calpoly.edu/ and click on the Call for Proposals.