In the off-chance that any of you have any spare time during the month of September, you might want to take a peek at this article on "Going Green" at Queen's University. Wynn provided me a hard copy of the Alumni magazine and it was an interesting (and short!) article. I always find good ideas and inspiration in learning about what others are doing. Hopefully others can likewise learn from us at SMU!
I also wanted to share a fantastic web site with you that Anne Marie had mentioned at our August lunch meeting: take a few minutes to look over the Earth Charter Initiative.
The mission of the Earth Charter Initiative is to "promote the transition to sustainable ways of living and a global society founded on a shared ethical framework that includes respect and care for the community of life, ecological integrity, universal human rights, respect for diversity, economic justice, democracy, and a culture of peace."
A number of us met for lunch on August 31 and discussed sustainability across the curriculum at SMU, including AASHE's "Call to Action" on Sustainability in Higher Education. We went through each of the recommendations for institutions of higher education and reviewed how we felt SMU was doing on each of the dozen recommendations. We felt that we were doing well on at least half of them but that there was much more we could be doing. If you have not received these from me and would like our list of action items, please send me an e-mail: cconrad@smu.ca
In the meantime, happy start to the Fall Semester of 2010! And remember.....no title pages for your students essays! ;)
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