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ACS Symposium Announcement:
"Sustainable Development in Local Communities"
November 19-21, 1999
Sponsored by the ACS Environmental Program at the University of
the South
(Click Here to View Agenda)
Topic:
This workshop is the next phase of ACS efforts through its Environmental
Initiative to promote sustainable development in local communities
and continues the education and program development process initiated
at last year's workshop "Sustainable Development in Local Communities"
held in Atlanta. Similar to last year's event, the symposium will
feature existing campus and intercampus ACS efforts studying sustainable
development on the local, regional or international level. This
year a greater emphasis will be placed on strengthening existing
programs, facilitating greater ACS faculty and student participation,
and developing collaborations across programs. We will also explore
the feasibility of establishing new programs.
Program Summary:
The symposium will bring together key stakeholders from within ACS
as well as program partners to discuss critical ACS program issues
as well as the overall theme of sustainable development. The
workshop will be a forum to develop strategies to overcome present
barriers to internal program development and success, and to also
discuss strategies to develop sustainable practices and establish
overall effective programs. Specifically we hope to identify educational,
organizational, financial, and technical barriers to current programs
and the development of future programs. We will also seek to develop
strategies for overcoming these barriers and seek to establish a
program framework that provides incentives and facilitates program
activities and development.
Faculty and staff from all ACS campuses are invited to discuss
their sustainable development activities at the symposium and provide
strategies to strengthen our efforts. We also strongly encourage
any colleagues considering starting new activities in sustainable
development in local or regional areas to come and share their ideas.
This is a key component of the symposium.
The final session(s) of the symposium will explore the creation
of a dynamic umbrella program to facilitate the participants' current
efforts, promote collaboration in ongoing projects, and foster joint
efforts to establish new ones. In addition participants will examine
how to coordinate efforts, test methodologies and pedagogical approaches
new to the group, and explore other areas of common interest.
If you are interested in participating in the symposium,
please contact:
Director of Environmental Programs
Associated Colleges of the South
1975 Century Blvd., NE Suite 10
Atlanta, GA 30345
404-636-9533 Main Office
fax: 404-636-9558
http://www.colleges.org/~enviro
Sustainable Development
in Local Communities
Agenda
| Friday, November 19 |
| 7:00PM |
DINNER as a group (this will allow everyone
to get acquainted and informally discuss their various activities
and interests.)
optional - after dinner go to local coffee
house to continue discussions |
| Saturday, November 20 |
| 8:00AM |
BREAKFAST |
| 8:30AM |
WELCOME: University of the South Representative
- to be announced Bob Whyte, ACS - Report on ACS Environmental
Program and activities related to symposium topic particularly
the challenges that are before us. |
| 8:45AM |
INVITED PRESENTATIONS: Individuals associated with current
and planned ACS topical programs have been invited to speak
(Approximately 20 minutes per speaker). Each talk should consist
of: program overview, future plans, successes, and challenges
and constraints (this may include funding, outreach, curriculum
development, faculty and student recruitment, student registration,
external partnerships, etc.)
Peter Ekstrom, (Rhodes College), "Honduras Service Learning
Program: A Developing Focus on Sustainability".
Robin Gottfried, Charlie Brockett (University of the South),
Barry Allen (Rollins College), "Sustainability in Local Communities
- Recent Efforts in Costa Rica"
Barry Allen and Lee Lines, (Rollins College, Department of
Environmental Studies), "Sustainability in Local Communities
- Recent Efforts in Dominica"
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| 10:00AM |
BREAK |
| 10:15AM |
George Bey and Ed Schrader (Millsaps College), "Living in
the Yucatan: Building Environmental Citizenship through a
field based research course in the northern Maya lowlands"
Veronica Yockey and Frank Powell (Furman University), "Community
and Environmental Health: Foreign Study in Santiago, Chile,
South America"
Pedro Bernal (Rollins College), "Appropriate Water Purification
Technology for Rural Communities: The Dominican Republic"
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| 11:30PM |
LUNCH |
| 12:15PM |
HIKE THROUGH THE DOMAIN/DISCUSSION TIME
(Optional -opportunity for individuals to get together and discuss
various related interests/projects) |
| 1:30PM |
BREAKOUT GROUPS (This is the first of two planned breakout
sessions, the second will take place Sunday morning.): We
will divide into groups to discuss the various aspects as
related to the programs of sustainable development in local
communities. We will discuss this briefly and decide the best
approach. Options include groups focusing on specific issues
or each group addressing a range of issues. Issues for groups
may include (but are not limited to):
Linkage Across Programs
Faculty/Student Recruitment
The Role of ACS
Registration
Partnership Development
Funding
New Program Development
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| 3:00PM |
CUMBERLAND CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Trip to Domain
clearcutting area and site of Center activities)
Jon Evans, Robin Gottfried, (The University of the South)
"The Cumberland Center for Sustainable Development"
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| 5:00PM |
BREAKOUT GROUPS REPORT/PLEANRY SESSION
(each group will have some additional time to finalize their
thoughts and then give a brief report to all groups, and a subsequent
roundtable discussion by all groups of the various issues) |
| 6:15PM |
RECEPTION (Tentative) |
| 7:00PM |
DINNER (at local Sewanee restaurant; would
encourage dinner groups by project or area of interest) |
| Sunday, November 21 |
| This day is tentative depending
upon everyone's feelings, although I believe it is crucial that
we have the panel summary to conclude. |
| 9:00AM |
BREAKOUT GROUPS (by project or specialized
topic - this is an opportunity for those who need to get together
to do so. For example, if you have an interest in developing
a relationship with the Cumberland Center for Sustainable Development
this would be the time) |
| 10:15AM |
BREAK |
| 10:30AM |
PANEL SUMMARY (outcomes, remaining concerns,
and next steps) |
| 12:00PM |
ADJOURN |
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