SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Program Syllabus – Session 1
Location: SUNY ESF Campus, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY, 13210
Questions: Please contact Virginia Williams, SUNY ESF Outreach, at vwilliams@esf.edu or 315.470.6817
Date(s)
Times
Topic / Information presentation
Day 1:
Tuesday
Sept. 21
8:15
8:30 –
10:15
Registration
Introductions
Room:
408
Baker
Lab
10:15
10:30 –
12:00
12:00
1:00 –
2:00
2:00
2:15 –
4:00
Principles of Sustainability Policy and
Practice
• The business case: Triple bottom line
(discussion)
• Drivers of sustainability policy and
practice
• Systems thinking
• Elements of sustainability plans and
reports
• Establishing and using metrics
BREAK
Sustainability Concepts and Tools
• Sustainability frameworks, standards,
and criteria
• Life cycle analysis
• Social responsibility
LUNCH (provided)
Sustainability Functions and Tools
• Purchasing / Supply chain
• Materials
BREAK
Sustainability Functions and Tools, cont.
• Water usage and efficiency
• Waste management
• Green Infrastructure
• Biodiversity
Learning Activity
& Assessment
Lead
Instructor(s)
• Sustainability
Prior- Knowledge
Survey
• Examples of
sustainability
reports and case
studies from
selected sectors
and organizations
• Dr. Rick
Smardon
• Professor Elet
Callahan
• Presentations
• Selected case
studies
• Spreadsheets
Websites
• Dr. Lisa
Cleckner
• Mr. Chris
Fowler
• Presentations
• Selected case
studies
• Spreadsheets
• Websites
• Dr. Lisa
Cleckner
• Chris Fowler
• Presentations
• Selected case
studies
• Spreadsheets
• Websites
• Dr. Rick
Smardon
• Presentation
• ESF example
• Selected case
studies
• Mr. Michael
Kelleher
Introductions to the webinars
Day 2
Wednes,
Sept. 22
Room:
408
Baker
Lab
8:30 –
10:15
Sustainability Concepts and Tools
• Energy Systems, including buildings,
transportation and shipping,
combustion sources, supply, renewable
sources, efficiency, facilities audit
• Climate change, green house gas
emissions
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Day 3
Webinar
10:15
10:30 –
12:30
BREAK
Sustainability Concepts and Tools
• Air emissions
• Environmental attributes and financial
instruments (NOx, Sox, carbon
offsets/credits)
• Energy Systems site visit
12:30
1:30 –
2:30
LUNCH (provided)
Sustainability Planning
• Components of sustainability plans
and reports
• Critique of selected plans and
reports from various sectors
• Introduction to the case studies and
the problem statement
2:30
2:45 –
4:00
• Presentation
• ESF example
• Selected case
studies
• Mr. Michael
Kelleher
• Presentations
• Selected case
studies
• Dr. Rick
Smardon
• Mr. Stu
Spiegel
BREAK
Sustainability Planning
• Discussion of sustainability plan
• Individual project plan consultation
• Work session
• Presentations
• Selected case
studies
• Dr. Rick
Smardon
• Mr. Stu
Spiegel
4:15 –
5:30
Organizational Functions and Processes
Part I
• Education and outreach
• Regulation and compliance
• Third party validation and transparency
• Selected case
studies
• Websites
• Presentation
• spreadsheets
• Ms. Yolanda
Pagano
5:30
5:45 –
7:00
BREAK
Developing and Validating Sustainability
Plans
• Individual and group consultation and
work session
• Mr. Michael
Kelleher
• Mr. Stuart
Spiegel
4:15 –
5:30
Organizational Functions and Processes
Part II
• Organizational Culture
• Participatory processes
• Financial budgeting, planning and
tracking
• Brief
progress/status
reports
• Facilitated work
sessions
•
• Selected case
studies
• Websites
• Presentation
• spreadsheets
5:30
5:45 –
7:00
BREAK
Developing and Validating Sustainability
Plans
• Individual and group consultation and
work session
4:15 –
5:30
Organizational Functions and Processes
Part III
• Project and change management
• Communications and marketing
• Green products and services
5:30
BREAK
Thurs,
Oct. 7
Room:
408
Baker
Lab
Day 4
Webinar
Thurs,
Oct. 14
Room:
408
Baker
Lab
Day 5
Webinar
Thurs,
Oct. 21
• Ms. Yolanda
Pagano
• Brief
progress/status
reports
• Facilitated work
sessions
• Mr. Michael
Kelleher
• Mr. Stuart
Spiegel
• Selected case
studies
• Websites
• Presentation
• spreadsheets
• Ms. Yolanda
Pagano
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Room:
408
Baker
Lab
Day 6
Thurs
Oct. 28,
2010
5:45 –
7:00
Developing and Validating Sustainability
Plans
•
Individual and group consultation and
work session
8:15
8:30 12:30
Registration
Sustaining the Sustainability Plan
12:30 –
1:15
LUNCH (provided)
Room:
408
Baker
Lab
Presentations, peer and instructor critique
of Sustainability Plans
• Brief
progress/status
reports
• Facilitated work
sessions
• Dr. Rick
Smardon
• Mr. Stuart
Spiegel
• Sustainability
Post-knowledge
Survey and
Evaluation
• Dr. Rick
Smardon
• Mr. Stuart
Spiegel
• Mr. Michael
Kelleher
• Dr. Lisa
Cleckner
• Ms. Yolanda
Pagano
• Professor Elet
Callahan
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