The Conference of
Sustainability
AASHE 2011 PITTSBURG
Attendees
Senior Campus Administrators
Campus Planners, Purchasers
and other Staff
Facility Officers
Administrators of System
Offices
Campus Faculty
Sustainability Officers
Students
Business Managers and Owners
Construction Project Managers,
Builders, Contractors,
Architects and Designers
Consultants
NGO Directors
Environmental and Energy-related
Government Agencies
Business Sustainability Directors and
Managers
Total attendees: ~ 2,100
Institutions represented: ~ 500
States Represented: 49
Countries represented: 10
Unites States, Canada, Bangladesh,
Australia, Thailand
Scotland, England
Qatar
Japan
Denmark
The Point
 “This conference is an important vehicle for sharing
our success and best practices to better allow us to
train our future researchers and practitioners in the
art and science of sustainability.”
-John M. Anderson. PHDPresident, Alfred State College
Sponsors
School Sponsors
Greening the Conference
 AASHE 2011 is an official Carbon Balanced Event,
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powered by EarthEra.
Offered a Ride Share program through all attendees
traveling by car.
Waste diversion was onsite composted with single
stream recycling efforts
Partnered with other local hotels who offered
sustainability highlights like onsite recycling and
rewards programs for those who chose to skip
laundering services.
Offered local, fair trade and vegan options for every
meal and reusable china or compostable packaging.
REGISTRATION
The David L. Lawrence Conference Center
Conference Center Green Roof
Keynote Speakers
NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE WANGARI MAATHAI
Bill McKibben
Student Summit Speaker
 Founder 350.org
 Author
 Fellow of the American
Academy of Arts and
Sciences
 350.org is building a
global grassroots
movement to solve the
climate crisis.
350
Demonstrations
5200 simultaneous rallies and demonstrations in 181
countries, CNN called it the 'most widespread day of
political action in the planet's history.
Australia
Center for Biological Diversity
Telluride, Colorado
Girifushi, Maldives
Amarillo, Texas
Dr. Timothy White.
 Chancellor, UC Riverside
 Past University of Idaho
President
 Internationally
recognized for his work
in muscle plasticity,
injury and aging
President’s Climate Commitment of Colleges
 670 colleges are joined
Presidents signed the Commitment to eliminate their campuses’ net
greenhouse gas emissions in a reasonable period of time as
determined by each institution.
 Setting up a (committee, task force, office, etc.) to guide the process.
 Completing an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions.
 Creating and implementing a climate action plan (that includes a
target dates.
 Integrating sustainability into the curriculum and making it part of
the educational experience.
 Making the action plan, inventory and periodic progress reports
publicly available.
Majora Carter
Tree People
 TreePeople is an environmental nonprofit that unites the power of trees,
people and technology to grow a sustainable future for Los Angeles.
 Our mission : TreePeople’s mission is to inspire, engage and support people to
take personal responsibility for the urban environment, making it safe,
healthy, fun and sustainable and to share the process as a model for the world.
Founder of Sustainable South Bronx
SSBx
Sustainable South Bronx Mission
Environmental Justice Solutions through
innovative, economically sustainable projects
informed by community needs
Green
Infrastructure
Green infrastructure is
strategically planned
and managed networks
of natural lands,
working landscapes and
other open spaces that
conserve ecosystem
values and functions
and provide associated
benefits to human
populations.
South Bronx Greenway
Green Insfrastructure
Under the Hell Gate span,
before redevelopment
Under the Hell Gate span,
after redevelopment.
Other Presentations
Parallel Plenary Speakers
David Orr, the Paul Sears
Distinguished Professor of
Environmental Studies and Politics
Leith Sharp led Harvard to become a
recognized global leader in campus
sustainability and received the highest
national green campus ratings
Dr. Mitchell Thomashow
• Was the president of Unity College in
Maine from 2006-2011.
• He integrated concepts of ecology,
sustainability, natural history, wellness,
participatory governance, and community
service into all aspects of college and
community life.
•This included construction of The Unity
House.
Unity House
A Net-zero energy home.
•Comprehensive campus energy planning
•Integrated approach to growing food on
campus
• New academic master plan
Focus: Presenters
Mini Speakers
Some additional titles:
•Overcoming Challenges in Capturing and
collecting GHG data Streamlining the
ACUPCC reporting Process.
•Community Outreach, Service learning,
sustainable jobs Taking Sustainability into
the Community.
•Understanding teaching, and Influencing,
Campus Sustainability from a Systems
Perspective
Foreign Presenters
College & University Recycling Coalition Workshop
CURC
Conference Board
Conference Board
EXPO
The EXPO area includes:
•Breakfast buffets
•Lunch buffets
•Coffee and dessert breaks
•Poster Presentation
Reception
•AASHE Resource Center
•AASHE Bookstore
•EXPO Reception
•Interactive Booths
Expo Booth
EXPO ARENA LOUNGE
Around the Westin
Student Riverside Cleanup
Around the Westin
Poster Presentations
Poster Presentations
HAPPY ATTENDEES
Shops Around Town
The End