Fellows-No Class this Wed AND Big Opportunity Tues/Wed

[Shanah Trevenna]

Hi all,

  Tomorrow afternoon and all day Wed is the biggest Sustainability Summit UH has seen.  There will be about 30 people, a very focused group including faculty leaders and the VP of the University system. I have been asked to see if I can rally any students.  There will only be a handful and you will connect with the leaders from across the UH system. Would any of you be interested in coming with me to either or both days?  This is an incredible opportunity to network.  And we can carpool on Wed. Please let me know.

Thanks!!

What: Launch of a Systemwide Sustainability Committee

Why: To coordinate a systemwide approach to innovation in curriculum and infrastructure development

When: Nov 27-28

Where: Nov 27th UH Manoa, 4-8pm, location TBA

       Nov 28th UHWO, 8-430, location TBA

Who: Up to three folks per campus; an admin, faculty, and student mix is asked for if possible

RSVP to: Aurora Winslade at aur...@hawaii.edu

RSVP Deadline: Please contact Aurora by COB Mon, 11/19

More details on room location, and other aspects of the meeting coming asap

Aloha Everyone:

The sustainability of the University of Hawai`i System and the Islands of Hawai`i  are inextricably linked and both require important changes in a variety of individual and institutional behaviors. Sustainability is an increasingly important consideration in how we operate our buildings and educate our students. Interest in this topic is growing rapidly across the country and the globe.  The establishment and rapid growth of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, the signing of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment by over 600 college and university presidents, and the increasing number of universities that have shaved millions of dollars off their utilities costs through infrastructural and behavioral change are testament to the increasing attention to, and focus on, sustainability of our operation, and in our curricular delivery.

Sustainability leaders (list with contact information below) from each campus of the UH System have been meeting monthly since spring 2012 in an effort to communicate individual campus priorities, accomplishments, and challenges in addition to sharing best practices.  Out of these System Wide Sustainability Committee meetings a sub-committee was formed to plan a process to draft a System-wide Sustainability Policy and develop a communication structure to provide guidance in best practices in energy, curriculum, and other resource management topics for which sustainability is an important concern within the University of Hawai`i System.

A facilitated planning meeting to take place on November 27th and 28th (Tue the 27th will be 4pm-8pm at UH Manoa (specific room TBD); Wed the 28th will be 8am-4:30pm at UH West O'ahu (specific room TBD)) is being organized. Participation from across the System is needed, and ideally should include up to three representatives (Faculty, Student, Staff) from each campus.  This important initiative is endorsed by the Office of the President of the University of Hawai`i.  Funding to support travel and accommodations for representatives to fly from campuses not on O`ahu, and for the planning meeting, will be provided by Vice President John Morton.  Please book your travel and accommodations up front and submit your receipts upon completion of your travels to the Office of the VP for Community Colleges. A specific address for this process will be given to your participants in the next announcement that also indicates room locations and other travel details. 

We ask that the Office of the Chancellor, for each UH System Campus, support the UH System Sustainability Committee and its efforts to draft a system-wide approach to policy, curriculum, and innovation in savings and energy production.  I further ask that you work with you campus sustainability leadership to identify 1-3 representatives from your campus to participate in the November 27^th-28^th planning meeting for the policy-drafting workshop.

 

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Shanah Trevenna B.Sc.Mech.Eng., M.U.R.P.

Founder and Director

Smart Sustainability Consulting (SSC) 

Sha...@HawaiiSSC.com

Direct: 808.772.1874 

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[Sarah Rutgers]

Aloha Shanah, 

Unfortunately I have classes to go to during those two days. It would have been awesome to go but the end of the semester is coming to an end & we are already reviewing for our exams. Also the Service Learning forms are due on Wednesday the 28th of Nov., so I guess when we meet on Wednesday I'll have you sign them & I can drop them off at the SL center. There's one last thing I wanted to mention, I purchased some name tags & name tag inserts at Office Max for the Summit Event & paid for them myself. I'm going to give you a copy of it when I find it lol! Thank you.

Sarah R. 

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[Shanah Trevenna]

Ok Sarah, just let me know when you can meet with the receipt and to sign your paper!  Can the signing wait until next Wed when we meet, ie. explain to the office that your supervisor is away?

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