Keynote: Green Economy Campus

Date/Time:	Wednesday, 24 Feb 2010 at 8:00 am
Location:	Great Hall, Memorial Union
Cost:	Free
Contact:
Phone:	515-294-9934
Channel:	Lecture Series
Categories:	Lectures Live Green
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"Green Economy Campus: Change Management for Sustainability." Leith Sharp is the founding director of Harvard University's Green Campus Initiative, recognized as the largest green campus organization in the world and a global leader in campus sustainability. Sharp has 18 years of experience greening universities.

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Sharp began her career as the first paid environment officer of the University of New South Wales, where she earned her undergraduate degree in environmental engineering. Sharpe has an ongoing affiliation as a visiting scholar with Harvard School of Public Health and teaches courses in organizational change management for sustainability and green building design through Harvard's Extension School. The 2010 Iowa State University Symposium on Sustainability Keynote.

In this presentation Leith Sharp will provide both a vision of the university campus in a green economy and a road map for getting there. By using Harvard University as the primary case study, Leith will elaborate on a variety of proven strategies for propelling large organizations onto the frontier of sustainable operations. Specifically, participants will learn about a myriad of strategies for achieving cost effective green building design and operations, green purchasing practice, behavioral change, renewable energy, organic landscaping, green cleaning, greenhouse gas reduction planning and more. Central to her message is the importance of getting large numbers of staff, faculty and students to become engaged and active in fostering innovation and continuous learning in all of the large and small arena's of campus life.

A full schedule of events is available at www.livegreen.iastate.edu/symposium/schedule.html.