Campus Ecology Workshops
Sunday, March 28
Holmes Lounge, Givens Hall and Steinberg Auditorium
Registration: $35
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11:30 a.m. — Registration (Holmes Lounge)
Noon: Luncheon & Speakers
12:15 p.m. — Introduction, Ralph Thaman, associate
vice chancellor of Facilities, Planning & Management,
Washington University
Keynote Address, Key Components to Developing a
Sustainable Campus: Lessons from Harvard University,
Leith Sharp, director, Harvard Green Campus Initiative
12:50 p.m. — Introduction, Dan Hellmuth, U.S. Green Building
Council—St. Louis Chapter and affiliate assistant professor,
School of Architecture, Washington University.
National Review of State of Campus Sustainability and
Introduction to Workshop Goals and Process – Challenge for
Participants,Kathy Cacciola, senior coordinator, National
Wildlife Federation (NWF) Campus Ecology Program
1:15 p.m. — Break, walk to School of Architecture, Givens Hall
1:30 p.m. — 3-track Workshops
Building Design, led by Donald Fournier, senior research
specialist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Process, led by Cindy Pollock Shea, sustainability
coordinator, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Infrastructure/Operations, led by the NWF’s Kathy Cacciola
and Kristy Jones.
2:45 p.m. — Break, coffee and bagels
3 p.m. — Case Studies
Sharp: Harvard Green Campus Initiatives
Shea: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Local green building practitioners: Washington University
Earth & Planetary Sciences Building, Lewis & Clark Great
Rivers, St. Louis Community College
4 p.m. — Break
4:15 p.m. — 3-track Workshops
5:15 p.m. — Break, assembly in Steinberg Hall
5:25 p.m. — Plenary Session, led by Cacciola and Jones
6:15 p.m. — Reception
Participants Biographies
Kathy Cacciola is a senior coordinator in National Wildlife Federation’s (NWF) Campus Ecology program. Cacciola leads the Fellowship program, the State of the Campus Environment survey and report, the Stakeholder Meeting and the Driving Sustainable Markets campaign. Before joining the NWF, she worked at American Rivers as a development assistant in the corporate and foundation departments. During the summer of 1998, Cacciola worked at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in south-central Alaska, serving as a resource assistant through the Student Conservation Association. She graduated from American University in May 1997 with a B.A. in Environmental Policy/International Development. As a student, she studied abroad in Denmark and Kenya. Cacciola also has worked with Discovery Creek, the Agri-Energy Roundtable and Greenpeace.
Kristy Jones is a coordinator in the National Wildlife Federation’s (NWF) Campus Ecology program. She leads the memberships, trainings and distance learning courses. Before joining the staff of NWF, Jones worked at the Foundation for Environmental Security and Sustainability as an office/research coordinator. She also spent six years working for the Center for Field Studies at George Mason University (GMU). One of her largest projects at GMU was managing The Bahamas Environmental Research Center on Andros Island, The Bahamas. Jones has led several field studies to The Bahamas and Costa Rica. She graduated in 1996 with a B.A. in Anthropology and received her master’s degree in 2000 in Environmental Studies.
Donald Fournier is a Senior Research Specialist with the Building Research Council, School of Architecture, at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts (BSEE & MSME), he has more than 30 years of experience in the environmental and energy areas. He is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois in Urban and Regional Planning. He does research and consults in the areas of sustainable design and development; green building; environmental sustainability based on risk assessment due to urban development pressures; strategic energy planning and energy security; energy efficiency; and developing energy management policies. He was a member of the LEEDTM Steering Committee of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for the past two years. Fournier also chairs the USGBC’s Multiple Buildings Product Committee, which is developing a LEED Campus Application Guide and a rating scheme for campuses and installations. He was the U.S. delegate to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Annex 31, the Environmental Impact of Buildings, and is a member of IEA’s Future Buildings Forum. He is a member of APA’s Energy Policy Task Force and is a LEEDTM 2.0 Accredited Professional, a Member of APA and ASHRAE, and a Senior Member of AEE.
Leith Sharp directs the Harvard Green Campus Initiative, an interfaculty effort that works to establish an integrated commitment to environmental sustainability throughout Harvard by becoming a ‘learning organization’ and a living laboratory for the pursuit of campus environmental sustainability – www.greencampus.harvard.edu. Sharp is also co-instructor of a course offered through the Harvard Extension School, Sustainability – The Challenge of Changing Our Institutions. Sharp is an Australian environmental engineer who has worked with universities over the last 10 years to achieve organizational change in the pursuit of environmental sustainability. She recently finished her Master of Education in human development and psychology at Harvard University. In 1998, Sharp was awarded Young Australian of the Year, NSW Environment Category, for her work in promoting environmental management within Australian Universities. In 1999 she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to research best practice in university environmental management throughout Europe and the USA. In 2002, Sharp was awarded most outstanding paper for her contribution to the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education.
Cindy Pollock Shea is the Sustainability Coordinator at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill. Her role is to catalyze the development and implementation of sustainable policies, practices and curriculum. Shea works with students, staff, faculty and administrators to achieve the triple bottom line of economic vitality, ecological integrity and social equity. Her areas of involvement include new capital projects and renovations; energy, water and materials efficiency; site protection; alternatives to the single occupancy vehicle; purchasing; and education and training for all members of the University community, both internal and external. Shea has worked at two international research institutes – the Worldwatch Institute in Washington, D.C., and the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Winnipeg, Canada. She lived in Germany and the Netherlands for five years during the nineties, monitoring and reporting on environmental technology, regulatory and policy issues. Shea came to UNC from the Florida Sustainable Communities Network, where she advanced and reported on best practices in transportation and land use planning as well as urban revitalization and ecological restoration.