Living Upstream: The Sustainable Life

Speaker:

Larry Shinn

09 Feb 2009

8:00 PM

Great Hall, Memorial Union

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Larry Shinn has been the president of Berea College in Kentucky for the last fourteen years. Under his leadership, Berea has developed a sustainability initiative that has included creating a Sustainability and Environmental Studies Program, completing ecological renovations of many campus buildings, and establishing a residential "ecovillage" for student families. Dr. Shinn will also provide the keynote address for Iowa State's Live Green Symposium beginning at 7:45 a.m. on Feb. 10, 2009, on "Turning Green: Berea College in the 21st Century." The Symposium is free but registration is required. Go to http://www.livegreen.iastate.edu/09/symposium/homepage.php for more information and a registration form.

7 p.m. poster session and reception will precede the lecture.

More information: For submission details on Monday's poster session, contact Gene Takle at 294-9871, gstakle@iastate.edu. Symposium events scheduled for February 10, 7:45 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Sun Room, include a keynote address by Shinn, discussions by faculty and student panels, large-group sessions on campus recycling and ISU's carbon footprint, and facilitated breakout sessions. Symposium on Enhancing Sustainability at Iowa State University, Monday evening, Feb. 9 and Tuesday, Feb. 10 in the Memorial Union. The goal of the symposium is to identify sustainability initiatives the university can and should pursue to become a model sustainable campus, as well as strategies to engage our university community in those initiatives Larry Shinn, president of Berea College, Kentucky, is a leader in campus sustainability initiatives, and he will kick off the symposium Monday evening, speaking at 8 p.m. in the Durham Great Hall. Prior to his speech, you will want to attend the reception and poster session from 7 p.m. - 7:55 p.m. also in the Great Hall. On Tuesday morning, the symposium will continue, starting at 7:45 a.m. in the Sun Room with a welcome from President Geoffroy, then a keynote address by President Shinn. During the rest of the day, there will be discussions by faculty and student panels, large group sessions on campus recycling and Iowa Sate’s carbon footprint, and breakout sessions.