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Monday-Wednesday
April 2-4, 2012
Sheraton
Syracuse University
Hotel and Conference Center
Organized around the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, 2005-2014, the NECSC conference provides close networking opportunities, professional development, and access to the area's vibrant and growing college and university sustainability practitioner community. The NECSC is a collective of college and university sustainability practitioners from the Northeast United States and Eastern Canadian provinces who join together once a year to discuss themes common to the region.
For more information
contact:
Brooke Wears
bkmorley@syr.edu
315-443-4005
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The 8th Annual Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium Conference will be held April 2-4, 2012 in Syracuse, New York. The conference's "Climate, Community and Culture" theme will explore the many interconnected and inter-disciplinary sustainability issues affecting our campuses today. A variety of presentations will be offered within the following four conference tracks:
- Sustainability 101
- Community relations, operations and municipality collaborations
- Community-based research and education
- The next frontier in advancing campus sustainability
The conference keynote speaker will be Oren Lyons, Onondaga Nation Turtle Clan faithkeeper, Council of North American Aboriginal Nations member, and an award-winning activist and speaker. Among his many honors are the Ellis Island Congressional Medal of Honor, the National Audubon Award, the First Annual Earth Day International Award of the United Nations, and the Elder and Wiser Award of the Rosa Parks Institute for Human Rights.
"Even though you and I are in different boats, you in your boat and we in our canoe, we share the same River of Life. What befalls me, befalls you. And downstream, downstream in this River of Life, our children will pay for our selfishness, for our greed, and for our lack of vision." — Oren Lyons
Help us make the 2012 NECSC conference a success by inviting your fellow professionals, students and friends to attend. We look forward to seeing you in Syracuse!
NECSC 2012 Committee
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