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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Final Planning Meeting for the Semester: Wednesday April 19, 1 pm. Pell Hall 231<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">AGENDA:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Update: New Sustainability Degree<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Earth Day/Sustainability Dinner Planning<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bill Kirker introduces our new Facilities Director<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Green & Gold Graduation Pledge Plans</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Update on Draft Campus Climate Action Plan</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">March 22, 2017 - Sustainable Post Minutes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Attendance: Samantha Goldwasser, Andrew Kay, Marianna Scalise, Erica Ferrara, Mark Pires, Scott Carlin, Sarah Pomerenke, Bill Kirker, Carol Boyer, Ilene Persoff, Laura Harwell, Betsey Klipera, Fausto Marincioni.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1. New Sustainability Degree Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Following two faculty retreats in February, a group of faculty are busy developing a new undergraduate sustainability degree. More information on that process will circulate on the campus listserves. Please
share this information with our colleagues!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Discussion of Classes to Include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">* Environmental Philosophy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">* Environmental Sociology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">* GIS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">* Policy Making/Public Administration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">* Environmental Law<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">* Environmental Impact Assessment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From Fausto’s experience in Italy, sustainability programs that are too general do not do well. It would be best to structure our program around a specific niche that is not covered by other degree programs
in the northeast region. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Involve stakeholders – local businesses, government and international agencies. What do they want from our graduates? What skills do they value? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Review recent job ads re: their skill requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Title of the Program. Make sure the title clearly conveys the purpose of the degree; make sure the title helps to sell/market the new program. Don’t make the title obscure or hard to understand. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2. Sustainability Dinner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Committee is finalizing its Dinner plan around April 26 (Wed) in Tilles Atrium. The featured speaker will be Hon. Steve Israel who is a new LIU faculty member. In addition to awards, presentations, and
a sustainable dinner, we will again seek Matt Thompson who can update us food sustainability at Aramark. We will also see entertainment. (If know of musicians or a theater group please let us know!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">511NYRideShare will table at our Dinner; they will help explore how many miles all our guests travelled to attend that dinner. (We will try to develop an interactive element re: transit.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">3. World Water Day (March 22)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Peter Maniscalco and Erica will host World Water Day in the End Zone at 8 pm. The goal is to raise awareness of the power of water in our lives and around the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">4. Coalition for Conservation – Earth Day and other Updates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Coalition will support a drumming circle with Peter Maniscalco, a campus clean-up, and they will sell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">sell soaps and plants to support Alzheimer’s research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Erica will also speak at the upcoming Honors Conference, on March 31.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">5. Clean Air Champions Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">After a vote unanimously in support of the 511NYRideshare Clean Air Champions program, Scott agreed to share this program with university officials to assure LIU Post’s full support.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Our goal is to announce LIU’s participation at our Sustainability Dinner!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Future Promotion:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">* Freshman Info Packets<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">* Work with campus clubs, fraternities, sororities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">* Student Email blasts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">* Develop surveys re: student commuting + Raffles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">6. Green and Gold Graduation Pledge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Betsy and Erica will work with Scott on this year’s May 5 graduation event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">7. Hunter Lovins will participate in a campus conference April 21 from 10 am to 4 pm. College of Management has additional information re: Registration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Scott Carlin, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Director, LIU Post Center for Sustainability<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Co-Chair, UN DPI/NGO 66<sup>th</sup> Annual Conference<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Department of Earth & Environmental Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">LIU Post<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Brookville, NY 11548<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">516-299-3404 (work)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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