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From the Case Center for Regional Economic Issues
Tuesday@REI June 28, 2005
Topic: "Measuring and Managing Sustainability Performance at our NEO Campuses"
Regional leaders in sustainability will teach us about new "green" ideas and practices for our NEO university and college campuses. We'll learn what it takes to build Quality, Connected Places - fundamental to connecting competitive, innovative regions.
We'll be talking about campus upgrades from a variety of perspectives: a campus sustainabilty menu master plan, innovative curriculum design, high performance building technology & design and one institution's journey of stakeholder buy in and the nuts and bolts of changing people's behavoirs.
Join us to envision what a sustainable campus looks like, what kind of measurement tools are needed, indicators and benchmarks, goals to set and new ways for a campus to scale an assessment to fit its resources and circumstances.
Contributors:
Elaine Barnes, Executive Director, Green Building Coalition
Terry Schwartz, Senior Planner, Kent State Urban Design Collaborative. Terry works with Youngstown State University to create a template for a campus sustainability master plan, designed for flexibility depending on campus needs, resources, goals, etc. Terry will talk about the process of developing a template for campus sustainability.
Babara Kviz, Environmental Coordinator, Facilities Management Services, Carnegie Mellon University and Co-Director of Green Practices Committee. Barbara has been instrumental in the greening efforts at CMU. Visit Green Practices
Moderator: LindaRobson, Student, Organizational Behavoir, Case
Please note: This REI.Tuesday forum is in support of the July 13 ands 14 Workshops at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, "Measuring & Managing Sustainability Performance: Two Workshops for Higher Education Staff and Administrators." For more information and to register, click here.
Time & Place: Tuesday, June 28, 4:15 P.M. to 5:45 P.M., The Peter B. Lewis Building, Room 201, Case, University Circle
Admission: Free & Open to the public
Parking: Campus Center Garage, entrance adjacent to the rear of the Severance Hall located at Euclid Ave. and East Boulevard. $1.00/per 30 minutes. Metered parking may be available on the street.
Map:http://www.case.edu/visit/map/
Join us weekly to discuss innovation happening here and in other regions across the country. We'll talk together about best practices, lessons learned and how we can apply new ideas to build a prosperous, globally competitive, Northeast Ohio. Coffee and cookies provided.
View last week's June 21st session at: rtsp://ion.cwru.edu/input2/REI/REI_06_21_05.rm
View Archived REI.Tuesday forums at: Tuesday Archive
New Tuesdays@REI topics
Please note: we will be on break for the month of July. Join us when we return August 2!
Do look for regional forums supporting Education's Independence Day topics in the month of July.
Information and forum discussions about education's link to economic development will be available at REALNEO.
August 9:“A Holistic Approach to Developing Cities and Regions,” Michael Easterling, graduate student, CSU College of Urban Affairs (http://urban.csuohio.edu/) and Executive Director, Open Roads Institute (http://www.open-roads.net/) will introduce the strategy of integrating ecology, economy and education. Join us to explore different scenarios for holistic, sustainable community development. Open Roads Institute (ORI) is home to IDEA (http://www.open-roads.net/idea%20home.htm) an online learning center for elementary school aged students. ORI's mission is to supplement school and home education with enrichment programs that teach through technology.
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The SBC Foundation supports the Center for Regional Economic Issues and our initiatives to develop new approaches, frameworks and tools to accelerate regional economic development.
REI.Tuesdays accelerate the economic transformation already underway in our regional economy. To guide our strategy, we are using the Open Source Economic Development model that highlights the types of investments we need to build a high performance economy. Learn more about the OpenSource model.
Each of the weekly forums addresses an area of investment for our future and sustainable economy in Northeast Ohio.
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The Center for Regional Economic Issues (REI) at Case Western Reserve University hosts weekly forums called Tuesdays@REI. The public discussions are part of “Making Change,” a regional initiative supported by the SBC Foundation. Each week the Forums are hosted at the Weatherhead School of Management, Peter B. Lewis Building, from 4:00 P.M. to 5:45 P.M. providing a place for individuals and organizations to talk about new ideas, initiatives and strategies to build our Innovation Economy in Northeast Ohio.
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