Our Sustainable Future - CSU, Chico
This Way to Sustainability VI Conference
"Connecting Communities"
A partnership between CSU, Chico and Butte College
Mark your calendars NOW for November 4-6, 2010
Over three days and two campuses, we hope to bring together people who care deeply about the future of the North State and our planet, to learn about pressing sustainability issues, and to create a space for dialogue and action.
Submit your online presentation proposal NOW before the deadline of August 15, 2010
(Click here to become a conference sponsor)
Since the inception, the organizers of the This Way to Sustainability Conference have tried to walk the talk. We have reduced the waste produced at our annual conference, used local organic food for meals, and mitigate travel by purchasing carbon offsets.
The theme for this year's conference is Connecting Communities and we are taking that theme deep into the structure of the conference. In the past we have established "tracks" and invited some people to make presentations, and invited other people to come listen. This year we are establishing five communities - learning, building, business, biotic, and advocacy- and we are asking people involved or interested in those sectors of our larger, global community to come together to propose a set of presentations and other interactions that they, and thus others, would want to attend. While the communities will develop organically, we do have a few thoughts on each:
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Learning Community ~ Education is the engine of change. Teachers, students, parents, and administrators need to work together to incorporate sustainability into all levels of the educational system.
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Building Community ~ Even in Northern California, we are an urban people. All of us live, study, and work in buildings, and we all have an interest in building a more sustainable community.
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Business Community ~ Many of our most fundamental relationships are also business transactions and no sector of society has a greater reach in spreading sustainability in production, employment and consumption.
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Biotic Community ~ Humans share the earth with many beings and we express that connection in many ways; in our ethics and our art, in our inspirations and our meditations.
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Advocacy Community ~ Sustainability is about envisioning a better world, and then acquiring and employing the tools of change needed to make the vision a reality.
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The other big change we have made has been the creation of a "Community Center" in the heart of the conference. Take a traditional exhibitor hall, cross it with a street faire, throw in some coffee house conversation areas and a mini lecture hall and you get where we are headed in making this the place to be. If you have ideas or would like to be a part of this year's conference, please contact our conference coordinators at twts@csuchico.edu.
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And More!
Online Conference Proposal Submission will be available soon!
Learning Community ~ Education is the engine of change. Teachers, students, parents, and administrators need to work together to incorporate sustainability into all levels of the educational system.
Building Community ~ Even in Northern California, we are an urban people. All of us live, study, and work in buildings, and we all have an interest in building a more sustainable community.
Business Community ~ Many of our most fundamental relationships are also business transactions and no sector of society has a greater reach in spreading sustainability in production, employment and consumption.
Biotic Community ~ Humans share the earth with many beings and we express that connection in many ways; in our ethics and our art, in our inspirations and our meditations.
Advocacy Community ~ Sustainability is about envisioning a better world, and then acquiring and employing the tools of change needed to make the vision a reality.
The other big change we have made has been the creation of a "Community Center" in the heart of the conference. Take a traditional exhibitor hall, cross it with a street faire, throw in some coffee house conversation areas and a mini lecture hall and you get where we are headed in making this the place to be. If you have ideas or would like to be a part of this year's conference, please contact our conference coordinators at twts@csuchico.edu.
And More!
Presents: Orville Schell & David Breashears
Climate Change in the Himalayas
Friday, November 5th
Laxson Auditorium ~ 7:30 pm
Join author and journalist Orville Schell and filmmaker and adventurer David Breashears in an evening entitled: Climate change and the Melting Glaciers of the Himalayas: Why It Matters. This multimedia event is part of Chico State's On the Creek Lecture series. Stunning photography and videography will accompany expert opinions on the topic of our world’s melting glaciers.
For pricing and complete details about this event please visit www.chicoperformances.com. This event is co-sponsored by the Institute for Sustainable Development and University Public Events at CSU, Chico.
Please continue to visit this web site as conference planning progresses.
To contact our conference coordinators via e-mail:
Ciara Meanes or Kara Hearne at twts@csuchico.edu
James Pushnik at jpushnik@csuchico.edu