Logout Manage Profile Contact EDUCAUSE Home Page Login Contact EDUCAUSE Home Page
February 24–26 • San Antonio, Texas

What's Your Carbon Footprint? Sustainability and Green IT Initiatives That Make a Difference
Sponsored by Pearson eCollege

Session Details

Thursday, February 26, 2009
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Hidalgo Ballroom A-C

Session Type: General Session
Focus Area: Evolving Role of IT and Leadership, Managing the Enterprise

Speaker(s)

  • Elizabeth Davey, Director of the Office of Environmental Affairs, Tulane University
  • Edward Kelty, Vice President/CIO of Information Services, Rio Salado College
  • Pattie Orr, VP for IT/Dean of University Libraries, Baylor University
  • Session moderator: Ann Kovalchick, Deputy CIO, Tulane University

Abstract

Supporting our institutions’ sustainability efforts and responses to climate change will be a key role for higher education IT in the decades to come. Do you know your carbon footprint? Do you know what it will take to reach climate neutrality? Whose responsibility is it on your campus? What can IT do that has high impact? What best practices are emerging for IT units? Three leaders for campus sustainability and green initiatives will provide a framework for your own participation in critical discussions and actions on your campus.

Available Resources
 
© Copyright 1999-2009 EDUCAUSE
  Unless otherwise noted, EDUCAUSE holds the copyright on all materials published by the association, whether in print or electronic form. In certain cases the work remains the intellectual property of the individual author(s) (see Special Circumstances). Content from conference speeches, presentations, blogs, wikis and feeds reflect the opinions of the author, and not necessarily those of EDUCAUSE or its members.