Dear AASHE Supporter,

We invite you to participate in our 2nd biennial conference, AASHE 2008:
Working Together for Sustainability - On Campus and
Beyond<http://www.aashe.org/conf2008>,
November 9-11 in Raleigh, NC.  Registration is now open and those who
register by August 29 will receive an early bird discount.

AASHE's Conference is the largest campus sustainability gathering of its
kind in the United States and Canada.  We expect over 1,000 attendees in
Raleigh, and more than 300 presentations, with an impressive array of campus
and business leaders sharing their experience, knowledge and passion for
promoting sustainability on campus and in the community.  Duke University,
North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill are the host campuses for the 2008 Conference.

This year AASHE is partnering with Sustainable North Carolina to offer a
unique tradeshow - the Sustainable Solutions Expo:  Green Solutions for
Campuses, Businesses and
Institutions<http://aashe.org/conf2008/exhibitors.php>.
You'll be able to network with an impressive array of higher education and
business leaders at the Expo, and some fun events are planned.

*Highlights*
Keynotes this year include these engaging and widely acclaimed speakers:

   - *Lester R. Brown* - Founder, Earth Policy Institute, and  author,
   "Eco-Economy," "Plan B," and "Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization"
   - *Van Jones* - Founder and President, Green for All
   - *Peter Senge* - Senior lecturer, MIT, and chair, Society for
   Organizational Learning (SoL)
   - *Vandana Shiva* - Physicist, environmental activist, author of "Stolen
   Harvest," and "Earth Democracy", and winner of the 1993 Right Livelihood
   Award
   - *Government Plenary featuring:*
    - Bracken Hendricks - Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
      - Kevin Foy - Mayor of Chapel Hill, NC
      - Harvey Ruvin - Miami-Dade County Clerk, FL

Other special events include an array of pre-conference workshops, a career
fair, a student summit, the AASHE awards banquet, field trips to our host
campuses, and activities highlighting the American College & University
Presidents' Climate Commitment.

This Conference aims to significantly advance sustainability in higher
education with a particular emphasis on the need to consider all dimensions
of sustainability in decision-making.  Reflecting this year's theme of
"working together for sustainability," additional goals are to advance
sustainability practices through partnerships and collaborations, to promote
new pathways for elevating sustainability education and student leadership,
and to involve a wider range of participants in advancing sustainability in
higher education.

Please visit www.aashe.org/conference <http://www.aashe.org/conf2008> for
more information or contact me directly.
We hope to see you there!

Lisa

Lisa A. Satin, AASHE Conference Manager
213 1/2 N. Limestone St.
Lexington, KY 40507
P: 859.258.2551 / C: 859-338-3740
F: 859.258.2264
L...@aashe.org

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NSF IGERT: Ecology, Conservation & Pathogen Biology
Department of Geography
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
445 Saunders Hall, 2424 Maile Way
Honolulu, HI 96822
jkittin...@gmail.com
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