Workshop Program

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Wednesday, May 23

4:00 PM

• Welcoming remarks
• Introduction to the range of programs represented
• Development of Sustainability Technical Workforce (Sustainable Future²): The Challenges and Dynamics of the Geoscience Labor Market (PowerPoint 2.3MB May23 12) - Chris Keane, American Geosciences Institute

5:30 Reception and Dinner

7:00 Keynote address: Don Kennedy, Stanford University

Text of Don's talk: Geoscience and Sustainability (Microsoft Word 45kB May24 12)
Pie chart of Stanford Earth Systems program's alumni careers (PowerPoint 316kB May25 12)

Discussion - What futures are we preparing students for?

Thursday May 24

8:00 Breakfast at the Hartley Conference Center

8:30 Overview of the InTeGrate project (PowerPoint 2.1MB May24 12) and of the day

8:45-9:45 Engaging Students and the Research Community in Sustainability Challenges (PowerPoint 7.3MB May25 12) - Pamela Matson, Stanford University

9:45-10:30 Program assessment via SWOT Analysis (Stengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, & Threats)

Panel of participants present the strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities (SWO) of their programs:

• David Gutzler, Environmental Science B.S. degree program at the University of New Mexico
• Angela Moore, Environmental Studies at Guilford College
• Jason Neff, Environmental Studies program, University of Colorado at Boulder (Jeff's slides (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 256kB May24 12))

Discussant: David Blockstein, National Council for Science and the Environment

Discussion: What can we say about the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities of these types of programs in general?

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-12:00 Table-scale SWO discussions (link to private participant workspace)

Build strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities lists for different types of program models

12:00-1:30 Lunch

1:30-2:30 Report back and draft synthesis (link to private participant workspace)

2:30-3:30 Alumni panel - Laura Dominguez Chan, Stanford Career Development Center, moderator

What are the strengths and vulnerabilities for students coming out of various program models?

Panelists (Acrobat (PDF) 5.9MB May23 12):

• Oriana Chafe, Ecological Restoration Field Crew Leader, Younger Lagoon Natural Reserve
• Casey McCullough, Sustainability Coordinator, Episcopal High School
• Mario Molina, Deputy Director, Alliance for Climate Education
• Ian Monroe, Visiting Scholar and Lecturer, Stanford University
• Hannah Winkler, Earth Sciences Librarian, Stanford University

3:30-3:45 Break

3:45-5:00 Panel: How do we know whether our programs are successful?

• Barbara Bekken, The Earth Sustainability Liberal Education Program: An experiment in integrative learning at Virginia Tech (Barbara's slides (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 7.3MB May25 12))
• David Gosselin, Environmental Studies, University of Nebraska at Lincoln (David's slides (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 1.2MB May24 12))
• Rod Parnell, Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University (Rod's slides (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 1.5MB May24 12))

5:00-5:15 Reflection

5:30 Go to Pam's house for a reception

7:00 Dinner at Coconuts Caribbean Restaurant

Friday, May 25

8:00 Breakfast at the Hartley Conference Center

8:30-8:45 Overview of the day

8:45-10:00 Panel: Novel program elements and design

• Anne Larson Hall, The Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Major at Emory University (Anne's slides (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 3.1MB May24 12))
• Erin Lane, Innovation and Integration in Student Centered Environmental Science, The University of British Columbia (Erin's slides (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 391kB May25 12))
• Jonathan Tomkin, Environmental Sustainability at the University of Illinois (Jonathan's slides (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 1.2MB May25 12))
  University of Illinois online Sustainability textbook and free fall 2012 online Sustainability course

Discussant: Tim Bralower, the Pennsylvania State University

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:25 Developing synthesis documents (the following links go to the private participant workspace)

• 10 minutes - Read Cathy's and Pam's rough draft of recommendations for the present and opportunities for the future - make comments in thread at bottom of page. (See the final workshop synthesis here.)
• 20 minutes - whole group discussion of synthesis document and opportunities
• 18 minutes - At your table, develop a list of geoscience skills that are important in solving problems involving sustainability:
  Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3 | Table 4 | Table 5
• 7 minutes round robin report out of most important ideas
• 20 minutes - next steps for group, project; recommendations

11:25-11:30 Closing remarks and evaluation

11:30 AM Adjourn