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Texas Regional Alliance for Campus Sustainability (TRACS)
 March 5, 2010: UT Austin, Texas A&M and Rice University students vote for green funds. Learn more at www.thinkgreenfund.org ![[Untitled]](http://image.wetpaint.com/image/1/h5GItxyR2QmoNFeVHwqf7g46231/GW531H86 "[Untitled]") University of Texas at Arlington  The first-ever North Central Texas Campus Climate Summit brought together over 50 participants from 15 different universities and colleges in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The summit provided opportunities for faculty, students, staff and administrators from the region to get together to share ideas, best practices and resources to accelerate climate change and sustainability solutions. The main themes explored were 1) Transforming the Curriculum to Address Eco-literacy 2) Green Workforce Development and 3) Comprehensive Greening of Campus Operations. Visit the NCTCCS Page for more information about the summit including the Mission Statement, Presentation Files, Workshop Descriptions and the Sponsors and Organizers. Speakers included:
PPT Presentations from the summit: Higher Education and Climate Change,Lisa Madry, Field Director, National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology program (NWF) Climate Change and North Texas, Arne Winguth, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, UTA Issue Briefing - Eco-literacy: Sustainability Across the Curriculum, Jeff Howard, Assistant Professor, School of Urban & Public Affairs, UTA Presentations from North Central Texas Campuses on On-going Campus Climate/Sustainability Initiatives. - Becky Richards, Texas Christian University - Brandon Morton - University of North Texas Issue Briefing – Green Workforce Development and Student Engagement - Lisa Madry, NWF Workshop – Preparing Students for the Green Economy, Sidney Bolfing, Coordinator, Renewable Energy Technologies Texas State Technical College/Texas Renewable Energy Education Consortium Joyce Williams, District Director Workforce Development – DCCCD, President, Texas Association of College Technical Educators Workshop - Student Engagement, Praween Dayananda, Field Coordinator, NWF Workshop - Developing a Climate Action Plan, Praween Dayananda, Field Coordinator, NWF | Welcome to the wiki for the Texas Regional Alliance for Campus Sustainability (TRACS). This website is a tool for faculty, students, and sustainability professionals in colleges and universities in the Texas region to communicate easily with one another about our successes and challenges implementing sustainability and climate change solutions. Become a member, see what other campuses are doing, and get feedback on what you're doing. (You can start by filling out your profile and adding to the "Contacts" and "Sustainability Resources" pages.) |
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Role of Higher Ed DFW 10.09_2.ppt (Powerpoint Presentation - 1,762k)
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