Dr. Tom Kimmerer

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  Tom Kimmerer, executive director of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education and I attended.The participants are developing four articles covering the following topics: Myths and Visions of Sustainable Development; Curricula and Pedagogy for Sustainable Development, Transforming the University to Include Sustainability, and Universities As Agents of Change.The group discussed:

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  "Here you take the largest university in the United States in terms of single-campus student population and you do all of these things at once," said Tom Kimmerer, head of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

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  "We have sent a document to every college and university president in the United States," said Tom Kimmerer, director of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, which helps coordinate the initiative.
  
  "I think that the Presidential Climate Commitment is going to really speed up the entire college and university sustainability effort," he said.

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  Presenters include Norm Christopher, Director of Sustainability, Grand Valley State University, Tom Kimmerer, Executive Director of AASHE, and Bill McKibben.
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  Debra Rowe was the U.S. keynote speaker at the UN conference and Tom Kimmerer and Debra were participants at the sessions at MIT.

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  "Student activists and faculty led the charge for the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act," says Tom Kimmerer, executive director of AASHE.
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  Three kinds of leadership are fueling the sustainability movement on campus, Kimmerer says: "There's leadership from the top: college presidents and university chancellors.Then, leadership from the middle , the operations people are practical folks, many of them well educated in sustainability , who often see that LEED-certified buildings or better lighting have a short [economic] payback.And then there's leadership from the bottom, where student and faculty engagement are linked to one another.The most successful sustainability gains occur when all three levels of leadership work in concert."
  
  Sometimes action from one of these sectors kicks the other two into gear."Larry Shinn, president of Berea College, is a visionary in this movement," Kimmerer says.
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  "When Bill and David engaged students," Kimmerer says, "students took up the cause."

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  While Ten Broeck's line of work is relatively new, it's becoming increasingly common, according to Dr. Tom Kimmerer, executive director of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, based in Lexington, Ky.
  
  "The sustainability coordinator is a discipline that didn't exist as recently as three or four years ago.So essentially what we're seeing is the emergence of a new discipline, and if you look at how colleges and universities are going about that, they are having to look at people from other disciplines that fit the requirements," Kimmerer said.
  
  Those others are often recycling coordinators or energy management officials, he said, because there are few people with formal training in sustainability.
  
  "It's not just at colleges and universities.It's elsewhere.It's a growing discipline; I think we're seeing the emergence of a new market for sustainability jobs, and new job opportunities for people with the right kind of training," Kimmerer said.
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  And I think the growth of AASHE is the best testament to that," Kimmerer said.
  
  Meanwhile, he said, schools and businesses also are discovering their need for individuals with backgrounds in sustainability.Not only will they be looking to hire specialists like Ten Broeck, but individuals with general knowledge of sustainability, according to Kimmerer.
  
  "A college procurement officer deciding what kind of paper, foods, or coffee to buy-a person in that position with sustainability training is well positioned to have a positive influence on that enterprise," he said.
  
  And as demand increases for workers with such skill sets, college programs offering sustainability degrees and training are likely to grow, Kimmerer said.

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  "We had a very competitive pool of applicants this year, so winning one of these awards is a major achievement," said Tom Kimmerer, the Executive Director of AASHE.
  
  The awards are endorsed by the Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HEASC), a network of 13 leading higher education associations with a commitment to advancing sustainability within their constituencies as well as in the system of higher education.

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  Tom Kimmerer, PhdAASHE: Staff Bio - Tom Kimmerer
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  Tom Kimmerer is the Executive Director of AASHE.Tom has a B.S. in Forest Biology from Syracuse and a PhD in Forestry and Botany from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.He was a professor at the University of Kentucky for 18 years and taught forestry, natural resource management and plant physiology.His research interest is in the physiology and biochemistry of trees and responses of trees to environmental change.Tom was a Senior Fulbright Scholar at Universiti Pertanian Malaysia and has worked on sustainable forestry and agriculture in Malaysia and Indonesia.Prior to joining AASHE, Tom headed a technology firm and was a consultant in sustainable land management.Tom is an avid hiker, photographer and violinist.He lives in Lexington, Kentucky with his wife Stacey, a veterinarian, and their children.

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  "Despite the promise of revolving loan funds to advance sustainability on campus, only a handful of campuses have actually created such funds," said Tom Kimmerer, AASHE's Executive Director.

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  AASHE Awards Ceremony Presented by Tom Kimmerer, Executive Director of AASHE These awards recognize institutions that have made the greatest overall commitment to sustainability as demonstrated in their governance, academics, operations, campus culture and community outreach.

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