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Sustainable Cornell Summit 2024

The Sustainable Cornell Summit brings together the campus community for networking and learning opportunities. All Cornell community members are welcome to participate! 

Our overarching theme for the event is Planetary Health and we are excited to announce Dr. Steve Osofsky, Director of the K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health, as our keynote speaker. We chose the topic of planetary health as way to demonstrate how all our work in human and ecological sustainability is connected. 

Registration deadline is Monday, December 2nd
Registration is required to limit food waste. 

Click here for registration. Email sustainability@cornell.edu if you have any difficulties registering. 

Agenda 

8:30am – 9:00am Doors Open / Registration / Buffet

9:00am – 9:15am State of Campus Sustainability

Lynden Archer, Dean of Engineering & Rick Burgess, Vice President for Facilities and Campus Services (FCS)

9:15am – 10:00am Keynote: Birthing Planetary Health: A Midwife’s Tale

Dr. Steve Osofsky, K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health 

10.00am – 11:00am Exemplar Sustainability Projects

  • Johannes Lehmann, CALS, Soil Factory & Soil Management 
  • C. Lindsay Anderson, College of Engineering  NYS Grid Transition 
  • David Bonter, Lab of Ornithology, Citizen Science & Cornell Grasslands 

11:00am - 11:30am Applying the Quadruple Bottom Line (Interactive)

11:30am Closing Remarks

Sarah Carson, Campus Sustainability Office

Platinum Sustainable Event Certified

 

 

Start Date: December 10, 2024
Start Time: 8:30 am
Location: Statler Hall