Schedule

Friday March 30, 2012

Time Details
9:30-10:00

Registration and Refreshments
Ford Chapel
10:00-10:15

Welcome
Ford Chapel
Dr. James Mullen, President, Allegheny College
Dr. Eric Boynton, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Allegheny College
10:15-11:40

“Beyond Sustainability? The Environmental Justice Challenge and Struggles for a Post-Capitalist World”
Ford Chapel
Dr. Devon G. Peña, Professor of Anthropology and Chicano Studies, University of Washington
Comments: Irene Klaver
11:45-12:45

Lunch
Tillotson Room
12:45-2:10

“Environmental Imagination: River as Bridge”
Ford Chapel
Dr. Irene J. Klaver, Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of North Texas
Comments: Sylvia Hood Washington
2:10-2:20

Refreshments
Ford Chapel
2:20-3:45

“Gluten Free”
Ford Chapel
Dr. Sylvia Hood Washington, Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Comments: Paul Thompson
3:45-3:55

Refreshments
Ford Chapel
3:55-5:20

“Conceptualizing Sustainability: A Cross-Cutting Approach”
Ford Chapel
Dr. Paul B. Thompson, W. K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food and Community Ethics, Michigan State University
Comments: Devon Peña
5:30-7:00

Dinner
Tillotson Room
7:00-9:00

Reception
Parent Library
7:30

Randy Wilson, Folk Artist and Activist
Ford Chapel

Saturday March 31, 2012

Time Details
8:45-9:15

Registration and Refreshments
Campus Center 301
9:15-10:45

SESSION I

A. Business, ethics and non-sustainability — e-waste and worse
Chair, Eric Palmer
Campus Center 301

Student Panelists:

  • Ryan Bernhard
  • Taylor Davenport
  • Julian Dean
  • Bill Duncanson
  • Jason Feige
  • Kathryn Goodman

B. Mediating Sustainability: How Media Shapes the Conversation
Chair, Emily Yochim
Campus Center 302

  • “Culture Jamming as a Tactic to Promote Corporate Sustainability”
    Vira Mistry
  • “Hank Green and His ‘Green’ Thumb: Sustainable Advocacy Through YouTube”
    Caitlyn Fuoco
  • “Inside the Pipeline: How the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Marcellus Shale Coverage Exemplifies the Future of Local Environmental News Coverage”
    Charles Magovern
10:45-11:00

Refreshments
Campus Center 301
11:00-12:30

SESSION II

A. Business, ethics and sustainability — sustainable and equitable growth?
Chair, Eric Palmer
Campus Center 301

Student Panelists:

  • Collin Marozzi
  • Hilario Segarra
  • Peter Slovonic
  • Greg Vallano
  • Mary Grace Warren
  • Jacob Widomski

B. Integrated Aquaculture and Agriculture
Chair, TJ Eatmon
Campus Center 302

  • “A feasibility analysis of urban aquaponic business models for Pittsburgh, PA”
    Elyse Schmitt
  • “Utilizing Food Waste to Lower the pH of Allegheny’s Pilot Aquaponic System”
    Erin Cavagnaro
  • “Utilizing Aquaponics for “Campus Grown” Food Production at Allegheny College”
    Bethany Walker
  • “Creating Intelligent Aquaponic Systems”
    Dibyo Mukherjee and Matt Frody

C. Sustainable Communities and the Marcellus Shale
Chair, Don Goldstein
Campus Center 303

Student panelists:

  • Francesco Mosconi
  • “Finding Balance as We Build a Bridge”
    Francheska Vargas
  • “Marcellus Shale: A Bridge Technology”
    Andrew Zimmer
12:30-2:00

Lunch
Tillotson Room
2:15-3:45

SESSION III

A. Sustainability Solutions in Traditionally Disadvantaged Communities
Chair, Kate Darby
Campus Center 303

  • “Transit accessibility to healthy food and employment for low income residents of Baltimore, MD”
    Christopher Plano
  • “Cooking for the Future: Family-Style Sustainability”
    Jennifer Lauer
  • “BEDS time biking”
    Lee Swaydis

B. The Whence and Whither of the “Earth Charter”
Chair, Jane Ellen Nickell
Campus Center 206

Students in Environmental Studies/Religious Studies 360 (Religion and Ecology) will lead a discussion of the principles and promises of the UN initiated “Earth Charter” document completed in 2000. Copies of the “Earth Charter” will be available at the session or can be read online at www.earthcharterinaction.org.

Student Panelists:

  • Bill Devlin
  • Mary Eddins
  • Joshua Hamblen
  • Lucas Schwanke
  • Kelly Smith

C. Water, Water Everywhere, But Not A Drop To Drink
Chair, Ishita Sinha Roy
Campus Center 301/302
(2:15-3:00 individual poster discussion, 3:00-3:45 group discussion of project)
3:45-4:00

Refreshments
Campus Center 301
4:00-5:30

SESSION IV

A. Democracy and Sustainability
Chair, Bill Bywater
Campus Center 303

Student Presenters:

  • Kassandra Martinchek
  • Lee Scandinaro

B. Poster and Discussion Session
Chair: Eric Pallant
Campus Center 301/302

Students enrolled in Environmental Science 340 (World Regional Geography) will present posters and lead a discussion around plans for sustainable development in the city of Meadville. Students will present their findings from interviews with key stakeholders, data analysis using Geographic Information Systems, as well as studies of the physical, cultural, and social geography of the region. (4:00-4:45 individual poster discussion, 4:45-5:30 group discussion of project)
5:30-7:00

Banquet and Roundtable Discussion
Tillotson Room
7:00-9:00

Reception
Parent Library