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2009 AICAD BOARD MEETING NYC Debera Johnson debjohnson@pratt.edu
Universities are really the right group to lead the charge on climate change.
They are in the business of shaping the leaders of tomorrow.
-Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg at Pratt June 6, 2007
2009 AICAD BOARD MEETING NYC Debera Johnson debjohnson@pratt.edu
Facilities Director AND Academic Director
Commit internally Strategic Plan/Master Academic Plan
Make public commitmentsACUPCC, Designers Accord, Mayoral Challenge, 2030 Imperative
“Integrate vs Isolate”
Promote and reward collaboration (especially interdisciplinary)
KEY INSTITUTIONAL DECISIONS
2009 AICAD BOARD MEETING NYC Debera Johnson debjohnson@pratt.edu
MINORS Program - infrastructure for collaboration
CSDS - Education/Exploration/Enterprise
Pratt Design Incubator for Sustainable Innovation
SUSTAINABILITY CRASH COURSE
FIPSE FUNDS ($450K OVER 3 YEARS)
LINK Greening FACILITIES with Greening our ACADEMICS
Academic Director of SustainabilityCOLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP
2009 AICAD BOARD MEETING NYC Debera Johnson debjohnson@pratt.edu
President/Provost
Center For Continuing and Professional Studies
Admissions
Development
Communications
IT
Student Life
Academic Director of SustainabilityCOLLABORATIVE SUPPORT
2009 AICAD BOARD MEETING NYC Debera Johnson debjohnson@pratt.edu
New York City will be very different place in 2030.
Pratt’s Center for Sustainable Design Studies will be a resource that helps to shape the designers that will build our sustainable future.
2009 AICAD BOARD MEETING NYC Debera Johnson debjohnson@pratt.edu
1. Materials Resource Lab and Library
2. Database of case studies of faculty’s professional work
3. Eco – geeks and Lecturers - Primers
4. Place to find mentors, peers
5. Pratt Design Incubator – Think tank for a Livable Future
6. CSDS website
2009 AICAD BOARD MEETING NYC Debera Johnson debjohnson@pratt.edu
Someone well known and trusted by the community
Able to nurture leadership and hand off projects
Prioritize collaboration
Respect what’s in place and find ways to integrate
Peer to Peer
Communication and recognition
Leadership by President Provost and Board
GOING SUSTAINABLESOME KEYS TO SUCCESS
2009 AICAD BOARD MEETING NYC Debera Johnson debjohnson@pratt.edu
Cynicism and Fear
Sustainability is still in awkward phase
Faculty key to making it important to the student
“Where do we fit it in”
COMMUNICATION
Money to make it happen
SOME KEY CHALLENGES
2009 AICAD BOARD MEETING NYC Debera Johnson debjohnson@pratt.edu
Sustainability Working Group
Best practicesCase studiesNew courses
Collective problem solving
2009 AICAD BOARD MEETING NYC Debera Johnson debjohnson@pratt.edu
Collaborative “Department” of Sustainable Design
5 AICAD schoolsPartner together
Semester “Onboard”Faculty and Students on One Campus