EMSU NODES

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• EMSU NODES
• Invitation to RCEs and others to participate in
  EMSU 2008
• 12 December 2007

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• Introduction
• EMSU history
• EMSU 2008 overview
• EMSU nodes
• Activities
• Benefits
• Criteria
• Commitments
• 6. Calendar
• 7. Contacts

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• 1. INTRODUCTION
• Universities have a catalytic role in creating
  new knowledge and attitudes to face the current
  global challenges to sustainability.
• EMSU 2008 aims to share experiences and provoke
  debate on the role of universities in facing
  these challenges, through online surveys,
  workshops in different parts of the world, an
  active web portal and a 2 day conference in
  Barcelona, October 2008.
• We invite you to participate in the EMSU process
  and this presentation explains how.

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• 2. EMSU HISTORY
• 4 international conferences on universities and
  sustainability
• (EMSU Environmental Management for Sustainable
  Universities)
• 2006 gtTransforming ideas into action building
  sustainable communities beyond university
  campuses (University Wisconsin-Stephens Point,
  USA)
• 2004 gt Sustainable Development Education
  Holistic and Integrative Educational and
  Management Approaches For Ensuring Sustainable
  Societies (Tecnólogico de Monterrey, México)
• 2002 gt The role of higher education in
  Sustainable Development (Rhodes University,
  South-Africa)
• 1999 gt Environmental Management for Sustainable
  Universities (Lund University, Sweden)

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• 3. EMSU 2008 Overview
• Global changes
• In the context of the vision for a new knowledge
  culture to build sustainable societies, EMSU2008
  is focused on 5 key global changes
• Climate change and resource scarcity
• Production and consumption patterns
• Governance and changing responsibilities
• Poverty reduction and equity
• Urban systems
• Universities facing sustainability
• EMSU2008 aims to explore new cultures and
  attitudes to face these changes in the following
  areas of university activity
• Education
• Applied and interdisciplinary research
• Organizational change and outreach
• Operations

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• EMSU2008 ORGANIZERS
• Scientific committee (SC) Don Huisingh (EMSU I,
  JCP), Mark Hazell (EMSU II, Rhodes), Francisco
  Lozano (EMSU III,Tec Monterrey), Victor Phillips
  (EMSU IV, UWSP), Rietje Van-Dam (Lieden, OU,
  UNU-IAS, RCE Rhine Meuse), Johan Woudstra (THU),
  Maria Rosa Rovira, Pere Ysern (UAB), Miquel
  Barceló, Didac Ferrer (UPC)
• Local organization committee (LOC) Didac Ferrer
  (UPC), Pere Ysern (UAB), Heloise Buckland (RCE
  Barcelona), Carme Hidalgo (UAB), Francisco
  Esteban (UPC)
• EMSU Regional Coordinators (to be defined)

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• EMSU Target audience
• People interested in universities facing global
  changes for sustainability
• Universities professors, researchers, managers,
  green campus offices, student networks,
  university decision-makers, university networks
• University stakeholders NGOs, community groups
  local and regional government, schools, colleges,
  businesses, professional organisations
• RCEs Regional Centres of Expertise in education
  for sustainable development involved with
  universities in their regions

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• EMSU Nodes
• Groups of people in different parts of the world
  participating in EMSU from their region
• Benefits
• Survey facilitated to seek opinion on
  universities role in sustainability in your
  region
• Dissemination of organisations activities via web
• Workshop formats to provoke debate on role of
  university in key global changes
• Participation in global network on universities
  and sustainability

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• EMSU Nodes
• Groups of people in different parts of the world
  participating in EMSU from their region
• Activities
• Survey Disseminate online survey in your region
  and feedback results (December - February)
• Workshop Host EMSU workshop in your region with
  local stakeholders to explore the role of
  universities in global changes and feedback
  results (February July)
• Web Use EMSU web to disseminate information of
  relevant events, publications and other news
  about universities and sustainability
• Conference Send contributions (scientific paper,
  poster, video, photos or other) to conference for
  review by scientific committee, report back on
  results of survey and workshop

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• 1. Survey
• We ask EMSU Nodes to distribute an online survey
  about the role of universities in sustainability
  within their region. The survey is targeted at
  students, professors, and others working at the
  University as well as external organisations
  (NGOs, government, business, etc) who may have an
  interest in the university.
• We will process the results of the survey for
  your region as well as globally
• Please send the following link in an email (this
  version in English) to your contacts and ask them
  to respond to the survey by February.
  http//emsu.org/survs/index.php?sid42452langen
• If you need the survey translated into your
  language we can help do this, currently it is in
  Spanish, Catalan and English

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• 2. Workshop
• We ask EMSU Nodes to organise a workshop on the
  role of universities in sustainability for
  University representatives (students, professors
  and others) and outside organisations
• The survey results can be used as a starting
  point for discussion at the workshop, as well as
  the documents posted on www.emsu.org
• We suggest the workshop of minimum 3-4 hours and
  to base discussions around the key global changes
  discussed in the survey and the role of the
  University in each of these areas in its
  teaching, research, management and external
  relations
• We ask you to send us a report (including one
  page summary) of the key conclusions of your
  workshop by June 30th. These will be posted on
  www.emsu.org and highlights will be selected for
  the final conference
• We will send suggestions for the workshop
  dynamic.

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• 3. Web
• We hope that www.emsu.org will become a useful
  resource and space for debate for those working
  to promote sustainability in Universities
• The website is currently being developed and will
  include a blog on which the survey reports, news,
  reports, videos, photos, publications, details of
  upcoming events and any other material can be
  posted.
• The web will also be a key element of the online
  event opportunities for those not wishing to
  travel to the final conference, and the
  contributions to EMSU (scientific papers and
  others) will be posted on the web
• Free open-source software is being used and the
  intention is for www.emsu.org to be a resource
  for future emsu events

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• 3. Conference
• We invite all EMSU nodes to share the experience
  of their survey results, workshops and other
  contributions at the final conference 15-17
  October 2008 in Barcelona
• To encourage participation from a wide audience
  EMSU welcomes scientific papers as well as
  videos, photos or other artistic contributions to
  be showcased at the conference
• All contributions require to submit a one page
  summary (or abstract) by February 28 which will
  be used as a basis for selection by the EMSU
  Scientific Committee. Selected contributions
  will be included in the EMSU gallery on the
  website, as well as on a CD distributed to all
  assistants
• EMSU nodes will also be encouraged to participate
  in the conference via video-link or other
  available on-line means.

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• NODES Criteria
• Organisations with network capacity, able to
  reach university stakeholders in their region
• Capacity and experience in organising workshops
• Resource to facilitate survey and workshop
• Initial selection of 5/10 nodes to cover global
  regions
• NODES Commitments
• Institutional commitment (agreement from senior
  management)
• Contact coordinator
• Translation to local language (if necessary) and
  distribution of survey
• Host workshop and feedback workshop report
• Contribute to web (send information about events,
  reports etc)
• Contribute to conference (optional) through
  paper, poster, video, presentation etc)

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CALENDAR
Pre/register
Registration discount
Reg.full price
Survey
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Pre/conf workshops
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Abstracts
Selection
Full submission
v1
v2
v3
Handover
15-17 Oct Conference
Results of survey workshops to be fed into web
and selections presented at final conference
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NODE workshop Brazil
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Contact details2008_at_emsu.orgwww.emsu.orgskype
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