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Envisioning and planning for climate change in higher education
Posted on August 1, 2023 by Bryan Alexander
This morning I’m speaking to the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)’s conference in Cleveland, Ohio. My topic: higher education in the climate crisis.
I’m not sure if a recording will be available, nor if anyone will live-tweet it, but I did want to share my notes here, along with my potentially cryptic slidestack:
(Why share this here? First, to follow my open practice. Second, so people actually in the live SCUP audience don’t have to worry about taking photos of slides, wanting printouts, etc.)
This is a somewhat usual talk for me. Not the topic — you all know I’ve been working on higher ed and climate change for years — but because the audience was pleasantly surprising. Unlike most academics I’ve followed and listened to, SCUP folks (campus planners, architects, designers) are already deeply thinking about what global warming might mean for academic institutions, and are planning and acting accordingly. So I’ve adjusted my presentation according to what I’ve heard in sessions and hallway conversations.
