2009 AICAD BOARD MEETING NYCDebera Johnson [email protected].

2009 AICAD BOARD MEETING NYC Debera Johnson [email protected]



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


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


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


President/Provost

Center For Continuing and Professional Studies

Admissions

Development

Communications

IT

Student Life

Academic Director of SustainabilityCOLLABORATIVE SUPPORT



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.


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


http://csds.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


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


What can we do together?


Sustainability Working Group

Best practicesCase studiesNew courses

Collective problem solving


Collaborative “Department” of Sustainable Design

5 AICAD schoolsPartner together

Semester “Onboard”Faculty and Students on One Campus


Thank You

Contact info: [email protected]

2009 AICAD BOARD MEETING NYCDebera Johnson [email protected].

Documents

success slide

aicad schools partn

csds website slide

sustainable design studies

sustainable future

academic director commit

facilities director

fear sustainability