Plan to arrive early on Sunday and sign up for a pre-conference Experiential Learning Opportunity (ELO) or a Workshop. Both types of activities occur on Sunday, October 4, before the official start of the conference program, and cost an additional fee. These supplemental opportunities offer educational opportunities not found in the standard conference program to help maximize your time in Baltimore.
Participants of pre-conference activities must also be registered for the full conference. You can add an ELO or workshop to your registration either at the time you register or by modifying an existing registration.
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Pre-Conference Workshops
Looking for more hands-on opportunities to hone your skills while you’re in Baltimore? Consider registering for one of the three pre-conference workshops, designed to go more in-depth than most sessions and allow you to the opportunity to refine specific areas of your work. The workshops take place on Sunday, October 4 from 12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. on-site at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor. Cost is $95 (AASHE members), $125 (AASHE non-members) or $50 (students). Lunch is not included, check-out options in the area.
This interactive workshop reframes planning and project design as the first phase of implementation and positions engagement as a core driver of organizational change.
Participants will leave with a practical groundwork template to support their pre-planning efforts, enabling them to design strategic plans and projects that lead to meaningful, actionable outcomes.
This workshop is ideal for sustainability professionals, campus leaders, and practitioners leading strategic plans, cross-functional projects, and other complex change efforts.
This interactive workshop introduces the Sustainability Education Accreditation Commission (SEAC), an emergent programmatic accreditor for academic programs in Sustainability.
Programmatic accreditation for sustainability is a new initiative which will shape the professional field and align professional-leaning programs with employer perspectives.
This session is primarily for faculty, administrators, or directors of degree and certificate programs interested in joining this international effort to improve the training and preparation of graduates of sustainability-degree programs and future sustainability professionals.
Have you felt frustrated with students seeming apathetic, resistant, or powerless? Conversely, have you seen students struggle to take lofty aspirations and bring them to life? Have you yourself wondered if your current practice and training has prepared you to teach, mentor, develop, and lead through these times?
Through hands-on practice and peer collaboration, this workshop combines the creative problem-solving techniques of human-centered design with facilitation methods that enable students to integrate challenging realities and prepares faculty and staff to transform teaching, curriculum, programming, and mentoring to help students become confident and ethical problem-solvers.
Experiential Learning Opportunities
ELO are immersive activities that take attendees outside the traditional conference session room to explore host institutions, local organizations, or projects related to the sustainability. Schedules and costs vary, hover over each opportunity to learn more.
$55
Join us for an exclusive visit to Swarthmore College to explore hands-on approaches to campus decarbonization and sustainability.
We will take an in-depth tour of Swarthmore’s geoexchange plant, followed by a walking tour of the campus highlighting sustainable features like the recent Living Building Challenge projects, and insights into long-term facilities and climate action planning.
Shared bus transportation to and from the conference hotel and lunch at the College is included.