Issues regarding environmental responsibility and American campuses’ role in nourishing that responsibility will be the subject of a telecast Oct. 9 on the IU Bloomington campus.

Several hundred campuses will be tuning in to the two-hour national telecast, sponsored by the Society for College and University Planners (SCUP), the national professional group for operations and facilities administrators. The IU Bloomington Council for Environmental Stewardship is a local sponsor of the event, which is scheduled at the Frangipani Room of the Indiana Memorial Union, beginning at 10:45 a.m. Bloomington time Thursday (Oct. 9).

Sustainability is a rapidly evolving international concept which looks at strategic ways to plan for current and future generations to be healthy; meet their individual needs, and live in safe, culturally diverse and economically secure communities. SCUP is sponsoring the telecast to emphasize the responsibility of higher education in accelerating a shift in thinking, values and actions toward sustainability and a secure and civil society.

Other local sponsors include the IU Office of the University Architect, the IU Physical Plant and the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

http://www.scup.org/sustainability/telecast2003.htm

http://environment.indiana.edu/