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Service Learning and Campus Operations: Student Projects to Integrate Food, Food Waste and Energy
Production at Clarkson University
Susan E. Powers, PhD, PEClarkson University
Potsdam NY
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Trans-disciplinaryDivergent Thinking
Local / Global Perspecti ves
SYSTEMS THINKING
CreativityProblem
solving
Relevant, engaging
Real-world,
ill-defined problems
Questioning
Service
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Sustainability Strategic Plan• Clarkson students graduate with an understanding of the
concepts of sustainability and the skills to shape a sustainable future– By 2015, X% of students engage in community service for XX hours per
year as volunteers or through service learning projects in classes
• Opportunities that students have to engage in sustainability experiences through student life and co-curricular activities are pervasive– By FY2014, at least XX clubs or organizations include campus or
community service as part of their activities
• The campus and the community are used for effective experiential learning and research to enable students to contribute to the planning and implementation of projects to create a more sustainable campus– Identify and support current and create X new on-campus and off-
campus experiential learning sites– Expand the Sustainability fund to support at least 10 projects per year
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Furthering the Concept: Experiential Learning Sites
• Anaerobic Digester• Zero emission snowmobile• Algae Biodiesel• Entrepreneur Coffee
• Engineers without Borders• Devil’s Thumb Ranch• Beacon Institute• Adirondack Semester
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Campus Greenhouse/Digester Project Provides Local Food and Research
on Veggie Production in Cold Climates
Sustainability Projects for Enhanced Education
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STEP 1: Vision for Year-round Sustainable Food in Cold Climates
• Controlled environment• Continuous production• Low land footprint• Local production• Technical Innovations– Aeroponic growth– LED lighting– Passive solar design w/
renewable energy inputs– Sensors and controls– Materials and energy
recycling (Summer 2008)
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STEP 2: Laboratory Testing and Feasibility Assessment
(AY2010)
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(April 2010)
Lisa JacksonHead Administrator
of EPA
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(April 2010)
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(October 2010)
Step 3: Pilot Facility - Integrated System
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(January 2011)
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(March 2011)
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(March 2011)
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(March 2011)
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(May 2011)
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(September 2011)
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February 2012
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Summer 2012
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Anaerobic digester650 lb food waste/dayTransformed into biogas then electric and heat energy
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Clarkson University Commitment: –Opportunities for real-world engineering and business
development and entrepreneurial experiences• Graduate and Undergraduate Research• Capstone classes• SPEED program• Shipley Center for Innovation / Reh Center for Entrepreneurship
–Utilize campus infrastructure as experiential learning sites to promote sustainability education–Challenges: • Who is leader?
– Faculty / Student / Staff
• Continuity• Funding
– Campus Sustainability Fund – External agencies – Philanthropic Donations
Making it Happen
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Key Points• Enabling student ideas and educating through
real-world projects is fun and rewarding as an educator
• Increasing our “Experiential Learning Sites” will – help to increase our campus sustainability AND – provide essential education opportunities for 21st
Century skills• Lots of Ways for students to
get involved in our campus sustainability activities
“STEACHER”
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Thank You!
• www.clarkson.edu/green
• www.clarkson.edu/projects/cehrf
• http://planetforward.org/idea/year-round-greenhouse-gardening/
Contact:Susan PowersJean ‘79 and Robert ’79 Spence Professor
in Sustainable Environmental SystemsInstitute for a Sustainable [email protected]