Campus Green Builder

By Marya McQuirter, PhD
chocolate & arugula

Leech Lake Tribal College
Photo Credit: LLTB on Facebook

This week, the United Negro College Fund Institute for Capacity Building, in partnership with the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and Second Nature, will host the 2nd Building Green Learning Institute in Minneapolis, 6-8 May 2010.

The conference is open to administrators and faculty at colleges and universities that primarily serve students of color. For more more information, contact Felicia Davis, Program Director, UNCF Facilities and Infrastructure Enhancement Program, via phone 404-302-8607, ext. 8531 or via email to 
Felicia.Davis@uncf.org. To register, click here.

Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
Photo Credit: FDLTCC on Facebook

Minneapolis was selected for the 2nd institute because of its central proximity to many of the 38 colleges and universities that primarily serve Native American students. Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Leech Lake Tribal College, and White Earth Tribal and Community College are located in Minnesota. I'm eager to learn about the sustainability initiatives taking place at these institutions.

As I've written in an earlier post, the goals of the Building Green Learning Institutes are to increase the number of ACUPCC signatories and to increase the number of LEED^®-certified buildings.

White Earth Tribal and Community College Construction
Photo Credit: WETCC on Facebook 

ACUPCC Signatories:

• College of Menominee Nation (Wisconsin)
  Dr. Verna Fowler, President
• Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development (New Mexico)
  Robert Martin, President

I am working on the list of LEED^® buildings.

As I did with the Atlanta institute, I will have a play-by-play of the Minneapolis institute next week.

fyi: The 2010 eduWeb Conference Program is now online. Interesting in learning how to add value using technology throughout your institution, click here for more information.

Marya McQuirter, PhD is a sustainability consultant, scholar and blogger based in Washington, DC. She works with universities, businesses and non-profits on researching, writing and marketing their sustainability portfolios. She also lectures widely on sustainability and writes about sustainability on her blog, chocolate & arugula.