Getting meal tickets ready for AESS 2010 conference attendees during registration setup.
Thursday June 17 featured workshops on a series of topics, including CAMEL climate education… .
…and the new Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences.
Thursday also featured a number of field trips: here, Lewis & Clark student Claire and alumna Kelly board participants in the Portland food crawl.
Thursday lunch in Fields Dining Hall.
Participants in one of our afternoon field trips, titled Many Shades of Sustainability and led by Stephen Frenkel from Portland State University, started at Sunnyside Piazza in southeast Portland, the site of continuing City Repair placemaking work.
Their next stop was the Portland waterfront…
…then they passed by the world's smallest park…
…then, after a walking tour of downtown, took the MAX light rail to the Pearl, where they met Tim DuRoche of Coalition for a Livable Future, who talked with them about an affordable housing project CLF has co-sponsored in this mostly affluent neighborhood.
Passing through the Pearl, Stephen stopped us at Jamison Square Park, which has faced an interesting history of sustainable-but-exclusive design.
Our final stop was with Howard Silverman of Ecotrust, who took us on top of his refurbished building to talk a bit about his organization's work in Portland and the region.
Lewis & Clark dean Julio de Paula delivering a welcome at our dinner reception on Thursday evening, followed by…
…Julian Agyeman's keynote, Toward a Just Sustainability.
A Friday morning presentation session…
…and the presentation.
Friday AM break: coffee!!
A few of our Lewis & Clark student volunteers at Friday lunchtime…
…and a group of students from across the U.S. who participated in a Lewis & Clark-sponsored Mellon Foundation initiative on situated environmental research.
Following academic sessions on Friday we gathered in the Hoffman Gallery for a specially commissioned art show, Newer Shades of Green.
Tom Webb of Orlo.org, who curated the event.
Friday evening featured a special banquet and keynote address by biologist Terry Chapin.
On Saturday morning we headed back to Howard Hall and another day of academic sessions!
Here's a talk by Bill Freudenburg of UC Santa Barbara.
The two who held the whole conference together: Pete Vidito of Lewis & Clark's Environmental Studies Program and Molli Barss of Soiree, our conference planner.
In addition to the academic sessions, some brought and displayed posters of their research.
After a Saturday evening on the town, we gathered on Sunday for a series of roundtable discussions and a closing session summarizing the conference and looking forward to AESS 2011 in Vermont. Congratulations to all AESS 2010 participants, and see you then!
