1. First-Year Students As Agents of Campus Change Brian Hagenbuch and Dan Morse Pine Lake Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Studies Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York pinelake@hartwick.edu

2. About Hartwick College Hartwick College is a private liberal arts college of 1,500 students, located in Oneonta, NY, in the northern foothills of the Catskill Mountains. (20 miles from Cooperstown)

3. Pine Lake Environmental Campus 125-acre off site living and learning laboratory Up to 38 students reside in Lodge, Farmhouse, cabins Open to any FT Hartwick student Strawbale House and Cob House Model sustainable living and learning

4. Liberal Arts Campus as Laboratory for Sustainability

5. Institutional Sustainability at Hartwick Sustainability At Hartwick President’s Office Faculty/ Staff Students Pine Lake Institute PLEC Programs/ Initiatives Hartwick Community Involvement Service Learning Facilities/ Dining Funding Mechanisms Administra tion Leadership Education Civic Engagement Infrastructure

6. Interdisciplinary Nature of Sustainability Sustainability Studies Natural Sciences Natural History Arts, Poetry, Music Humanities Philosophy & Religion Earth Sciences Physical Sciences Engineering & Technology Anthropology & History Social Sciences Economics & Sociology Political Science Epistemological Frameworks Moral/Ethical Questions Cultural Constructions Participatory Decision- Making Processes

7. Idea and Practice of Sustainability First-year seminar Students have option of living at Pine Lake College skills How things work Introduce research Engage in service Prepare them for academic study Build community

8. Why First-Year Students? Personality Energy and enthusiasm Young, naïve, impressionable Ready for challenges Open to experiential learning opportunities Explorative majors Want to make a difference

9. Why First-Year Students? Academic Perspective No thesis work yet Improve process skills (or at least good habits) Connect to their potential majors

10. Why First-Year Students Institutional Interest Create community of peers, improve sense of belonging Agenda and practice of decreasing waste, reducing cost, improving ecological footprint Peer leaders Increase student success  Retention

11. Why First-Year Students? PLI Interest Experiential Learning Challenge student assumptions and worldviews Campus leadership Agents of Change Four more years Alumni donors

12. Learning Outcomes Apply the basic principles and methods of sustainability to assess a variety of ecological, economic, and social perspectives Relate systems theory to a number of issues including food stability, climate change, consumption and waste, and product design Through problem-based learning undertake acceptable and recognized methods of research, data analysis, and communication to study the key issues Critically read and evaluate primary and popular literature Write clear and succinct reports Present scholarly work through oral presentations and posters Participate and contribute to the overall dynamics of small groups and the class

13. Three Challenges (3 F’s) FoodFuel Fiber

14. What Shall We Eat? Background: readings, films, reflections Challenge: How can Hartwick dining produce 2,500 meals per day in a sustainable manner?

15. Where is the Next Energy Source? Background: Readings, Tours, films Challenge: How will we get around and heat our homes?

16. How Will We Live? Background: Cradle to Cradle. 2002. Challenge: How can we maintain a quality of life that creates more just, equitable, and sustainable communities?

17. Campus Sustainability Project Identify a sustainability project--water, waste, energy, renovations, etc. Dining and Facilities Midterm Needs Assessment – Identify problem and need Final Project: – Grant proposal describing the need and your solution

18. Project Examples Composting program with the Commons* Campus Organic Garden* Water-saving showerheads in resident halls* Biodiesel initiative Bike share program Green commercial kitchen for Robertson Lodge at Pine Lake Solar hot water system designed Farmhouse cabin at Pine Lake *completed or near completed

19. Changing Campus Behaviors Reading: Fostering Sustainable Behavior Random Acts of Sustainability Observe, document, and select behavior Needs Assessment Mid-term – What’s the problem? – Is it a problem? – Research method—surveys, interviews, data collection and analysis, IRB – Results—tables and graphs – What can be done about problem?

20. Behaviors—Final Project Final Paper – Identify benefits and barriers – Community-Based Social Marketing Technique – Prompts, incentives, model behavior, etc. – Implement CBSMT – Comparative analysis of behavior changes – Write up as research paper and present

22. Your Cell Phone Charger is Cheating on You Awareness and Sustainable Behavior in Regard to Vampire Power by: Nicole Smaranda Awareness and Sustainable Behavior in Regard to Vampire Power by: Nicole Smaranda

23. Changing Campus Culture Five-point sustainability agenda presented to Hartwick President Campus Dining Services and Facilities Staff Collaborate with faculty and staff STARS Honors Mini-Seminar Internships—Recycling projects Recyclemania Reps Campus Sustainability Day/Beautification Day Random Acts of Sustainability become Social Norms Take pride and ownership in promoting sustainability

24. Student Perspectives Being a student, I too can make a difference. I became part of a bigger organization This class gave this group independence and unity all in one.

25. A lot of us made personal changes in our lives based of what we learned. Change does not just happen, but it definitely impacted the life styles of those involved in the research.

26. Faculty and staff are not as scary as I thought. Working together with them on a project gave us a sense of equality. They are willing to help and they too share the same interest in sustainability.

27. If it isn’t fun….it isn’t sustainable! www.hartwick.edu/pinelake pinelake@hartwick.edu