What's Your Carbon Footprint? Sustainability and Green IT Initiatives That Make a Difference

This hour-long podcast features a panel discussion recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2009 Southwest Regional Conference. The panel discussion, "What's Your Carbon Footprint? Sustainability and Green IT Initiatives That Make a Difference," features:

• Elizabeth Davey, Director of the Office of Environmental Affairs, Tulane University
• Edward Kelty, Vice President/CIO Information Services, Rio Salado College
• Pattie Orr, VP for IT and Dean of University Libraries, Baylor University
• Session moderator: Ann Kovalchick, Deputy CIO, Tulane University

Supporting our institutions’ sustainability efforts and responses to climate change will be a key role for higher education IT in the decades to come. Do you know your carbon footprint? Do you know what it will take to reach climate neutrality? Whose responsibility is it on your campus? What can IT do that has high impact? What best practices are emerging for IT units? Three leaders for campus sustainability and green initiatives will provide a framework for your own participation in critical discussions and actions on your campus.