Discussion Board on Sustainability

Many ASEH members have asked how we can continue to build our community of scholars in a way that supports the principles of sustainability. Michael Smith’s article “Facing Some Inconvenient Truth Ourselves,” which appeared in ASEH News (winter 2007), sparked much discussion over e-mail and at our conference in Boise about reducing our carbon footprint. Michael is now exploring models for virtual conferences and meetings for The Chronicle of Higher Education with the University of Minnesota’s Mark Pedelty and others, and has agreed to monitor a discussion board on ASEH’s website. If you are interested in participating, see:

Sustainability Discussion

If this discussion board generates enough interest, ASEH could develop a task force on sustainability, which could develop policies for our annual conference and other activities. For more information on scholars and their carbon footprint, see:

http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=6x0s0m2hd8xgdrs8vqtqsh2xgfh7brwj

and an article that features ASEH:

http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=d6ksgpgwd25vtf3w1g3y00y3d37dk76z

NiCHE (Network in Canadian History & Environment), is sponsoring sustainability sessions at our conference in Tallahassee in February 2009. Details will appear in the Tallahassee conference program, which will available on our website (www.aseh.net) and will be sent to all members in December 2008. If you have questions or if you need more information, contact director@aseh.net