Sustainability Summit

Sustainable Cornell Summit 2024

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 8:30am to 11:30am

The Sustainability Leadership Summit is an annual event which brings together campus community for networking and learning opportunities.  All Cornell community members are welcome to participate! This event is free and is hosted in December each year.  

The Sustainable Cornell Summit brings together the campus community for networking and learning opportunities. All Cornell community members are welcome to participate! 

Our overarching theme for the event is Planetary Health and we are excited to announce Dr. Steve Osofsky, Director of the K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health, as our keynote speaker. We chose the topic of planetary health as way to demonstrate how all our work in human and ecological sustainability is connected. 

Registration deadline is Monday, December 2nd
Registration is required to limit food waste. 

Click here for registration. Email sustainability@cornell.edu if you have any difficulties registering. 

Agenda 

8:30am – 9:00am Doors Open / Registration / Buffet

9:00am – 9:15am State of Campus Sustainability

  • Lynden Archer, Dean of Engineering
  • Rick Burgess, Vice President for Facilities and Campus Services (FCS)

9:15am – 10:00am Keynote: Birthing Planetary Health: A Midwife’s Tale

Dr. Steve Osofsky, K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health 

10.00am – 11:00am Exemplar Sustainability Projects

  • Johannes Lehmann, CALS, Soil Factory & Soil Management 
  • C. Lindsay Anderson, College of Engineering,  NYS Grid Transition 
  • David Bonter, Lab of Ornithology, Citizen Science & Cornell Grasslands 

11:00am - 11:30am Applying the Quadruple Bottom Line (Interactive)

11:30am Closing Remarks

Sarah Carson, Campus Sustainability Office

Platinum Sustainable Event Certification

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. To be respectful of those with allergies and environmental sensitivities, we ask that you please refrain from wearing strong fragrances. To request accessibility and disability accommodations, please contact sustainability@cornell.edu.