FLSI Syllabus

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Foresight Leadership & Sustainability
Initiative at Oberlin College
Oberlin College | Foresight Design Initiative
July 20 to August 2, 2014
Table of Contents
FLSI@Oberlin 2014: Itinerary at a Glance .................................................................... 2
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Description ....................................................................................................... 7
Outcomes...................................................................................................................... 7
Expectations ................................................................................................................. 8
Program Faculty Bios.................................................................................................... 8
Speakers & Site Visits By Topic.................................................................................. 10
Projects....................................................................................................................... 12
Reading Assignments................................................................................................. 12
Detailed Course Schedule ........................................................................................... 14
RESOURCES
Oberlin Campus Map...................................................................................................... 47
Oberlin Social and Recreational Options........................................................................ 49
What is Sustainability?.................................................................................................... 51
Sustainability 101 Glossary ............................................................................................ 52
A Brief History of the Modern Environmental Movement in America.............................. 58
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Environmental Youth Membership Organizations .......................................................... 62
Environmental Organizations with Youth Focus ............................................................. 65
National Environmental Organizations ........................................................................... 67
Environmental Studies Departments at U.S. Colleges
Top 10 of the Best Environmental Studies Programs in the U.S. for Undergrads ...... 68
Top 5 Greenest College Campuses in the U.S........................................................... 68
Recommended Books .................................................................................................... 69
Sustainability Related Websites ..................................................................................... 71
Media Sources—Podcasts & Blogs & DVDs .................................................................. 73
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2014 Foresight Leadership and
Sustainability Initiative at Oberlin College
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FLSI@Oberlin 2014: Itinerary at a Glance
WEEK 1
Sunday, July 20: Oberlin Campus
12:00-2:00 Residence hall check-in (includes lunch)
Robert Lewis Kahn Hall (Kahn)
169 N Professor Street
3:00-5:30 Group Activity: Get to Know Oberlin
Leaving from Kahn Hall
5:30-6:00 Debrief and Group Initiation
6:00-7:00 Dinner
Stevenson Dining Hall
155 N Professor Street
7:30-9:00 Evening Discussion
Kahn Hall Student Lounge
Housing rules and social activities
10:00 Check-in
Monday, July 21: Oberlin Campus
7:30-8:30 Breakfast, Stevenson Dining Hall
8:50-10:20 Lecture/discussion: Leadership as a Concept
Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies (AJLC)
Elm Street between Professor and Cedar
10:20-10:30 Feed the Machine
10:30-11:30 Guest speaker: Sean Hayes, The Oberlin Project
11:30-12:30 Tour of the AJLC and the Living Machine with Sean Hayes
12:45-1:30 Lunch, Stevenson Dining Hall
2:00-3:30 Biking Systems Analysis Project
3:30-6:00 Free Time
6:00-7:00 Dinner, Stevenson Dining Hall
7:30-8:30 Evening Discussion, Kahn Lounge
Collective agreements and group goals, preparing for field trip
10:00 Check-in
Tuesday, July 22: Rural NE Ohio
7:30-8:15 Breakfast
8:30-10:00 Drive to Wooster,
Board bus in front of Stevenson
10:00-11:30 Meeting with Casey Hoy
Kellogg Endowed Chair in Agricultural Ecosystem Management
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
11:30-11:45 Drive to Quasar Energy Group facility
11:45-1:00 Tour Quasar Energy Group anaerobic digester
1:00-1:40 Lunch, Secrest Arboretum
1:40-2:00 Drive to Local Roots Market & Café

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2:00-3:30 Tour and Discussion of Local Roots Market & Café
3:30-3:45 Break, reboard bus
3:45-5:00 Drive to Oberlin College
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:30-9:00 Optional group activity: Sustainability Comedy Night
10:00 Check-in
Wednesday, July 23: Oberlin Campus
7:30-8:30 Breakfast
8:50-10:00 Class, AJLC
Guest Speakers: Meghan Riesterer and Bridget Flynn
Oberlin Office of Environmental Sustainability
10:00-11:00 Guest speaker: Marvin Krislov
President of Oberlin College
11:15-12:15 Guest Speaker: David W. Orr
12:15-12:30 Check-ins
12:45-1:30 Lunch
4:00-6:00 Free Time
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:20-9:00 Evening Discussion, AJLC
Lanita Stevens, USG Corporation (Skype)
10:00 Check-in
Thursday, July 24: Cleveland Neighborhoods & Land Use
7:30-8:30 Breakfast
8:45 Gather to board bus, in front of Stevenson
9:45-10:00 Drive to Cleveland,
10:00-11:30 Meeting with Jim Rokakis, Director of Thriving Communities Institute
11:30-11:45 Break and walk to lunch location
11:45-12:30 Lunch, Market Square Park
12:30-12:45 Walk to Ohio City Farm
12:45-1:45 Ohio City Farm Tour
Discussion with Maggie Fitzpatrick,
Farm Manager for Refugee Response
2:00-2:30 Drive to Vineyards of Chateau Hough
2:30-4:00 Tour and discussion with Mansfield Frazier,
Founder of Vineyards of Chateau Hough
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:30-9:00 Optional group activity: Sustainability Movie Night
10:00 Check-in

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Friday, July 25: Oberlin Campus
7:30-8:30 Breakfast
Lecture/ Discussion: Field Trips Debrief,
and Article Discussion: Social and Environmental History of Northeast Ohio
11:00-12:30 Guest Speaker: Sylvia Hood Washington
Diversity in Sustainability Movements,
12:45-1:30 Lunch
4:00-6:00 Free Time
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:30-9:00 Sustainable Movie Night
10:00 Check-in
Saturday, July 26: Oberlin Campus
7:30-8:30 Breakfast
9:00-12:30 Free Time
12:45-1:30 Lunch
2:00-5:30 Optional Social/Recreational Activities (TBD)
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:30-10:00 Student-Initiated Group Social Activity
11:00 Check-in
Sunday, July 27: Oberlin Campus
7:30-8:30 Breakfast
12:45-1:30 Lunch
2:00-4:00 Optional Field Trip:
Tour of Trail Magic green home
Discussion with Carl McDaniel
6:00-7:00 Dinner
11:00 Check-in
WEEK 2
Monday, July 28: Oberlin Campus
7:30-8:30 Breakfast
Guest Speaker: Michele Banik-Rake, McDonald’s Corporation
11:00-12:30 Student-Led Oberlin Sustainability Tour with Michele Banik-Rake
12:30-1:30 Lunch, Informal Chat with Michele Banik-Rake
4:00-6:00 Free Time

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6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:20-8:30 Evening Discussion, AJLC:
Guest Speaker: Karen Florini, Environmental Defense Fund (Skype)
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Tuesday, July 29: Oberlin Campus
7:30-8:30 Breakfast
Presentations and Discussion: Collective Leadership
10:30-11:00 Article Discussion: Why are American Colleges Obsessed with Leadership?
11:15-12:30 Lecture/Discussion: Thinking in Systems
12:45-1:30 Lunch
4:00-6:00 Free Time
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:30-9:00 Evening Discussion:
Film Viewing: Network Theory
10:00 Check-in
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Wednesday, July 30: Oberlin Campus
7:30-8:30 Breakfast
Lecture/Discussion: Leadership Self-Assessment
10:00-11:00 Lecture/Discussion: Potential Education and Career Paths
11:30-12:30 Guest Speaker: Oberlin Admissions
How to Be a Strong College Applicant
12:45-1:30 Lunch
4:00-6:00 Free Time
6:00-6:45 Dinner
6:50-8:30 Evening Discussion, AJLC
Guest Speaker: Brad Masi, Open Collaborative Networks
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Thursday, July 31: Cleveland Systems and Collaborations
7:30-8:30 Breakfast
8:45-10:00 Drive to Cleveland,
10:00-11:30 Meeting with Jenita McGowan, City of Cleveland,
and Andrew Watterson, KeyBank, at Sustainable Cleveland Center
11:30-12:30 Lunch
12:30-2:00 Meeting with Ted Howard,
The Democracy Collaborative and Evergreen Co-ops
2:00-2:15 Break and reboard bus
2:15-3:00 Drive to West Creek Conservancy
3:00-4:30 Discussion and tour with Derek Schafer,

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West Creek Conservancy
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:00-9:00 Independent Research/Free Time
10:00 Check-in
Friday, August 1: Oberlin Campus
7:30-8:30 Breakfast
Final Lectures/Discussion (Focus TBD)
12:45-1:30 Lunch
2:00-3:00 Program Evaluation, AJLC
3:00-5:30 Free Time, Final Presentation Prep
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:30-9:00 Closing Ceremony and
Biking Systems Analysis Project Community Presentation,
At AJLC
10:00 Check-in
Saturday, August 2: Oberlin Campus
7:30-8:30 Breakfast
10:00-11:00 Residence Hall Checkout, Kahn Hall Lobby
10:00-TBD Students Depart for Airport

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Foresight Leadership and
Course Syllabus
July 20-August 2, 2014
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Program Leaders:
Peter Nicholson & Tim Jones-Yelvington
Residential/Teaching Assistants:
Jane Clark, Jennifer Goldsmith & Max Herzog
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Course Description
Focused on cultivating the skills and insights of a forthcoming generation of sustainability-oriented
leaders prepared to address complex problems, FLSI@Oberlin will help students become more
effective change-makers. The curriculum incorporates a dynamic mixture of readings, lecture,
discussion, field trips, conversations with established professionals, and hands-on projects and
leadership opportunities, and is informed by four building blocks:
• Sustainability. A range of topics (e.g. energy, transportation, food, housing, waste and
economic development) will be examined across differing locations and sectors, including
business, government and nonprofits. The program will make use of Oberlin College and the
greater Cleveland area's unique geography to study these issues across a transect from a
recovering rust belt city, to rural and small town Ohio. Students will gain skills and insights
by learning how real-world practitioners create change, and how they have addressed the
obstacles they've encountered along the way.
• Leadership. Emphasis will be placed on identifying and developing each student's leadership
potential, as well as analyzing the unique forms of leadership required to confront complex
and rapidly evolving problems.
• Systems perspective. Sustainability issues are complex. Students will learn to better
understand their interdependencies and recognize their root causes.
• Ongoing Network. Students will forge ongoing relationships with sustainability professionals
and undergraduate mentors to support their future education and career paths.
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Outcomes
Students will:
• Begin reflecting critically on their own leadership potential and future engagement;
• Be introduced to a broad range of sustainability-related content areas;
• Develop the perspective required to understand the systemic nature of complex issues;
• Be introduced to concrete skills for influencing change.

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Longer-term, the intention is for participants to deepen their engagement with both their own
leadership development and sustainability-related content, and to forge successful careers as
sustainability-oriented change-makers across diverse sectors (e.g. business, government, nonprofit)
and issue areas (e.g. climate, transportation, natural resources, environmental health, etc).
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Expectations
In order to ensure an optimal learning environment, students should arrive to each session on time
and fully prepared for the day’s activities. They will be held accountable for the commitments
made previously in their Student Learning Agreements including:
• Attendance and active participation in all FLSI@Oberlin classroom sessions, field trips and
activities, a minimum of 6-8 hours daily, and perhaps sometimes a bit more based upon
field trip schedules, extracurricular events, and project deadlines;
• Practicing personal wellness and self care (e.g. exercise, sufficient sleep);
• Contributing fully to group discussion and project work;
• Staying open to constructive criticism, and acknowledging one’s own limitations and
potential areas for growth;
• Completing assigned readings and meeting project deadlines as required;
• Promptly and fully communicating any issues that arise to FLSI@Oberlin faculty, and to
group members as relevant;
• Seeking help/support for any challenges that arise that may affect one’s participation;
• Holding oneself accountable for achieving personal goals.
In accordance with these expectations, FLSI@Oberlin staff commit to uphold the following:
• Opportunities for experiential learning, networking with established professionals, and
personal development;
• Facilitation of a respectful and inclusive space conducive to exploration, learning and
growth;
• Clear communication with students regarding expectations, including feedback to inform
project goals;
• Respect for students’ own assets, skills, and leadership potential;
• Openness to constructive feedback.
Program Faculty Bios
Peter Nicholson, Program Director
Peter Nicholson is Executive Director of the Foresight Design Initiative, a unique nonprofit
organization he established in 2002, and Principal of the organization's consulting practice. Since
early 2012, he has also led Foresight Bright, LLC, a for-profit innovation firm he established to
serve private sector clients. Through these positions, Peter leads a multifaceted career focused on
challenging the status quo and the pursuit of greater social, environmental and economic
sustainability. Peter consults on and undertakes sustainable transformation projects for a diversity
of clients, including government agencies, institutional nonprofits, and diverse businesses.
Considered an engaging presenter and master facilitator, he is in regular demand as a guest speaker
and moderator. Peter is dedicated to the education of the next generation of sustainability-minded
leaders and has created and taught programs for participants ranging from high school students to
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feature of the weekly Foresight Forecast newsletter and blog (http://www.foresightblog.org). Peter
began his study of Sustainability and Design at the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of
Technology, and holds a bachelors degree from Oberlin College.
Tim Jones-Yelvington, Program Manager
Tim Jones-Yelvington possesses a range of facilitation, research, communications and program
development and assessment skills. He worked for five years as program staff at Crossroads Fund,
a public foundation supporting grassroots community organizing and social justice activists groups
in the Chicago area, including a number of youth-led campaigns. His position included managing a
portfolio of grantees and helping to coordinate a community-led grantmaking process. He worked
closely with the staff and leaders of small, new and emerging organizations to navigate their
organizational growth, and contributed to fundraising and communications efforts. Tim recently
completed a Masters of Education in Youth Development at University of Illinois at Chicago, and
received his undergraduate degree in Women's and Gender Studies from DePaul University.
Jane Clark, Teaching/Residential Assistant
Jane Clark is a rising junior at Oberlin College, and will soon be declaring a double major in
Environmental Studies and East Asian Studies. She works for the Oberlin Student Co-operative
Association (OSCA) to coordinate cleanliness, maintenance, and food safety standards for several
hundred student members. She is fascinated with how human activity can be shaped to positively
impact the environment, quality of life and culture. After learning more about sustainability
initiatives in Cleveland through FLSI, she has become interested in how societies can rebuild to
create more sustainable communities and regions after natural disasters (e.g. the 2011 Japanese
tsunami-earthquake) or regional decline (ex. the Rust Belt). She enjoys organizing spreadsheets,
blues and swing dancing, hiking, and will learn to unicycle once she finds the time. Sometimes,
when she’s procrastinating, she draws comics.
Jennifer Goldsmith, Teaching/Residential Assistant
Jenny Goldsmith is rising fourth-year Economics major at Oberlin College, with a focus on
Environmental Economics. She believes in the necessity of moving from single (profit) to triple
(environment, profit, social equity) bottom-line thinking, to reverse climate change. Outside of the
classroom, she mentors a 5th grader, and is a captain of Oberlin’s Varsity Softball team. Jenny is
interested in working with high school students and younger children on sustainability issues
because this generation has the opportunity and power to bring triple bottom line values into the
business world at a large scale.
Max Herzog, Teaching/Residential Assistant
Max Herzog is a rising junior at Oberlin College, planning to double major in Politics and
Environmental Studies, and potentially minor in Philosophy and Economics. During the past four
summers, he has accumulated extensive scientific research experience at Washington University in
St. Louis (where he hails from), but has focused more on political, philosophical, and literary
theory in his college coursework. His academic goals include personal philosophical development
and preparation for a meaningful and impactful career in sustainability. His extracurricular
interests can be generally described as music, music, music, and exercising (sort of). He also
enjoys camping, skiing, and SCUBA. At Oberlin he participates in both Men's Ultimate Frisbee
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Speakers & Site Visits By Topic
Built Environment
Tour: Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies (AJLC) and the Living Machine
Speaker and Tour: Carl McDaniel, Oberlin alum, author and retired biologist, his energy positive
home, “Trail Magic,” is an example of advanced sustainable architecture,
http://www.greenenergyohio.org/ost/siteDetail.cfm?site_id=729
Business & Government
Speaker: Michele Banik-Rake, Director of Sustainability – Worldwide Supply Chain, McDonald’s
Corporation, http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/sustainability.html,
http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/sustainability/signature_programs/beef-sustainability.html
Speaker: Jenita McGowan, Chief of Sustainability, City of Cleveland,
http://www.sustainablecleveland.org/
Speaker: Lanita Stevens, Manager, Product Stewardship and Sustainability, USG Corporation,
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/lanita-stevens/3/294/474
Speaker: Andrew Watterson, Head of Sustainability, KeyBank,
https://www.key.com/about/community/key-bank-environmental-commitment.jsp
Previously served in the Office of Sustainability for the city of Cleveland for six years, most
recently as the city’s first chief of sustainability, http://www.sustainablecleveland.org/
Authority on Appreciative Inquiry, an asset-based community engagement approach,
http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2012/08/01/creating-positive-change-through-appreciative-inquiry
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Community, Economic & Workforce Development, and Environmental Justice
Tour: Local Roots Market and Café, a Wooster, OH-based cooperative market and community
center connecting producers with consumers of locally-grown, sustainable food,
http://localrootswooster.com/
Speaker: Ted Howard, Executive Director of the Democracy Collaborative,
http://democracycollaborative.org/, and key strategist behind the Evergreen Cooperatives, an effort
to create green jobs in low-income neighborhoods using the purchasing power of Cleveland’s
anchor institutions (hospitals, universities, etc.) to create local worker cooperative businesses,
based in part on the Mondragon Cooperatives in the Basque Region of Spain,
http://evergreencooperatives.com/
Tour: Vineyards of Chateau Hough, a community revitalization project that has repurposed vacant
land to establish a vineyard to generate income for youth, veterans and formerly incarcerated
residents, http://chateauhough.org/
A project of the nonprofit Neighborhood Solutions, Inc,
http://www.neighborhoodsolutionsinc.com/
Speaker: Sylvia Hood Washington, award-winning project engineer, environmental health
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Energy & Climate
Speaker: Sean Hayes, Executive Director of the Oberlin Project, a citywide initiative to become a
climate-positive community, http://www.oberlinproject.org/
Speaker: Karen Florini, Managing Director, International Climate Program, Environmental
Defense Fund, http://www.edf.org/people/karen-florini
Speaker: David W. Orr, Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and
Politics, Oberlin College, special assistant to the President of the College, and internationally
esteemed climate change leader, http://new.oberlin.edu/arts-and-
sciences/departments/environment/faculty_detail.dot?id=21065
Tour: Quasar Energy Group, a company that produces biogas for energy and fuel. Their 550,000-
gallon anaerobic digester at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
provides more than a third of the campus' energy needs,
http://www.quasarenergygroup.com/pages/profile_wooster.pdf
Speakers: Meghan Riesterer, Meghan Riesterer, Assistant Vice President of Energy Management
and Sustainability for Oberlin College and Bridget Flynn, Sustainability Coordinator, facilitate the
implementation of the College’s comprehensive environmental policy,
http://new.oberlin.edu/office/environmental-sustainability/
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Food & Agriculture
Speaker: Casey Hoy, Kellogg Endowed Chair in Agricultural Ecosystem Management, Ohio
Agricultural Research and Development Center, http://oardc.osu.edu/phone_single.asp?id=314
Speaker: Brad Masi, consultant, filmmaker and local food systems advocate, founder of
Cleveland's City Fresh program to bring healthy food to low income communities, and former
director of Oberlin's New Agrarian Center, http://www.neofoodweb.org/biography-brad-masi
Tour/Speaker: Ohio City Farm, one of the largest contiguous urban farms in the United States, and
a groundbreaking collaboration between five nonprofit, business and government partners,
http://ohiocity.org/ohio-city-farm
Discussion with Maggie Fitzpatrick, Farm Manager for Refugee Response,
http://therefugeeresponse.org/our-work/reap
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Land Use & Urban Planning
Speaker: Jim Rokakis, Former Cuyahoga County Treasurer, Director of the Thriving Communities
Institute at the Western Reserve Land Conservancy, http://www.thrivingcommunitiesinstitute.org/
Tour/Speaker: West Creek Conservancy, a land conservation organization focused on urban
watersheds, the outgrowth of a grassroots-lead effort to establish a 300-acre reservation in Parma,
OH, http://westcreek.org/
Discussion with Derek Schafer, Executive Director

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Projects!
Biking Systems Analysis
Biking provides a potentially healthy and energy efficient transportation alternative. The town of
Oberlin possesses unique biking infrastructure, in the form of the Oberlin Bicycle Cooperative,
which makes bikes available to students and residents, while also teaching them how to better
understand and repair them. Yet the overall number of residents adopting biking as a major form of
transportation remains small. This project will seek to identify systemic barriers to bike adoption in
the town of Oberlin, and potential new leverage points for creating change. Once on campus,
students will be provided with a thorough “design brief” outlining the project’s parameters.
Leadership Self-Assessment
Students will complete a brief (1-2 pages) written reflection upon their own leadership potential,
and preferences and potential plans for their future engagement in creating sustainability-related
change. The goal will be for students to synthesize leadership-focused readings, lectures and
discussions with their own interests and experiences, and insights gleaned from guest speakers and
field trips. A more detailed assignment description, including guiding questions, will be provided.
Reading Assignments
Students should have the following readings completed by the dates indicated on the syllabus.
They may wish to get a head start prior to the two-week seminar.
Bonta, M. (2008). The movement’s greatest challenge is its own lack of diversity. Grist. Retrieved
from http://grist.org/article/how-to-diversify-environmentalism/.
Burton, I. (2014 January 22) Why are American colleges obsessed with leadership? The Atlantic.
Retrieved from http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/01/why-are-american-
colleges-obsessed-with-leadership/283253/.
Fleisher, J.S., & Jeffers, A. (2013). Social and Environmental History of Northeast Ohio: An
Introduction for the Sustainability Case Studies. Retrieved from
http://www.bw.edu/academics/sustainability/neo-case-
studies/cases/Introduction_Chapter_final.pdf.
Freeman, J. (1973). The Tyranny of structurelessness. *
Retrieved from
http://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm.
McDonald’s Corporation. Corporate social responsibility and sustainability.
Retrieved from http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/sustainability/our_focus_areas.html.
McKibben, B. (2013 August 19). Movements without leaders: what to make of change on an
overheating planet.*
Grist. Retrieved from http://grist.org/climate-energy/movements-
without-leaders-what-to-make-of-change-on-an-overheating-planet/.
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Preskill, S. (2005). Fundi-The enduring leadership legacy of civil rights activist ella baker. *
Advancing Women in Leadership Online Journal, 18. Retrieved from
http://www.advancingwomen.com/awl/social_justice1/Preskill.html.
United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service. (2014). 2013
State Agriculture Overview, Ohio. Retrieved from
http://www.nass.usda.gov/Quick_Stats/Ag_Overview/stateOverview.php?state=OHIO
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*!This is one of three readings on “collective leadership” that will be assigned to groups for presentations. While
students are enthusiastically invited to read all three, only one will be required, and will be assigned during the first
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7/20 Sunday: Oberlin Campus
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12:00-2:00 Residence hall check-in.
• Includes lunch;
• Students arriving by air will be transported from Hopkins Airport to campus in
groups, with logistics coordinated through email.
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3:00-5:30 Group Activity: Get to Know Oberlin
Designed and facilitated by Jerry Cruz, Jillian Doane, & Henry Gardner
Students will be broken into teams for an activity that will get them out on their
feet, exploring the campus.
Questions:
• What are some exciting aspects of the campus and town of Oberlin?
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Objective:
• For students to get oriented to campus and one another through immediate,
hands-on activity.
5:30-6:00 Debrief and Group Initiation
Facilitated by Caroline Plott and Brooke Wallery
A brief discussion will be followed by a full group initiation.
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Questions:
• What were the most interesting/exciting things students discovered about
Oberlin?
• What will students need to know for a successful evening and first day of
class?
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Objective:
• Introduce/get the full group comfortable with one another.
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:30-9:00 Evening Discussion and social activities
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Objectives:
• Familiarize students with housing rules and procedures.
• Introduce the Student-Initiated Group Social Activity assignment (see
Saturday, July 26)
• Relax, unwind, socialize, and prepare for the first day of the course.
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7/21 Monday: Oberlin Campus
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7:30-8:30 Breakfast
8:50 -10:20 Lecture/Discussion: Leadership as a Concept
Students should arrive for this session prepared with an example of a leader who
has personally inspired them, identified during the course of their pre-curriculum
research and assignments. Students will engage in an activity that positions them as
leadership theorists/researchers, forcing them to inorganically consolidate their
individual lists of leadership qualities into a single group construct.
Objectives:
• Understand that leadership is a concept and construct;
• Shift from understanding leadership as character traits to leadership as a
social change process;
• Gain initial understanding of the concepts of “transactional” and
“transformational” leadership;
• Accept a working definition of leadership for the course of the program;
• Develop a framework for future exploration (throughout the program) of
sustainability-specific leadership processes.
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10:30-11:30 Guest Speaker: Sean Hayes, The Oberlin Project
Questions:
• What does it take to implement a project like this in a town like Oberlin,
where the divide between the College and town has at times proven an
impediment to collaborations? What institutional and cultural barriers have
they encountered, and how were they addressed?
• What are the benefits and limitations of Oberlin’s small size, with relation to
an effort like the Oberlin Project? How much of an impact can this have on
climate change? What might it take to bring it to a larger scale?
• What qualities does Sean believe are essential for sustainability-oriented
leadership? How has he seen his own approach to his work shift with his
transition from managing the AJLC into his relatively new role with the
Oberlin Project?
Objective:
• Familiarize students with the Oberlin Project’s unique challenges and
successes;
• Discover what lessons the Oberlin Project affords about leadership, and
implementing effective change strategies.

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11:30-12:30 Tour of the AJLC and the Living Machine with Sean Hayes
Questions:
• What makes the AJLC unique? Can these features feasibly be replicated and
implemented more broadly outside Oberlin?
Objectives:
• Learn the science behind how the Living Machine functions, and what
features that have made the AJLC an iconic and award-winning green
building;
• Develop insight into how the AJLC’s lessons may be applied beyond
Oberlin.
12:45-1:30 Lunch
2:00-3:30 Biking Systems Analysis Project (see “Projects”)
3:30-6:00 Free Time
6:00-7:00 Dinner
Collective Agreements and Group Goals/Preparing for Field Trip
Questions:
• Based upon students’ first day and a half together, what procedures and
practices will ensure a respectful environment going forward in the
program?
• What learning and/or action goals would students like to accomplish by the
conclusion of these two weeks?
• What questions will be important to ask speakers during the first day of field
trips?
Objectives:
• Establish written collective agreements;
• Draft written group learning/action goals;
• Identify questions to ask during field trips;
• Assign participant roles for field trip days, including schedule manager, note
taker and thank yous.
• Assign the Student-Led Oberlin Sustainability Tour with Michele Banik-
Rake (see Monday, July 28)
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About the Organization & Speaker
The Oberlin Project
The Oberlin Project is a citywide collaboration between the City of Oberlin, Oberlin College and
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sustainable towns, and a replicable model for other communities. Its goals include becoming
climate positive through renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, meeting 70% of the
town’s food needs through local sources, spurring environmentally friendly economic
development, and other projects.
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Sean Hayes, Executive Director
Prior to becoming Executive Director of the Oberlin Project, Sean was responsible for the
management and oversight of the Adam Joseph Lewis Center, including the grounds and the
building’s mechanical systems. He holds a BA in psychology from Wabash College and an MS in
appropriate technology from Appalachian State University, where he worked with the university’s
bio-fuels research group and office of sustainability.
Further Reading:
The Oberlin Project: http://www.oberlinproject.org/
2014 Analysis of Oberlin Project implementation by Kristin Braziunas, past Assistant Director:
http://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/node/237132
2011 Oberlin Update from David W. Orr in Oberlin Alumni Magazine:
http://oberlin.edu/alummag/fall2011/features/project.html
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The Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies (AJLC)
This solar-powered building has earned national acclaim as a showcase for green building
technologies and operating systems. Photovoltaic panels on the center's roof and parking pavilion
capture renewable energy from the sun, and south-facing windows allow for passive solar heating.
Indoors, a specially engineered wetland called the Living Machine purifies non-potable wastewater
for reuse in toilets and the landscape. Flows of energy and cycling of materials are monitored and
displayed by a sophisticated system (150+ sensors) that gives real-time feedback, teaching about
sustainability in the built environment.
Further Reading:
ALJC Building Dashboard: http://buildingdashboard.net/oberlin/ajlc/
U.S. Department of Energy Building Profile: https://buildingdata.energy.gov/project/adam-joseph-
lewis-center-environmental-studies-oberlin-college
Tour of the Living Machine with FLSI@Oberlin TA/RAs Max and Jenny (video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVQXcM3PmxI
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7/22 Tuesday: Wooster, OH (Rural Food Systems)
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7:30-8:15 Breakfast
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8:30-10:00 Drive to Wooster
10:00-11:30 Guest Speaker: Casey Hoy, Kellogg Endowed Chair in Agricultural Ecosystem
Management, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC)
Reading: 2013 State Agriculture Overview, Ohio
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Questions:
• How is OARDC and the Agricultural Ecosystems Management Program’s
work contributing to the creation of a more sustainable food and agriculture
system in Northeast Ohio?
• What is the role of research and academia in spurring change toward more
sustainable food systems?
Objective:
• Develop a more nuanced understanding of food systems in Northeast Ohio;
• Begin reflecting upon how sustainability issues manifest in a rural context,
and how this may be distinct from, or intersect with, their manifestation
across the transect into urban Cleveland;
• Discover potentially effective strategies for reshaping food and agriculture
systems.
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11:30-11:45: Break, and travel to Quasar Energy Group anaerobic digester
11:45-12:45: Tour Quasar Energy Group anaerobic digester
Questions:
• What is anaerobic digestion, and why is it considered both a renewable
energy and sustainable waste management solution?
• What has been the impact of Quasar’s facility? What implications might this
have for other locations?
Objectives:
• See/experience the implementation of anaerobic digestion solutions
firsthand.
• Understand/reflect upon the role of scientific/technical innovations within
broader systems change efforts.
1:00-1:40 Lunch, Secrest Arboretum
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2:00-3:00 Tour and Discussion of Local Roots Market and Café
Questions:
• Where does an entity like Local Roots fit within Northeast Ohio’s food
system, and efforts to transform it?
• What factors have ensured Local Roots’ success?
Objectives:
• Understand the potential role of collaborative, community-based networking
projects in food systems change-making efforts.
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:30-9:00 Optional group activity: Sustainability Comedy Night
10:00 Check-in
About the Organizations & Speaker
The Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC)
The OARDC, a campus of the Ohio State University, undertakes a variety of research and
education initiatives that promote safe, healthy, and affordable food and agricultural products;
sustainable food and agricultural systems; strong rural and urban communities; stewardship of
natural resources and the environment; and keeping Ohio positioned favorably in a global
economy.
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Casey Hoy, WK Kellogg Endowed Chair in Agricultural Ecosystems Management
Casey Hoy holds both B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in entomology from Cornell University. He joined
The Ohio State University as an assistant professor upon completion of his graduate work in 1987,
and was promoted to associate professor in 1993 and professor in 1998. The former associate
chairman of the Department of Entomology, he has held the Kellogg Endowed Chair in
Agricultural Ecosystems Management and provided leadership to the Agroecosystems
Management Program of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) since
2006. Professor Hoy’s past research has included systems analysis and its application to integrated
pest management and applied ecology. His current work provides interdisciplinary leadership
toward advancements in agroecosystem health and sustainable communities. He teaches graduate
level courses that include systems analysis, quantitative methods in environmental research,
landscape ecology, and interdisciplinary teamwork. Professor Hoy has received the OARDC
Multidisciplinary Team Research Award, OARDC Distinguished Faculty Research Award, and the
Award for Excellence in Integrated Pest Management presented by the Entomological Society of
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Council, several boards of trustees, and the executive committee for the Kellogg endowed Inter-
institutional Network for Food and Agricultural Sustainability.
Further Reading:
The OARDC website: http://oardc.osu.edu/
The Agroecosystems Management Program: http://amp.osu.edu/
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Quasar Energy Group
Based in Cleveland, Quasar is a full service waste-to-energy company with a laboratory and
engineering facility at OARDC campus. Quasar designs, builds, owns and operates anaerobic
digestion facilities to produce renewable energy from agricultural waste that would usually be
incinerated or hauled to landfills. The resulting biogas becomes reusable energy, while remaining
liquid and resulting solids can be used for fertilizer and organic soil amendments.
Further Reading:
Quasar Energy Group: http://www.quasarenergygroup.com/
Wooster bio-digester project profile:
http://www.quasarenergygroup.com/pages/profile_wooster.pdf
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Local Roots Market & Café
The result of a community effort guided by a 12 member steering committee, Local Roots is a
Producer/Consumer food Cooperative that includes a market and café, while also serving as an
informal community center, hosting meetings of local organizations and presenting classes on
topics such as gardening, healthy cooking, food preservation, crafts, and issues relating to
sustainability. All products are local (defined as Ohio) and sold on consignment by the producer,
and the majority of the labor is volunteer, so that 85% of the selling price goes back to the
producer.
Further Reading:
Local Roots website: http://localrootswooster.com/
Local Roots profiled in the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/smarter-food-a-farmers-market-with-a-
difference/2011/12/20/gIQAUHYcYP_story.html
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7/23 Wednesday: Oberlin Campus
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7:30-8:30 Breakfast
8:50-10:00 Guest Speakers:
Meghan Riesterer, Assistant Vice President of
Energy Management and Sustainability
Bridget Flynn, Sustainability Coordinator
Oberlin College Office of Environmental Sustainability
Questions:
• How do Meghan and Bridget define leadership in their respective roles?
• What skills do they each bring, and view as necessary to be effective in their
jobs?
Objectives:
• Learn more about Oberlin’s sustainability initiatives;
• Discover what skills are required, and what processes most effective, for
coordinating diverse stakeholders, and leading sustainability efforts at an
institution like Oberlin.
10:00-11:00 Guest Speaker: Marvin Krislov, President of Oberlin College
Questions:
• As the person who initiated the FLSI@Oberlin program, why does President
Krislov feel it’s important that this program exist?
• As President of the College, Mr. Krislov is accountable to a diversity of
audiences with varying levels of sustainability interest and commitment, and
potentially competing objectives, including the College’s board of trustees,
students, alumni, and others. What does it mean to take a leadership position
on sustainability within this role?
Objectives:
• Discover qualities and processes for successfully leading complex
institutions toward greater sustainability.
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11:15-12:15 Guest Speaker: David W. Orr
Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and
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Questions:
• How does Dr. Orr define leadership? What types of leadership does he
believe are necessary to effectively address sustainability-related
challenges?
• What strategies or actions does Dr. Orr believe are needed to successfully
curb and/or adapt to the threats posed by climate change? What would it
take to bring these about?
Objective:
• Deepen and/or reframe students’ analyses and approach to the “big picture”
problems of climate change.
12:15-12:30 Check-ins
Flex time to accommodate guest speaker overruns, or students’ course and project-
related questions and concerns.
12:45-1:30 Lunch
2:00-4:00 Biking Systems Analysis Project (see “Projects”)
4:00-6:00 Free Time
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:20-8:30 Evening Discussion: Guest Speaker (Skype): Lanita Stevens, USG Corporation
Questions:
• How does Ms. Stevens define leadership in her role at USG Corporation?
What qualities does she feel are necessary for success?
• Why did Ms. Stevens commit to serve on the FLSI Steering Committee?
Why does she feel this project is important?
About the Speakers
Meghan Riesterer, Assistant Vice President of Energy Management and Sustainability
Meghan leads the Office of Environmental Sustainability at Oberlin College and focuses on
strategic development and implementation of the College’s energy management and sustainability
initiatives, projects, and programs. Collaborating with a diverse group of stakeholders, including
students, faculty, staff, the Board of Trustees, and community partners, Meghan utilizes her
technical energy engineering expertise, together with her background in planning and facilitation
to propel strategies to sharply reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions at the College.
Prior to joining Oberlin College in January 2014, Meghan was the Director of Sustainability for
the Medical Center Company, a nonprofit district energy system serving thermal energy and power
to the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. Meghan is a Certified Energy Manager
and LEED Accredited Professional. She earned a Master in City Planning degree from the
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Bridget Flynn, Sustainability Coordinator
As Sustainability Coordinator, Bridget interacts with the administration, faculty, staff, students,
and wider communities to focus attention on ways to maximize the environmental performance,
social equity, and economic viability of Oberlin College. Bridget is instrumental in coordinating
sustainability programming and providing a connection between Oberlin and regional and national
activities. Bridget also oversees the OES internship program where she works with a team of five
to ten students. Prior to Oberlin, Bridget was employed at the Indiana University Office of
Sustainability (IOUS), as the Sustainability and First Year Experience Coordinator. She organized
and led IU’s first sustainability pre-orientation trip for incoming freshmen, and implemented the
Green Room Certification Program, which encourages sustainable living in residence halls.
Further Reading:
The Oberlin College Office of Environmental Sustainability:
http://new.oberlin.edu/office/environmental-sustainability/
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Marvin Krislov, President of Oberlin College
Marvin Krislov became the 14th president of Oberlin College in summer 2007. He came to
Oberlin from the University of Michigan, where he had been vice president and general counsel
since 1998. At Michigan, he was responsible for the university’s legal affairs, including
establishing goals and strategies; serving as senior legal counsel to the Board of Regents, the
university administration, and units, including the health systems; and supervising the professional
staff and outside counsel required to carry out these activities. Mr. Krislov led the University of
Michigan’s legal defense of its admission policies, resulting in the 2003 Supreme Court decision
recognizing the importance of student body diversity. He was lauded by the NAACP Legal
Defense and Educational Fund for his “counsel and leadership” for his work on the cases. He also
co-chaired the university’s presidential initiative on ethics in public life and served on the athletics
department’s transition committee.
Further Reading:
About the President: http://new.oberlin.edu/office/president/about.dot
David W. Orr
David W. Orr’s career as a scholar, teacher, writer, speaker, and entrepreneur spans fields as
diverse as environment and politics, environmental education, campus greening, green building,
ecological design, and climate change. He is the author of seven books, including Down to the
Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse (Oxford, 2009) and co-editor of three others. He has served as
a board member or adviser to eight foundations and on the boards of many organizations including
the Rocky Mountain Institute, The Aldo Leopold Foundation, Bioneers, and the Worldwatch
Institute. He has been awarded seven honorary degrees and a dozen other awards. He headed the
effort to design, fund, and build the Adam Joseph Lewis Center, which was named by an AIA
panel in 2010 as “the most important green building of the past thirty years,” and as “one of thirty
milestone buildings of the twentieth century” by the U.S. Department of Energy. He is the Founder
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Further Reading:
David W. Orr at the Oberlin Project: http://www.oberlinproject.org/about/founder-visionary/david-
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7/24 Thursday: Cleveland (Neighborhoods & Land Use)
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7:30-8:30 Breakfast
8:45-10:00 Drive to Cleveland
10:00-11:30 Guest Speaker: Jim Rokakis, Director of Thriving Communities Institute
Questions:
• Mr. Rokakis has pursued change strategies within government as well as the
nonprofit sector – how have his approaches in each of these contexts
differed, and/or intersected and overlapped?
• What connections does Mr. Rokakis draw between the economic
crisis/issues of economic development and vitality, and sustainable land
use?
• What have been both the challenges and impact of implementing a region-
wide solution for revitalizing vacant land?
Objective:
• Understand what strategies and processes can enable effective region-wide
approaches to challenges such as vacant land revitalization;
• Identify what forms of leadership may be required for initiatives like this to
be successful.
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11:30-11:45: Break and walk to lunch location
11:45-12:30: Lunch
12:30-12:45 Walk to Ohio City Farm
12:45-1:45 Tour and Discussion of Ohio City Farm with Maggie Fitzpatrick,
Farm Manager for Refugee Response
Questions:
• What factors have ensured a successful collaboration between the multiple
community, government and business partners involved with Ohio City
Farm?
• How does Ms. Fitzpatrick see Ohio City Farm contributing to the local food
system?
• What is the impact of the farm upon the lives of the individuals who
participate in Refugee Response’s programming?
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• Reflect upon the relationship between grassroots’ community members’
experiences, and systems-level collaborative change projects.
1:45-2:00 Break, Reboard bus
2:00-2:30 Drive to Vineyards of Chateau Hough
2:30-4:00 Tour and Discussion of Vineyards of Chateau Hough
with Founder Mansfield Frazier
Questions:
• How does the Vineyards of Chateau Hough project seek to be an engine for
community revitalization? What challenges have they encountered? Where
have they been successful?
• What is the relationship between grassroots, community-based change
efforts and larger systems?
Objectives:
• Connect neighborhood struggles and change-making efforts to broader
issues;
• Identify qualities of successful leadership in a grassroots community
context.
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:30-9:00 Optional group activity: Sustainability Movie Night
10:00 Check-in
About the Organizations & Speaker
The Thriving Communities Institute
The Thriving Communities Institute at the Western Reserve Land Conservancy works region-wide
in Cuyahoga County to transform vacant and unproductive properties into new opportunities to
attract economic growth, to bring green space to cities, and to support safe and more beautiful
neighborhoods. Their approach is enabled by the establishment of county land banks, which
acquire and safely hold vacant properties.
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Jim Rokakis, Director
Mr. Rokakis served for a decade as Cuyahoga County Treasurer, where he helped pass a bill that
streamlined the foreclosure process for abandoned properties, and was the driving force behind the
bill that allowed for the creation of the Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corporation, also
known as the Cuyahoga County Land Bank. Prior to his role as County Treasurer, he served for 19
years in the Cleveland City Council, having ben elected as its youngest member at age 22. His
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Cleveland, creating the Cleveland Housing Court and serving as chairman on the influential
Finance Committee for his last seven years on Council. He has been recognized by local and
national organizations for his efforts in strengthening neighborhoods and communities. In 2007 he
received the NeighborWorks America Local Government Service Award, the Leadership in Social
Justice Award from Greater Cleveland Community Shares and was named the County Leader of
the Year by American City and County Magazine. He earned his undergraduate degree at Oberlin
College, and his Juris Doctorate degree from Cleveland-Marshall School of Law.
Further Reading:
The Thriving Communities Institute: http://www.thrivingcommunitiesinstitute.org/
Interview with Jim Rokakis (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuCpVOVJ5H4
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Ohio City Farm
Ohio City Farm is one of the largest contiguous urban farms in the United States at nearly six
acres. It aims to provide fresh, local and healthy food to Cleveland’s underserved residents, boost
the local food economy, and educate the community about the importance of a complete food
system. The Farm is the result of a groundbreaking collaboration of community groups, businesses
and government agencies. It is jointly managed by Ohio City Incorporated (a community
development corporation) and the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, and additional
collaborators include Central Roots, a for-profit market farm; Cleveland Crops, a workforce
development program for people with disabilities established by the Cuyahoga County Board of
Developmental Disabilities; Great Lakes Brewing Company, Ohio’s first microbrewery and an
advocate of “triple bottom line” business approaches; and Refugee Response, a nonprofit working
to help resettled refugees become self-sufficient.
Refugee Response
Refugee Response helps refugees become self-sufficient and contributing members of their new
communities in Northeast Ohio. Their Refugee Empowerment Agricultural Program (REAP)
nourishes the community with local food and provides resettled refugee trainees with employment,
education, and training.
Maggie Fitzpatrick, Farm Manager for Refugee Response
At Refugee Response, Ms. Fitzpatrick is responsible for managing a team of eight trainees who are
resettled refugees. Prior to this, she served as the Ohio City Farm and Farm Stand Project
Coordinator for the Ohio City Fresh Food Collaborative, and continues to manage their
Community Kitchen Incubator Project, a shared-use community food incubator and kitchen that
will serve Northeast Ohio’s local food entrepreneurs. Her experience includes conducting
community-based food systems research, group facilitation techniques, non-formal garden-based
education, public speaking and presentations, and writing for academic and public audiences.
Further Reading:
Ohio City Farm: http://ohiocity.org/ohio-city-farm
Refugee Response: http://therefugeeresponse.org/
Digging Ohio City (video): http://vimeo.com/86721364
Solutions journal article about Refugee Response:
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Vineyards of Chateau Hough
A project of the grassroots nonprofit community development organization Neighborhood
Solutions Inc., the Vineyards of Chateau Hough have transformed three vacant land banks into an
urban vineyard, and an abandoned home into an aquaponics biocellar. Cleveland’s Hough
neighborhood is predominately African American, and well-known as the site of 1966 riots
stemming from racial inequity. The project provides hands-on training to individuals returning
home from a period of incarceration, thus providing work opportunities for the community.
Mansfield Frazier
Mansfield Frazier currently serves as the executive director of Neighborhood Solutions, Inc.,
which in addition to creating and managing the Vineyards of Chateau Hough, publishes Reentry
Advocate, a national magazine that goes into various prisons, libraries, county jails, halfway
houses and prison ministries around the United States. Mr. Frazier initially developed his own
voice as a writer and journalist through the publication of his essay collection “From Behind the
Wall,” which addresses his own experience of incarceration and issues of racism and the U.S.
prison system. Mr. Frazier is a native Clevelander who left Cleveland in 1969, and returned in
1995 to begin his career as the associate editor of an urban news magazine, The Downtown Tab.
He’s served briefly as the editor of the minority-focused weekly, The Call & Post before moving
on to edit CityNews, a startup urban weekly. His writing currently is featured nationally on
Newsweek/The Daily Beast, and locally on both CoolCleveland.com and The Cleveland Leader.
Further Reading:
Vineyards of Chateau Hough: http://chateauhough.org/
Neighborhood Solutions, Inc: http://neighborhoodsolutionsinc.com/index.htm
Mansfield Frazier at TEDxCLE (video): http://www.tedxcle.com/mansfield-frazier/
Brief history of Hough neighborhood: http://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/7#.U7rlfY1dUcg
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7/25 Friday: Oberlin Campus
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7:30-8:30 Breakfast
8:50-10:45 Lecture/Discussion: Field Trips Debrief,
and Article Discussion: Social and Environmental History of Northeast Ohio
Students will break into groups of 4-5, each with a facilitator. They will discuss
field trips for 20 minutes with one student recording notes. They will then prepare a
5-7 minute presentation and a question for the class. The entire class will regroup to
discuss each group’s notes and questions. This will build into a discussion about the
article, which will provide the basis for diagramming the Northeast Ohio “transect”
from rural to recovering rust belt city, identifying issues across this span.
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11:00-12:30 Guest Speaker and Discussion:
Sylvia Hood Washington, Diversity in Sustainability Movements
Readings: The movement’s greatest challenge is its own lack of diversity
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Questions:
• Why has increased diversity proven a challenge in sustainability
movements? What are some strategies for addressing this?
• What are unique sustainability issues and challenges facing low-income
communities and/or communities of color?
• Why has there been a tension/division between mainstream
environmental/sustainability organizations, and environmental/climate
justice movements? How can this division be reconciled?
Objectives:
• Develop students’ insights into how they might most effectively promote
more diverse sustainability movements in their future engagement and
careers.
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About the Speaker
Sylvia Hood Washington
Dr. Sylvia Hood Washington is currently the President and CEO of Environmental Health
Research Associates, an environmental health consulting firm. She is a project engineer, historian
and environmental health scientist with more than 15 years of on-the-ground involvement with
community and environmental justice grassroots activists concerned with environmental and
health inequalities tied to industrial operations. She has over 30 years of experience developing
environmental risk assessment models, corporate environmental histories and environmental
impact studies for industry, government and community groups. Her varied projects have included
developing and managing an environmental health disparities and environmental health literacy
grant for Chicago's Black Catholics, serving as Principle Investigator for a National Science
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health disparities tied to sewage infrastructures in the Great Lakes, and working as an
environmental chemist/engineer responsible for the oversight, implementation and enforcement of
solid waste, hazardous waste, water and air pollution regulations at coal fired power plants in
Cleveland. She holds an undergraduate degree from Oberlin College, a Master of Science in
Engineering and PhD in Environmental History from Case Western Reserve University, and a
Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is the
author of Packing Them In: An Archaeology of Environmental Racism in Chicago, 1865-1954.
Further Reading:
Sylvia Hood Washington on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drsylviahoodwashington
Sylvia Hood Washington on Chicago Tonight (video):
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2013/03/06/looking-deeper-claims-environmental-racism-chicago
Environmental Health Research Associates, LLC: http://www.e3hra.com/
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7/26 Saturday: Oberlin Campus
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7:30-8:30 Breakfast
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12:45-1:30 Lunch
2:00-5:30 Optional Social/Recreational Activities (TBD)
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:30-10:00 Student-initiated Group Activity
Students will plan and implement their own group social activity.
11:00 Check-in
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7/27 Sunday: Oberlin Campus
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7:30-8:30 Breakfast
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12:45-1:30 Lunch
2:00-4:00 Optional Field Trip:
Tour of Trail Magic Positive Energy Home and discussion with Carl McDaniel
Questions:
• What is required to successfully build, manage and document the
performance of a home like Trail Magic? Is this a viable model for other
sites?
• Why does Professor McDaniel see the leadership of the historical explorer
Ernest Shackleton as a potential model for action on climate change?
Objectives:
• Gain firsthand experience of sustainable architectural practices.
• Broaden understandings of sustainability-oriented leadership.
6:00-7:00 Dinner
11:00 Check-in
About the Field Trip/Speaker
Trail Magic
Trail Magic is a LEED Platinum, “energy positive” home that feeds energy back to the grid. Its
features include active and passive solar, self-maintaining native plants, an on-site cistern, a food-
producing garden, a vegetative carbon sink, a stairwell wind tower that permits cooling, and more.
Extensive documentation has been produced in order to make the house a replicable and cost-
efficient model for other sites.
Carl McDaniel
Professor McDaniel worked as part of the biology faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and
was the founding director of their undergraduate degree program in environmental science, in
which capacity he served for eight years. Prior to Rensselaer, he taught at the U.S. Naval
Academy, and did postdoctoral work at Yale University with Ian Sussex in plant developmental
biology. He has been a Benedict Distinguished Visiting Professor at Carleton College, and a
CSIRO McMaster Fellow in Canberra, Australia. He has published over 60 scientific articles on
animal and plant development and ecological economics, and written four books, Paradise for
Sale, co-authored with economist John M. Gowdy (California University Press, 2000), Wisdom for
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(2011), and At the Mercy of Nature: Shackleton’s Endurance Saga Give Promise for Our Future
(Sigel Press, 2013). He has developed and taught endocrinology, developmental biology,
developmental genetics, environmental biology, a half dozen interdisciplinary courses in
environmental science, and taught Introductory Biology for 33 years. He is a graduate of Oberlin
College, and upon retirement, moved back to town to build his positive energy home Trail Magic,
and support the Oberlin College Environmental Studies program as Visiting Professor.
Further Reading:
Carl McDaniel’s article about Trail Magic for Solutions journal:
http://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/node/237151
Carl McDaniel’s thoughts on Ernest Shackleton as a model for sustainability-oriented leadership
(two chapters from his book, “At the Mercy of Nature”): https://files.podio.com/109794574
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7/28 Monday: Oberlin Campus
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7:30-8:30 Breakfast
8:50-11:00 Guest Speaker:
Michele Banik-Rake, Director of Sustainability – Worldwide Supply Chain,
McDonald’s Corporation
Reading: Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Questions:
• What are the challenges of pursuing a more sustainable supply chain in a
large, complex corporation like McDonald’s?
• What skills or qualities does Ms. Banik-Rake feel are necessary to succeed
in her role?
• What strategies or tools has Ms. Banik-Rake found particularly effective in
leading others within her institution toward a more sustainable future?
Objectives:
• Develop an understanding of effective change-making strategies within
complex corporate structures, and reflect upon the leadership qualities and
processes necessary to pursue them.
11:00-12:30 Tour of Oberlin Sustainability Sites
Students will be responsible for facilitating a tour of campus sustainability sites for
Michele Banik-Rake, including the AJLC.
12:30-1:30 Lunch, Informal Chat with Michele Banik-Rake
4:00-6:00 Free Time
6:00-7:00 Dinner
Guest Speaker (Skype): Karen Florini, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
Questions:
• How does Ms. Florini define leadership in her role at EDF? What qualities
are necessary for success?
• Does she believe that sustainability-related challenges require unique forms
of leadership?
• Why did Ms. Stevens commit to serve on the FLSI Steering Committee?
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About the Speakers
Michele Banik-Rake, McDonald’s Corporation
Michele is a 35-year veteran of McDonald’s Corporation where she has a track record of strong
performance within Supply Chain in a variety of roles. She is currently the Director of
Sustainability -- Worldwide Supply Chain, responsible for integrating sustainability and supporting
key performance indicators into product supply chain strategies. This has included working on the
initiative to move toward more sustainable beef sources, and create a sustainable beef verification
system. Prior to her current role, she completed a 3-year secondment with McDonald’s UK, which
included leading McDonald’s supply chain for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic
Games. Michele earned her MBA from the Stuart School of Business at the Illinois Institute of
Technology in Chicago.
Further Reading:
“Our Journey to Verified Sustainable Beef”:
http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/sustainability/signature_programs/beef-sustainability.html
Inside McDonald’s Quest for Sustainable Beef: http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/01/07/inside-
mcdonalds-quest-sustainable-beef
Karen Florini, Environmental Defense Fund
Karen Florini is the Managing Director of Environmental Defense Fund’s International Climate
Program. Previously, she was the Director of Strategic Alliances for EDF’s National Climate
Campaign, serving as EDF’s liaison on climate-change policy to key external partners. Before
joining the climate program, she led EDF’s Human Health Program for many years, focusing on
chemicals policy, antibiotic resistance, nanotechnology, and other issues. Ms. Florini clerked for
Judge John Fullam of the U.S. District Court (PA) and served in the U.S. Department of Justice's
Land and Natural Resources Division for three years before joining the EDF in 1987. She is a
graduate of Oberlin College, and serves on the College’s Board of Trustees.
Further Reading
EDF International Climate program: http://www.edf.org/climate/international-climate-policy
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7/29 Tuesday: Oberlin Campus
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7:30-8:30 Breakfast
8:50-10:30 Presentations and Discussion: Collective Leadership
In three groups, students will present their respective readings on collective
leadership to their peers (previously assigned). Time will be afforded after each for
brief questions/discussion, with a synthesizing reflection at the conclusion of all
three presentations.
Questions:
• What forms of leadership are described in each article? How do they differ
from “traditional” notions of leadership?
• Are the leadership models described in each article viable for confronting
complex, sustainability-related challenges? Are they more viable in certain
situations than others?
• Do these models resonate with students, i.e. can they see themselves using
or participating in them in their own future change-making efforts?
Objectives:
• Develop a more complex perspective on leadership and leadership
processes.
• Reflect upon the viability of cooperative and non-hierarchical leadership
models.
10:30-11:00 Article Discussion: Why Are American Colleges Obsessed With Leadership?
Questions:
• Why are Americans especially focused on “leadership”? Is this less common
in other cultures and contexts?
• The article focuses on higher education, but what would it mean to extend
this analysis to sustainability issues? As change-makers, are we too focused
on leadership?
• Is “leadership” the only framework for thinking about social change efforts?
What are other approaches?
Objectives:
• Question students’ fundamental assumptions about the importance of
“leadership.”
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12:45-1:30 Lunch
4:00-6:00 Free Time
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:30-9:00 Evening Discussion: Film Viewing: Network Theory
10:00 Check-in
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7/30 Wednesday: Oberlin Campus
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7:30-8:30 Breakfast
9:00-10:00 Lecture/Discussion: Leadership Self-Assessment
Project Deadline: Leadership Self-Assessment
Questions:
• Do students identify as leaders? Why or why not?
• What leadership approaches or processes do they find themselves most
attracted to? Anticipate using in the future?
• What personal assets do students have to contribute as leaders? Based upon
these assets, what types of leaders do they see themselves being?
Becoming?
• What goals do students have as leaders – either for personal development, or
for creating change? Have these changed as a result of their experiences
during FLSI@Oberlin?
Objectives:
• Identify students’ own leadership goals and potential.
10:00-11:00 Lecture/Discussion: Potential Education and Career Paths
Question:
• What should students consider in order to ensure an impactful and fulfilling
college education and future career?
11:30-12:30 Guest Speaker: Joshua Levy, Oberlin Admissions
How to be a Strong College Applicant
12:45-1:30 Lunch
4:00-6:00 Free Time
6:00-6:45 Dinner
6:50-8:30 Evening Discussion, Guest Speaker: Brad Masi, Open Collaborative Networks
Questions:
• What are “open, collaborative networks?” Why does Mr. Masi consider
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• What is the role of leaders and leadership in open collaborative networks?
How might this differ from other approaches to change-making?
10:00 Check-in
About the Speakers
Josua Levy, Oberlin Admissions
Joshua Levy graduated from Oberlin in 1994 with majors in History and Judaic Studies. From
there, he went to Brandeis University for a Masters in 1997, and New York University for a PhD
in Medieval Jewish History. He began working in the Admissions Office in 2003.
Brad Masi
Brad Masi is an independent consultant with 19 years of experience in local food systems
development, nonprofit management and ecological design. A social entrepreneur, writer,
filmmaker, community organizer, and teacher, Masi is one of the early innovators in local food
systems development in Northeast Ohio. He is the founder of the New Agrarian Center, and served
as its Executive Director until 2009. In this role, he established several social enterprises to address
the development of a more sustainable regional food system in Northeast Ohio, including the City
Fresh initiative, focused on improving urban market access for rural farmers, while improving food
access in urban neighborhoods in Cleveland, and George Jones Farm and Nature Preserve, a 70-
acre farmstead that models transitional strategies for moving from high-input commodity farming
to low-input sustainable farming. In 2003, he spearheaded and organized the first regional Food
Congress for Northeast Ohio, working with Leslie Schaller from ACENet to frame a strategic
framework for regional food development. In 2006, he founded the Agrarian Learning Network, a
tool to encourage cross-learning between communities in Northeast Ohio. In 2007, he co-founded
the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Food Policy Coalition in collaboration with the Cleveland
Department of Public Health, OSU Extension, and Case Western Reserve University. The coalition
provides a collaborative network of more than 50 organizations, agencies, and businesses focused
on improving food access, public health, urban agriculture, food waste recovery, community food
assessment, and rural-urban linking. He holds a B.A. from Oberlin College, and an M.S. in Urban
Studies from Cleveland State University.
Further Reading
Brad Masi at Neo Food Web: http://www.neofoodweb.org/biography-brad-masi
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7/31 Thursday: Cleveland (Systems & Collaborations)
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7:30-8:30 Breakfast
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8:45 Gather to board bus
9:00-10:00 Drive to Cleveland
10:00-11:30 Guest Speakers:
Jenita McGowan, City of Cleveland and Andrew Watterson, KeyBank
Questions:
• How does the Sustainable Cleveland 2019 process function? What have
been its successes? Where has it encountered challenges?
• What does it mean to be Chief of Sustainability for a city like Cleveland?
What skills, competencies and leadership approaches are required to be
successful in this role?
• What is Appreciative Inquiry? How does it work? What challenges is it
particularly well-suited to address?
• For Mr. Watterson, how has pursuing greater sustainability in business been
different from his past work in government? What distinct strategies are
required for each? Where do these roles/sectors intersect?
Objective:
• Understand the roles of government and business in driving change, and
different strategies and approaches within each;
• Develop knowledge of what have proven to be effective change processes in
citywide and regional sustainability initiatives in Cleveland and Northeast
Ohio, and what lessons from these efforts may be applicable elsewhere.
11:30-12:30: Lunch
12:30-2:00 Guest Speaker: Ted Howard, the Democracy Collaborative and Evergreen Co-ops
Questions:
• The Evergreen Co-ops were designed after the Mondragon model from
Spain. What are the characteristics of this approach, and why is it
considered more sustainable?
• How was the model customized for Cleveland’s unique context? What
changes were made along the way?
• What challenges have the Co-ops encountered in the implementation
process, and how have they overcome them?
• What forms of leadership have been necessary to support this cooperative
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• How have he Co-ops been incorporated into the overall sustainable
redevelopment strategy for the Greater University Circle area?
• What would be required for this model to be replicable in other cities?
Objectives:
• Understand the design of the co-operative model being implemented at the
Evergreen Co-ops;
• Consider factors that have been necessary to implement this strategy
successfully.
2:00-2:15 Break, Reboard bus
2:15-3:00 Drive to West Creek Conservancy
3:00-4:30 Tour and Discussion of West Creek Conservancy
with Derek Schafer, Executive Director
Questions:
• How did the Conservancy evolve from a grassroots, community-led effort to
protect a 300-acre area, to an urban land conservancy serving Greater
Cleveland?
• What forms of leadership were necessary to the success of their grassroots
effort?
• What strategies are they currently pursuing to protect natural areas and
waterways in Greater Cleveland? What challenges are they encountering,
and how do they overcome them?
Objectives:
• Reflect upon how what began as a grassroots, resident-led land conservation
effort fits within broader, systems-level initiatives, like those visited
previously;
• Experience firsthand a protected, natural space in an urban environment.
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:00-9:00 Independent research and project work/free time
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About the Organizations & Speakers
Jenita McGowan
As Chief of Sustainability, Jenita McGowan is responsible for advising the City on policies related
to sustainability and the oversight of the Office of Sustainability; leading the coordination of
Sustainable Cleveland 2019 to develop new strategies that allow Cleveland to use sustainability as
an innovation engine for economic growth, and reducing the City’s ecological
footprint. Previously, Jenita served as Sustainability Manager in the Office of Sustainability. In
this role she managed the development of city-wide policies and procedures related to
implementing sustainability principles throughout city departments; assisted in implementing
sustainability projects; coordinated Sustainable Cleveland 2019 initiatives; interfaced with
nonprofit communities; and researched strategies to develop best management practices on
addressing sustainability issues in the community. Prior to her work for the City, she held several
positions related to sustainability and community engagement, including at Urban Community
School, Neighborhood Connections, the office of City Councilman Joe Cimperman, All Aboard
Ohio, A Piece of Cleveland, Cleveland Neighborhood Development Corporation, MC2 STEM
high school, and the Cleveland Cuyahoga County Food Policy Coalition. She also held various
arts-related positions including teaching, performance and choreography. Jenita holds a Bachelor
of Science in Journalism and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance from Kent State
University, a master's degree in Nonprofit Management from the Mandel Center for Nonprofit
Organizations and the Weatherhead School of Management, and a certificate in Appreciative
Inquiry from Case Western Reserve University.
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Andrew Watterson
In his current role as Head of Sustainability for KeyBank, Mr. Watterson leads the company in the
development and execution of their sustainability strategy, which includes working with the
corporate responsibility team and bank leadership to balance margin and mission to achieve
dependable results. Previously, Andrew worked as a Senior Consultant at BrownFlynn, providing
sustainability and corporate responsibility consulting, communications and training for clients. He
served in the City of Cleveland’s office for over six years, first as Sustainability Director, and then
as Chief of Sustainability, advising the city on policies related to energy, buildings, fleet and
purchasing; overseeing the Office of Sustainability; and leading the coordination of the Sustainable
Cleveland 2019 initiative. Prior to his time with the City, Andrew worked in real estate
development, focusing on historic restoration and green building projects. Andrew holds a B.A. in
environmental policy and economics from Bates College, and a master’s in positive organizational
development from Case Western Reserve University.
Further Reading:
City of Cleveland Office of Sustainability:
http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/CityofCleveland/Home/Government/CityAgencies/OfficeOfSustai
nability
Sustainable Cleveland 2019: http://www.sustainablecleveland.org/
Andrew Watterson on Appreciative Inquiry: http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2012/08/01/creating-
positive-change-through-appreciative-inquiry
Sustainability at KeyBank: https://www.key.com/about/community/key-bank-environmental-
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Evergreen Cooperatives
Launched in 2008 by a working group of Cleveland-based institutions (including the Cleveland
Foundation, the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, and the
municipal government), the Evergreen Cooperative Initiative is working to create living wage jobs
in six low-income neighborhoods in an area known as Greater University Circle (GUC), through
the establishment of employee-owned, for-profit businesses, which include a laundry, an energy
company that develops and installs solar panels for institutional clients, and a growers’ cooperative
that operates a hydroponic greenhouse. Modeled after Spain's Mondragon Corporation, a world
leader in the movement for worker-owned cooperatives, the Evergreen Co-ops pursue community
wealth strategies aimed at improving the ability of communities and individuals to increase asset
ownership, anchor jobs locally, strengthen the municipal tax base, prevent financial resources from
“leaking out” of the area, and ensure local economic stability.
Democracy Collaborative
The Democracy Collaborative helped design the Evergreen Cooperatives. Founded in 2000, they
work to promote strategies and innovations in community development that promote ownership
and stewardship over capital, democracy in the workplace, the stabilization of community and
local economies, equitable and inclusive growth and environmental, social and institutional
sustainability. Their Community Wealth Building Initiative works on a range of project that
support the field through research, training and policy development.
Ted Howard, Executive Director, The Democracy Collaborative
Ted Howard is the founding Executive Director of The Democracy Collaborative. Mr. Howard
directs the Collaborative’s partnership with The Cleveland Foundation on the Evergreen
Cooperatives. For the past three decades, he has worked in the not-for-profit/civil society sector,
including more than 15 years in international development with NGOs and agencies of the UN
system. Most recently, he was the Executive Director of the National Center for Economic and
Security Alternatives, a research and policy institute. He served for nine years as Chairman of the
Board of Search for Common Ground, the world’s largest conflict resolution NGO. He also serves
on the board of LIFT, a national organization dedicated to engaging college students and youth in
combating poverty in our nation’s urban areas.
Further Reading:
Evergreen Cooperatives: http://evergreencooperatives.com/
Democracy Collaborative: http://democracycollaborative.org/
Ted Howard on the Evergreen Cooperatives (video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfkuE6dHgHs (Part 1),
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xl13b4m9H8 (Part 2)
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West Creek Conservancy
West Creek Conservancy protects local natural areas, open spaces, streams and waterways in
Greater Cleveland. Through the provision of land conservancy services to individuals, partner
organizations, and communities, their efforts include protecting natural areas by acquiring land and
conservation easements through purchase or donation, working collaboratively to restore water
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and facilitating recreational trails and greenways to connect people with nature and each other.
They have a strong focus on streams, rivers, and watershed protection and restoration. Over a span
of approximately 20 years, they have evolved from a grassroots, all-volunteer effort to protect a
300-acre area in the town of Parma, to a more established organization working regionally.
Further Reading:
West Creek Conservancy: http://westcreek.org/
West Creek Conservancy Sustainability Case Study (from Baldwin Wallace College):
https://www.bw.edu/academics/sustainability/neo-case-
studies/cases/West_Creek_Conservancy.pdf
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8/1 Friday: Oberlin Campus
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7:30-8:30 Breakfast
8:50-12:30 Final Lectures/Discussion (Content/questions TBD)
2:00-3:00 Program Evaluation, AJLC
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3:00-5:30 Free Time, Final Presentation Prep
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:20-9:00 Closing Ceremony and Biking Systems Analysis Project Community Presentation
10:00 Check-in
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7:30-8:30 Breakfast
10:00-11:00 Residence Hall Checkout
10:00-TBD Depart for Airport
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ALLEN ART BUILDING (Art Library) 73
ALLEN MEDICAL CENTER 42
ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM 72
ALLENCROFT (Russian House) 3
APOLLO THEATRE 81
ASIA HOUSE (Quadrangle) 69
BAILEY HOUSE (French House) 54
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BARNARD HOUSE 60
BARROWS HALL 59
BOSWORTH HALL 70
BURTON HALL 55
CARNEGIE BUILDING (Arts & Sciences Admissions) 64
CHARLES MARTIN HALL HOUSE 78
CLARK BANDSTAND 71
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CONSERVATORY, BIBBINS HALL 14
CONSERVATORY, CENTRAL UNIT AND
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CONSERVATORY, ROBERTSON HALL 17
COUNSELING CENTER 44
COX ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 31
CREATIVE WRITING 37
DASCOMB HALL 26
DAUB HOUSE (Bonner Center for Service &
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FAIRCHILD HOUSE 13
FINNEY CHAPEL 32
FIRELANDS 80
HALES ANNEX 40
HALES GYMNASIUM 41
HALL ANNEX 75
HALL AUDITORIUM 74
HARKNESS HOUSE 25
HARVEY (Spanish House) 5
HEISMAN CLUB FIELD HOUSE 47
JOHNSON HOUSE (Hebrew House) 1
KADE (German House) 4
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KAHN TRACK 48
KEEP COTTAGE 68
KING BUILDING 28
KOHL BUILDING 18
LANGSTON HALL 53
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LORD (Afrikan Heritage House) 9
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MUDD CENTER (Main Library & CIT) 34
NOAH HALL 57
OBERLIN BOOKSTORE 20
OBERLIN COLLEGE INN 76
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Oberlin Social and Recreational Options !
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Allen Memorial Art Museum
Founded in 1917, the Museum is recognized today as one of the five best college and university art
museums in the United States. The collection old master and 19th-century paintings, sculpture, and
decorative arts, as well as Modern and Contemporary works. It is free to the public. Visit the
website for more information, including hours: http://www.oberlin.edu/amam/
Apollo Theater
The Apollo is Oberlin’s historic, single screen movie theater, open since 1913, and screening a
range of first-run movies at a reasonable price: http://new.oberlin.edu/apollo/
The Arboretum
Often referred to as “the Arb,” the Arboretum is a 60-acre nature preserve that is a short walk from
south campus, and enjoyed by both the town and College.
Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (FAVA)
Fava is an independent, nonprofit arts organization that features rotating exhibitions and
community activities in their space in downtown Oberlin. Visit their website for information about
exhibits, hours and special events: http://www.favagallery.org/
Hales Annex
This building houses the Pool Room and Oberlin College Lanes, Northeast Ohio’s only bowling
center that is alcohol free. There is no cost to use the Pool Room, but the bowling alley requires a
nominal fee. Visit the website for hours and rates.
Hales Annex website (note the Cat in the Cream Coffeehouse will be closed during the
FLSI@Oberlin program): http://new.oberlin.edu/student-life/get-out-and-do/hales-annex.dot
Oberlin College Lanes: http://www.oberlin.edu/bowling/main.html
Oberlin Heritage Center
This museum complex includes three beautifully preserved historic sites: The Monroe House
(1866), Jewett House (1884) and Schoolhouse (1836), where you can learn more about Oberlin’s
crucial role as part of the Underground Railroad, and its history of abolitionism, women’s activism
and scientific discovery. Building tours are $6. Visit the website for additional information,
including schedules: http://www.oberlinheritagecenter.org/
Oberlin Summer Theater Festival
The Festival presents free productions of meaningful theater classics. Three plays will be mounted
during FLSI@Oberlin: Shakespeare’s As You Like It; Come Back, Little Sheba by William Inge,
and a children’s theater interpretation of The Secret Garden, adapted for the stage by Thomas W.
Olson. Reservations should be made in advance. A full performance schedule is available at the
festival’s website: http://www.oberlinsummertheaterfestival.com/
Philips Recreation Center
The Jesse Philips Physical Education Center is a 115,000-square-foot facility. Its gymnasium is
used for basketball, volleyball, and intramural and recreational activities. Other facilities in Philips
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and Universal weight training machines, as well as free weights, a heavy bag, speed bags, and
stretching room; and six racquetball and nine squash courts, two of which are set up for table
tennis and one for indoor golf. The John W. Heisman Club Field House is linked to Philips, and
includes a six-lane 200-meter track and four tennis courts. The facility will be available to
FLSI@Oberlin students throughout the program (see “Break Hours” on the website):
http://www.goyeo.com/news/2008/7/13/Rec_0713082942.aspx?path=rc#
Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition
A collaboration between the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the Cleveland Orchestra, the
Cooper competition is an international contest for young pianists, and will be taking place during
FLSI@Oberlin, with multiple performance/contest events. Visit the Competition’s website for
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What is Sustainability?
Sustainability can be many different things - a motto, an ideal, a way to do business, a way to live
your life or a call to action. The term “sustainability” is often misunderstood and misused, and not
everyone agrees on its definition. In 1997, there were an estimated 350-plus definitions of
“sustainability” and “sustainable development.”
Generally, however, there is a commonly understood idea of sustainability – that is, the capacity
for continuance into the long term. This concept surfaces throughout history, reflected, for
example, in the “seventh generation” philosophy of the Native American Iroquois Confederacy,
which mandated that tribal chiefs always consider the effects of their actions on descendants seven
generations in the future.
The most popular recent definition of sustainability can be traced to a 1987 United Nations
Conference and states that sustainability in the context of development is: “Development that
meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their
own needs.” (Report of the Brundtland Commission, “Our Common Future,” 1987)
The UN recently defined sustainable development as ”a dynamic process which enables all people
to realize their potential and improve their quality of life in ways that simultaneously protect and
enhance the Earth’s life support systems.”

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Sustainability 101 Glossary†
The journey toward sustainability is at times technical – one which can require some definitions
for added clarity and to ensure a common understanding. Below is a list of terms we come across
regularly or use ourselves when defining, discussing and working toward sustainability.
Appreciative Inquiry
A philosophy of organizational assessment and change that seeks examples of success to emulate
and organizational or personal strengths to build upon, rather than focusing upon fixing negative or
ineffective organizational processes.
BALLE
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies.
http://www.livingeconomies.org
Bio-based Product
A product (other than food or feed) that is produced from renewable, agricultural (plant, animal
and marine), or forestry materials.
Biodegradable
A product or material capable of decomposing in nature within a reasonably short period of time.
Biodiversity
the variability among organisms on Earth and within an ecosystem. Maintaining biodiversity is
necessary to preserve the health and survival of an ecosystem.
Biomass
Living or recently-dead organic material that can be used as an energy source, excludes organic
material that has been transformed by geological processes (such as coal or petroleum).
Biomimicry
A design discipline that studies nature’s elements, processes and designs and uses these ideas to
imitate or design new solutions to human problems sustainably.
Carbon Footprint
The total amount of greenhouse gases emitted directly or indirectly through an activity, or from a
product, company or person, typically expressed in equivalent tons of either carbon or carbon
dioxide.
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Source: Interface, Inc. 2008. Sustainability 101 Glossary. Retrieved on June 29, 2011 from
(no longer active):
http://www.interfaceglobal.com/getdoc/e07d40fd-962e-4ca0-8c5d-5f2fd1c58e63/Glossary.aspx.
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