The University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth (UMD) Sustainability Initiative sponsored a quarterly meeting of the newly-formed Southeastern Massachusetts Council on Sustainability  at the Woodland Common on December 10, 2009. About fifty representatives of university programs and community organizations in Southeastern Massachusetts participated in the two-hour session focused  Presenters included Dick Shafer on economic development, Glenn Bachman on energy, Kathleen Christianson on food and agriculture, Chad McGuire on natural resources and Alan Slavin on transportation. For pictures of the Sustainable Food Conference, click here. For pictures of the After Rail Conference, click here. For pictures of the formative Sustainability Exchange held on October 16, 2008, click here. For more information about the process, contact Director of the Office of Campus and Community Sustainability Susan Jennings at 508-910-6484.
 

(Top row, left and center) Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District (SRPEDD)  Executive Committee Chair Dr. Susan Peterson of Rochester opens the meeting in the Woodland Commons and requests reports from each of the Working Group leaders. (Top row, right) UMass-D Sustainability staff member Nate Byrnes listens as Glenn Bachman makes a point. (Middle row, left)  Kathleen Christianson of the UMass -Dartmouth Office of Campus and Community Sustainability reports on the work of the food and agriculture Working Group. (Middle row, right) SRPEDD staff member Louise Haridman reports on the consensus action items. (Bottom row, left) Bristol Community College Coordinator of Environmental Technology Robert Rak responds to the reports. (Bottom row, center) Fall River's Mass In Motion project coordinator Julianne Kelly, right) listens to the conversation with an ear to aspects of the reports that can be incorporated into system, policy and environment changes that support improved health. (Bottom row, right) Susan Jennings, Director of the Office of Campus and Community Sustainability at UMD summarizes the work of the council and describes next steps.