On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA October-November 2016
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When GWA Met AASHE: Synergy!
BY LOIS DE VRIES
Executive Director’s . . . . . . . . . . 2
Greeting
Scholarship Recipient . . . . . . . . 3
President’s Greeting . . . . . . . . . 4
New & Noteworthy . . . . . . . . . . 4
Exhibitor’s Take on
2016 Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Foraging for Cocktails . . . . . . . . 6
Buffalo 2017! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
GWA 2016 Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Regional News . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hot off the Press . . . . . . . . . . . 11
GWA Dues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Future of Horticulture
Communications . . . . . . . . . . 12
Green Industry News . . . . . . 14
Meet Pam Penick . . . . . . . . . . 16
New Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Meet Lois de Vries . . . . . . . . . 18
Regional Events . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Sustainability Column . . . . . 20
First Timer: Teresa Speight . 21
Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
First Timer: John Boggan . . . 24
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) brings together
younger versions of ourselves—budding plant geeks who care deeply about the environment.
R
emember the vintage TV commercial for Reese’s peanut butter cups about what
happens when chocolate and peanut butter accidentally collide? The result was
“a taste all its own.” That’s pretty much what happened when I attended my first
AASHE Conference in 2015.
I registered for the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher
Education Conference with the hope of finding some fresh ideas to incorporate
into the GWA Sustainability Committee’s scope of work. I came away with the vision
that our two organizations could form a synergistic relationship that would be more
powerful than either one can achieve on its own.
As I listened to breakout session presenters and eavesdropped on lunchtime conversations, I realized that solutions to many of the problems confronting sustainability staff at academic institutions were the
routine work of GWA members. I’d listen to an AASHE member’s problem and say, “Oh, I know someone who does that!”
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