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ABOUT US Associates:
Don Bailey Consultant, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Torrey McMillan Consultant and Teacher Tom Sahagian Energy Efficiency Consultant Craig Schultz President, Energy Buying Strategies, Inc.
Context: Education for sustainability in North America and beyond
Wynn Calder
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 Wynn directs Sustainable Schools, LLC. With over ten years of experience in the field of education for sustainability, he works with K-12 schools, colleges and universities to build environmental literacy and sustainability into strategic planning, teaching and institutional practice. He facilitates professional development workshops, consults on topics such as sustainable operations and sustainability in the curriculum, and conducts campus sustainability assessments. Since 2003, Wynn has been primary consultant on sustainability with the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). He developed and chaired the annual NAIS Summer Institute for Leadership in Sustainability from 2005 through 2009.
Wynn is also director of the Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF), which serves as secretariat for signatories of the Talloires Declaration (1990). He has been with ULSF since 1997.
Wynn is review editor for the Journal of Education for Sustainable Development (Sage), and has written extensively on the topic of education for sustainability. Wynn is a co-founder of the U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development. He is a member of the expert advisory group of the Green Schools Alliance, he serves on the advisory council of the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education, and he is on the senior council of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.
Prior to joining ULSF, Wynn worked for six years at Harvard University in academic counseling, admissions and administration. From 1984 to 1986, he taught history and was an assistant director of admissions at Milton Academy. Wynn attended Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia. He received his Bachelors degree from Harvard University in 1984 and his Master's from Harvard Divinity School in 1993. Wynn lives with his family in Wayland, MA.
Don Bailey
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After a long engineering career in flight control system research and development, Don is currently established as a consultant with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) doing Energy and Waste Management Assessments on Minnesota schools, government buildings, and commercial businesses. He has developed an Assessment Integrated Support System, A_SYS, that analyses bill data and provides extensive energy, water and waste savings computation capability.
Torrey McMillan
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 Torrey is a committed and innovative educator with a passion for sustainability. She has 10 years of classroom teaching experience, ranging from elementary school to university level and across five different academic departments. In addition she has facilitated professional development workshops on sustainability education and systems thinking at national and regional conferences. Most recently she led the creation and implementation of the Sustainability Studies Department, an academic department focusing on sustainability at The White Mountain School in Bethlehem, NH. As director of the Sustainability Studies Department, she worked with administrators and teachers to establish graduation requirements in sustainability and assisted colleagues with the integration of sustainability concepts into their courses. In addition to teaching courses most people typically associate with sustainability, such as Environmental Science and Climate and Energy, she also taught courses ranging well beyond “green” topics to include the full spectrum of issues associated with sustainability - Comparative Economic Development, American Democracy, Biomimicry, and Responsible Global Citizenship.
Tom Sahagian
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 Tom is an independent energy-efficiency consultant. Most recently he was the Director of the Energy Division at Power Concepts, a New York City consulting engineering firm. He has more than 30 years of experience in institutional, commercial, industrial and residential energy efficiency. Tom is conversant with virtually every energy-efficiency technology and knows the advantages and the pitfalls of the use of advanced technology. By taking a more hands-on approach to his work than many of his colleagues, he is able to make recommendations that are practical and effective.
Craig Schultz
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Craig is the President of Energy Buying Strategies, Inc. (EBSI), a consulting firm that works with private, public, and non-profit consumers to help them manage the cost and volatility of their energy purchases. EBSI believes in simplifying the energy market so that customers can make informed decisions that fit their organizations budget needs. EBSI's three main services for schools are:
(1) Energy procurement -- lowering or stabilizing electricity and natural gas costs by reviewing utility rate schedules and competitive market offers.
(2) Generating or purchasing green power -- analyzing the economics of schools generating their own solar, wind, or geothermal power or adding green energy to their normal power purchases.
(3) Peak load management -- assessing whether schools may benefit from participation in a formal demand response program or otherwise managing their electricity demand at peak times.
Craig frequently provides speeches and writes articles on end-user energy issues. Prior to founding EBSI, he served in management positions at two global energy companies.
Craig is active in several community groups in the Washington, DC area. He has been involved in the Business Volunteers for the Arts©/Washington program for the past 14 years, in the Compass program that offers pro-bono consulting services to non-profits for 4 years, serves on the Community Engagement committee of Arena Stage and on boards and committees for two local independent schools.
Context: Education for sustainability in North America and beyond As interest in education for sustainability expands in North America and around the world, some schools, colleges and universities have become leaders in this critical endeavor to connect education more directly with our 21st century national and global challenges. Many institutions have started to model more environmentally responsible behavior, committing to green buildings and energy conservation, reducing waste and recycling, purchasing more environmentally sound products, choosing more sustainable transportation, landscaping and food services. Some have begun to reexamine what they teach and how they are preparing young people to be problem solvers and engaged citizens in support of a more healthy and sustainable world.
The United Nations has launched a Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014), calling on all stakeholders to commit to educating for a more sustainable future. Internationally, many countries are taking the UN Decade seriously. In the United States, an organization called the US Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development was formed in 2004 to engage representatives from all levels of education and all sectors business, government, and civil society in support of the Decade. Germany has a dedicated a formal committee to manage it with strong support from the government. India is now working to enforce a law passed by their Supreme Court in the 1990s requiring that all university graduates attain a level of environmental literacy. Sweden has a Ministry of Sustainable Development and is working to ensure that sustainability is taught in every school. The UK has a national sustainable development plan and has devoted significant funding to education for sustainable development. There is an international Eco-Schools program involving over 11,000 schools from over 30 countries in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and most recently Asia. This is only a small sample of efforts around the world to more fully connect education with the practical realities and challenges of the 21st century. |