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PALS Returns with 2024 Summit, October 17th – 19th

About PALS

Founded in 2010 at Pratt Institute, The Partnership on Academic Leadership in Sustainability (PALS) is a national platform for sustainability leaders in art and design higher education to address global climate change, environmental and social justice, and other key sustainability issues through the power of creativity and an art and design education. The value of PALS lies in its ability to leverage collective resources and foster a community of peer institutions to integrate sustainability into the core of art and design education. There is no other current initiative like PALS in the landscape of art and design higher education

PALS Value

  • Leverages collective resources and fosters a community of peer institutions to integrate sustainability into the core of art and design education.
  • Creates a yearly touchstone to renew and recognize partner institutions’ commitment to sustainability education and to build a collective braintrust.
  • The diversity of strengths within our collaborative network cannot be replicated by any individual school.
  • Provides an opportunity for member schools to collaborate to address the challenges of global climate change and other key sustainability issues through the power of creativity and an art and design education.

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    The 2024 Summit

    At the annual Summit, the Fellows will work collectively to invigorate the incorporation of sustainability principles at our institutions. We aim to identify ways to unite sustainability with values that support a sense of belonging, health and equity of all members of our campus communities. As in prior years, the 2024 Summit will serve as our yearly touchstone to renew and recognize partner institutions’ commitment to sustainability education and to build a collective braintrust.

    Themes:

    In the 7 years since the last PALS Summit, the landscape of sustainability at our institutions has shifted, evolved and transformed. Learning from where we came from will help to inform where to go next. The 2024 summit will be centered around the following key themes:

    The More-than-human: Approaching our work from an expanded view of our place in the ecosystem, moving away from human exceptionalism and centering indigenous wisdom.

    DEI and Sustainability | A Shared Space:  Aligning the shared purpose and goals of Sustainability and DEI initiatives.

    A PALS Fellow Pedagogical Playbook:  Key practices for transformational sustainability teaching and learning.

    Strategies for Institutional Change:  Strategic frameworks and actionable steps to drive transformative improvements and foster long-term sustainable practices within our institutions.

     

    JOIN US AT THE SUMMIT | Oct 17-19, 2024

    Format and Locations and Times: The 2024 PALS Summit will consist of concurrent regional meetings (nodes) that will connect virtually for keynote, presentations, and discussions.

    The three schools hosting in-person nodes are:

    Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

    Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

    Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA

    Additionally, there will be an all-virtual node available to those who would prefer to participate from afar.

    The Summit will take place during the following times:

    Thursday October 17, 6:30 – 9:30pm

    Friday October 18, 8am – 9pm

    Saturday October 19, 8am – 6pm

    Given that this hybrid in-person and virtual summit will take place across multiple time zones, the exact schedule of each day will be made available in the weeks before the Summit.

     

    Find out more and register HERE