R. Umashankar

The inaugural conference of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) was held on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ from October 4-6, 2006. With over 650 registered participants, the conference was the largest campus sustainability gathering to date in North America.

Can a campus community become a "green" model for society as a whole? Educators, students, and professionals meet at an interdisciplinary conference to promote sustainability in education, research, operations and affiliated service organizations.