PAST CAS PROJECTS 
ARTS IN SOCIETY
As part of its effort to reveal the important connection between the arts and sustainability, the UNH Office of Sustainabiality support the course "The Arts in Society" (INCO 480 and SOC 580), which was taught each semester by now retired sociology Professor Melvin Bobick. The aim of the course was to help students achieve a broad understanding of the arts and humanities by seeing to it that students attend symphony, ballet, and opera performances and visit museums, including the Boston Museum of Fine Art and the Currier Gallery.
Beaming Bioneers
The UNH Office of Sustainability hosted three consecutive live satellite telecasts of the annual Bioneers Conference plenary speakers, which is held in California. These sessions were complemented by workshops and other activities at UNH to provide practical tools and education around sustainability and to help build community.
Eating as a Moral Act: Ethics and Power from Agrarianism to Consumerism
In April 2004, the UNH Office of Sustainability organized the interdisciplinary Saul O Sidore Memorial Lecture Series and Symposium "Eating as a Moral Act: Ethics and Power from Agrarianism to Consumerism." The event was sponsored by the Saul O Sidore Memorial Foundation and the Center for the Humanities at the University of New Hampshire. The program examined the underlying questions of justice and morality within America's food and farming system and explored the ability of citizens and communities to shape a sustainable food system through their food choices.
Download the papers presented at the 2004 Eating as a Moral Act: Ethics and Power from Agrarianism to Consumerism" Saul O Sidore Memorial Lecture Series and Symposium (zipped file of PDF's and Word documents)
Scheier Project
The UNH Office of Sustainability, the UNH Arts and Society Program, and UNH Dimond Library, in partnership with Ken Browne Productions and the Currier Gallery of Art, collaborated in making the documentary film entitled "Four Hands One Heart," which celebrates the lives and art of former UNH faculty Ed and Mary Scheier. The film was broadcast on over 100 PBS stations throughout the country. The video is available for loan at Dimond Library or can be purchased on DVD through www.4hands1heart.com or through New Hampshire Public Television. In addition, the University collection of the Scheier's work is on display at Dimond Library. Learn more about the Scheier’s story and philosophy here.
