| May 6, 1996 | Release No. 404 Contact: Phyllis Graber Jensen 207-786-6330 (office) 207-784-6240 (home) |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Environmentalist to Speak at Bates
LEWISTON, Maine -- A scientist will discuss environmental sustainability
in a lecture at Bates College on
Anthony D. Cortese of Second Nature Environmental Learning Center will
speak on "The Role of Higher Education in Moving Society on a Just and
Environmentally Sustainable Path."
Second Nature, a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance human
and environmental well-being through learning, works with faculty,
administrators and student leaders at institutions of higher learning to help
them promote and increase environmentally just and sustainable action across
curriculum, research and all campus operations.
Cortese is corporate executive officer of Second Nature. Director of the
Center for Environmental Management at Tufts University from 1984-93, Cortese
became the first dean of Environmental programs at Tufts in 1989 where he
developed and coordinated 13 university-wide environmental programs, including
the award-winning Tufts Environmental Literacy Institute.
The Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental
Protection from 1979-84, Cortese worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency and the U.S. Public Health Service from 1969-76.
Cortese serves as a member of several boards of directors and advisory
committees, including the EPA Science Advisory Board and the President's
Council on Sustainable Development. He received a
B.S. and M.S. in environmental engineering from Tufts University and a Sc.D.
in environmental health from the Harvard School of Public Health.
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