Tiffany Richardson, Ph.D., sport management lecturer in the School of Kinesiology, is participating today in a panel discussion at the 2015 Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) conference held this week at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Conference participants will tour the TCF Bank Stadium, the first collegiate or professional football stadium in the country to achieve LEED certification, a rating system that measures the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings, homes and neighborhoods. The tour will highlight how sustainability was incorporated in the construction of the facility and its operation, including an ambitious waste diversion program that diverted 82% of game day waste last season.

Dr. Richardson teaches a sport management course on sustainability in sports and takes her “Green Team” students each year to MLB’s All-Star Game, giving them hands-on experience teaching fans about reducing waste in a sports context.  She will participate in a panel featuring practitioners from colleges and the private sector discussing challenges and opportunities in creating successful collegiate sports greening programs.