Previous SSAP Sustainability Conferences
First Delaware Valley Conference
Swarthmore College, November 12, 1990
Theme: Guided Evolution in the Cultural Channel
Topics: Applying Systems Engineering to the Social Economy; Humane Social Evolution; Altruism in evolution theory; Conservation of Resources; Social Change; Small Group Experiments in Cultural Evolution
Second Annual Delaware Valley Conference
Villanova University - October 14, 1991
Theme: Religion and Ethnicity in Evolving a Sustainable Future
Topics: Religion: A Fundamental Human Need
Sustainability in Different Traditions
Third Annual Delaware Valley Conference
Drexel University - November 11, 1992
Theme: Technology and Economics for Building Sustainable Futures
Topics: A Systems View of Sustainability; Economics for a Sustainable Society; Energy Requirements; Materials; Sustainable Agriculture; Transportation
Fourth Annual Delaware Valley Conference
Temple University - October 11, 1993
Theme: Frontiers of Survival: A Holistic View of Human Society
Topics: The Amish: an Alternative Culture; The Media and Culture Change; Resident Change Agents; Changing Culture in the Work Place; Education
University of Pennsylvania, November 13, 1994
Theme: Visions of a Sustainable Future; and How to Get There
Topics: Sustainable Cities; Transportation; Sustainable Energy; Community Dynamics; Native Americans; Community and Sustainability; Living Sustainably Today; Sustainable Population; Economics of Sustainability
Sixth Annual Delaware Valley Conference
Haverford College - November 12, 1995
Theme: Education for Sustainability
Topics: Grameen (Village) Banks; College & Personal Values; Growing up Home Schooled; What Schools can Build Sustainability; Los Horcones: An Intentional Community; Community-based Schools
Seventh Annual Delaware Valley Conference
Jefferson University, November 10, 1996
Theme: Health Issues in a Sustainable World
Topics: Organic Farming - Health & Sustainability; MTBE in gasoline; Alternative Medicine; Community Medicine in a Sustainable Future; Indoor Air Pollution; Community Orientation and Mental Health
Eighth Annual Delaware Valley Conference
Swarthmore College, November 9, 1997
Theme: Equity Issues in a Sustainable Future
Topics: Green Religion and Brown Fields; How Will Other Life Forms Fare in a Sustainable World; Environmental Racism in the City of Chester; Work and Jobs in a Sustainable Economy; Green Taxes and Social Equity
Ninth Annual Delaware Valley Conference
Temple University, November 22, 1998
Theme: Unsustainable Sprawl: Sustainable Alternatives
Topics: Land Use Aspects; Social Aspects; Transportation; Bio-sphere; Economics; Halting Further Sprawl; Reversing Present Sprawl; Revitalizing Town Centers.
Tenth Annual Delaware Valley Conference
University of the Sciences, November 14, 1999
Theme: Food and sustainability: We can live without cars, but not without food.
Topics: Sustainable Agriculture; Sustainable Fisheries; Vegetarian Food, Agriculture in the Biosphere; Food and Energy; Social issues.
Eleventh Annual Delaware Valley Conference
St. Joseph's University: November 12, 2000
Theme: Changing the American Dream - Grass Roots Efforts
Topics: Voluntary Simplicity; Intentional Communities; Religious Approaches to Changing Values; Local Discussion Groups (e.g., The Natural Step); Social-Psychology of Changing Values.
Twelfth Annual Delaware Valley Conference
Widener University - November 18, 2001
Theme: Water - Where Human Needs and the Ecosystem Meet
Topics: Human Needs and the Ecosystem; Water and Agriculture; Effects of Global Warming; Water Agencies; Economics of Water Systems
Thirteenth Annual Delaware Valley Conference
Philadelphia University - November 17, 2002
Theme: Materials - "Matter That Matters"
Topics: Architectural Materials; Mineral Resources; Recycling; Market Economy; Materials & Life Styles
Fourteenth Annual Delaware Valley Conference
University of Pennsylvania- November 16, 2003
Theme: Culture of a Sustainable Future