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Army Corps of Engineers Promises Accelerated Study On Preventing Carp Invasion of Lake Michigan
As Asian Carp continue to threaten to invade the Great Lakes, the plethora of legal and technological maneuvers to prevent that invasion have intensified. With pressure mounting, the Army Corps of Engineers this month promised to speed up its study … Continue reading
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SUST 350 Service & Sustainability Course Canoes Bubbly Creek
This semester, Professor Mike Bryson is teaching a SUST 350 Service & Sustainability seminar focusing on urban agriculture in Chicago. In late April, he organized a canoe trip for the course, in conjunction with the Chicago Lights Urban Farm and … Continue reading
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SUST 350 Service & Sustainability Work at the Chicago Lights Urban Farm
This semester, Professor Mike Bryson is teaching a Service & Sustainability seminar focusing on urban agriculture in Chicago. Here is a recent post he made about the course’s activities. This past Wednesday was the third week for my SUST 350 … Continue reading
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Listen to Professor Carl Zimring Discuss Chicago’s Recycling Program on WCPT’s Mike Nowak Show
Assistant Professor Carl Zimring, who recently edited The Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage appeared on the first hour of WCPT’s Mike Nowak Show at 9am this past Sunday (yes, Easter Sunday) to discuss the encyclopedia, … Continue reading
Professor Carl Zimring Discusses Chicago’s Recycling Program Sunday Morning on WCPT’s Mike Nowak Show
Assistant Professor Carl Zimring, who recently edited The Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage, will appear on WCPT’s Mike Nowak Show at 9am this Sunday (yes, Easter Sunday) to discuss both that book and developments in … Continue reading
The Continuing Campaign Against Invasive Species in the Great Lakes
As Asian Carp continue to threaten to invade the Great Lakes, the plethora of legal and technological maneuvers to prevent that invasion have intensified. While the Asian Carp are a major threat to the region’s ecosystem, this is not the … Continue reading
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Professor Zimring Edits The Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage
Assistant Professor Carl Zimring is an environmental historian interested in how attitudes concerning waste shape society, culture, institutions, and inequalities, concepts he has shared with students at Roosevelt University in the courses SUST 210 The Sustainable Future, SUST 240 Waste, … Continue reading
Roosevelt Sustainability Faculty Contribute to “Loop Value” Exhibit at Chicago Architecture Foundation
On Friday, the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s new exhibit Loop Value: The How Much Does It Cost? Shop opens in the CAF’s Atrium Gallery at 224 S. Michigan Avenue. Roosevelt Sustainability Faculty Mike Bryson and Carl Zimring served on the advisory … Continue reading
Profile of New CPS Dean Greg Buckley
As we reported earlier this month, Sustainability Studies professor Greg Buckley has been appointed Interim Dean of the Evelyn T. Stone College of Professional Studies (the school that houses Sustainability Studies). Gregory Buckley, associate professor of natural science, research associate … Continue reading
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Sustainability Professor Greg Buckley Named Dean of College of Professional Studies
As announced on Roosevelt University’s College of Professional Studies blog, Associate Professor Greg Buckley was officially named Interim Dean of the Evelyn T. Stone College of Professional Studies at the beginning of this week. Buckley succeeds Dean John Cicero who steps … Continue reading
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