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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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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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Illinois Department of Natural Resources: Current Approach to Keeping Asian Carp Out of Lake Michigan “Isn’t Sustainable”

As Asian Carp continue to threaten to invade the Great Lakes, the plethora of legal and technological maneuvers to prevent that invasion have intensified. Methods currently employed will likely have to change in the near future. In August, a federal … Continue reading

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Roosevelt SUST 220 Students Canoe North Branch of the Chicago River

On Saturday, October 11th, students in Professor Mike Bryson’s SUST 220 Water and PLS 391 Seminar in Natural Science classes at Roosevelt University took a canoe trip with him on the North Branch of the River, from Goose Island on … Continue reading

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An Urban Nature Adventure with Professor Mike Bryson

Professor Mike Bryson shares a field experience in PLS 392 (a senior seminar taken by all Roosevelt Sustainability BPS majors).  This and many other observations of the Chicago area’s environment are available at his website. This past Saturday, June 11th, … Continue reading

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Summer Session Begins in Two Weeks

SUST 390 Sustainability of the National Parks is nearly complete, but there are still two weeks before the longer Summer session 2011 (running from May 31 to August 19) begins. Space is available in the following courses. One is an … Continue reading

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Summer Session Begins May 31 With Two New Sustainability Studies Courses

SUST 390 Sustainability of the National Parks is our first summer course, running for four weeks in May. It is nearly full and involves a field trip to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, but if you are looking for online or … Continue reading

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Take the Sustainability of the National Parks Seminar this May (Spaces Limited, Register March 1)

This May, Roosevelt University’s Sustainability Studies program is excited to introduce a very special new course.  Professor Greg Buckley presents SUST 390: Special Topics — Sustainability of the National Parks, centered around a 10-day trip to Theodore Roosevelt National Park … Continue reading

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