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Roosevelt Review Alumni Magazine Features Sustainability Accomplishments & Awards
The just-released Spring 2013 issue of RU’s alumni magazine, the Roosevelt Review, features an array of articles and graphics on the university’s sustainability initiatives — from curriculum to campus operations/grounds projects to recycling and composting. The magazine’s spring publication (accessible … Continue reading
Posted in waste, recycling, policy, news, ethics, students, social justice, green design, conservation, climate change, Roosevelt
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Biodiversity, Research, and Education at the Field Museum (Updated 23 May 2013)
Back in September of 2012, Roosevelt University SUST major Kristina Lugo* and SUST professor Mike Bryson participated in an biodiversity education planning session at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History, led by museum botanist and adjunct curator Dr. Matt von … Continue reading
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Congratulations SUST Graduates!
Congratulations to our May 2013 Sustainability Studies graduates, who celebrated the completion of their undergraduate labors last Friday, May 3rd, in the famed Auditorium Theater at Roosevelt’s Chicago Campus. Pictured above (L to R): SUST prof/director Mike Bryson; SUST grads … Continue reading
Last Workday this Spring at the Chicago Lights Urban Farm for SUST 350
Yesterday, May Day 2013, was the final workday of the spring semester for the students in SUST 350 Service & Sustainability at the Chicago Lights Urban Farm on Chicago’s Near-North Side. We worked hard and had lots of fun — … Continue reading
Earth Week Continues at RU in Chicago and Schaumburg!
Don’t Miss these Great Earth Week Events at RU! Chicago Campus / Schaumburg Campus Thursday, 4/18 (Chicago) Screening of End:Civ, followed by Skype presentation/Q & A with acclaimed environmental activist and author, Derrick Jensen (right) — WB Rm 612, 5 … Continue reading
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Earth Week Events at Roosevelt University
Roosevelt University Earth Week 2013 Events Chicago Campus / Schaumburg Campus Tuesday, 4/16 Green Expo–Fainman Lounge, 11 am—4 pm: Local “green” vendors consisting of green businesses, environmental organizations, and more; co-sponsored by Ghabit Recycling scavenger hunt — will use collected … Continue reading
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RU Reforesting Plans Conservation Work in Tanzania this May
This guest post is from Roosevelt University Sustainability Studies major and Environmental Science minor Nicole Burns. Kudos to this student-faculty effort at combining environmental science education with international forest/biodiversity conservation. I am in RU biology professor Norbert Cordeiro’s Conservation Biology … Continue reading
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GMIC 2013 Sustainable Meetings Conference at McCormick Place (Apr 7-10)
Starting this coming Sunday, the Green Meeting Industry Council will be hosting its 2013 Sustainable Meetings Conference on April 7-10, 2013, in Chicago at McCormick Place. Register here for the 2013 Conference. According to RU Hospiality/Tourism Prof. Bill Host (whost@roosevelt.edu), … Continue reading
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Green Tech U at the Chicago Center for Green Technology
April is the final month of the Winter-Spring 2013 workshop/lecture series that the Chicago Center for Green Technology (CCGT). This new and updated educational programming, run by professionals and experts and offered at the CCGT’s LEED-platinum facility on Chicago’s West … Continue reading
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UIC Summer Institute on Sustainability, Energy, and Transportation (Aug 5-16)
The Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy (SISE) is a two-week intensive workshop and lecture series geared towards individuals interested in the relation between sustainability and energy. The 2013 program theme is Sustainable Transportation. In the summer of 2011, SUST alum … Continue reading
