Category Archives: food

Policy Initiatives for Combating Food Waste

Posted on June 17, 2017 by

By Yessenia Balcazar Among the topics that were covered in my most recent courses I have taken as a sustainability studies major at Roosevelt University, I found that the topic of food waste, particularly the sources of food waste, to … Continue reading →

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World Fair Trade Day Festival in Downtown Chicago Today, May 3rd

Posted on May 3, 2017 by

This event today is downtown Chicago not only is happening on a rare sunny day this spring, but also dovetails beautifully with the efforts of the RU Green student organization and the Fair Trade campus sustainability student team from SUST … Continue reading →

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Fair Trade Event Rocked the RU’s Congress Lounge for #EarthMonth2017

Posted on April 14, 2017 by

By Jimmy Dooley for ACP/SUST 250 Kicking off this spring’s line-up of sustainability events for #EarthMonth2017 was this past Tuesday’s Fair Trade Lip-Sync Battle / Open Mic sponsored by RU Green, the university’s student environmental organization, and The Blaze, Roosevelt’s … Continue reading →

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Fair Trade Kick-Off Event @RooseveltU on Tuesday 4/11, 5-8pm

Posted on April 8, 2017 by

Come celebrate #EarthMonth and learn about Fair Trade at this student-run event this coming Tuesday @RooseveltU! 5-8pm in the AUD Congress Lounge, Chicago Campus (430 S. Michigan Ave.) Sponsored by the student environmental org RU Green and The Blaze, RU’s … Continue reading →

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Kick off Earth Month at RU with a Field Trip to Angelic Organics Farm this Sun 4/9

Posted on April 6, 2017 by

This semester’s SUST 230 Food class, taught by Prof. Vicki Gerberich at Roosevelt’s Chicago Campus, is heading out to Angelic Organics Farm in Caledonia IL this Sunday, April 9th, for a tour of a working biodynamic organic farm founded by … Continue reading →

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Talkin’ Some More Trash (and Responsible Waste Practices While We’re at It)

Posted on March 27, 2017 by

Things are looking a little greener in the AUD building this spring. The compost pilot that previously launched on the 8th floor is now expanding to floors 5 + 2. In the first 8 weeks of the 8th floor pilot, … Continue reading →

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Fall 2017 Course Preview for SUST 350 Service & Sustainability at Eden Place Nature Center

Posted on February 2, 2017 by

This coming fall semester (2017) the Sustainability Studies program once again offers a unique transformational service learning course, SUST 350 Service and Sustainability, at the Chicago Campus as well as online. Taught by SUST professor Mike Bryson, the course theme … Continue reading →

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