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Commit to an environmentally-geared New Year’s resolution and make a positive impact in your life and the community.
Anywhere you go – from home, the office, around town, and such – can be an opportunity to help save the planet. For a a few tips to help you stick to your resolution keep reading!
As students rush for early registration to build their class schedules for the spring 2010 semester (btw: early registration closes December 15), the Office of Sustainability recognizes the demand for environmentally-geared courses.
Which is why we compiled this handy list of eco-classes. You’ll need to check the university’s course catalog for course times and descriptions, but hopefully this will make your search easier!
The list has courses for all levels of students and is organized into three areas: environmental, economic and social.
Enjoy and good luck next semester!
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If you’re a UNT undergraduate or graduate student interested in interning at the Office of Sustainability, submit your resume and apply online at my.unt.edu through Eagle Network.
The Office of Sustainability is building a strong team of researchers, event planners, assistants and volunteers for next semester. We want your help!
For the student position list, keep reading.
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A chief engineer for NASA will discuss his role of science and engineering in robotic planetary missions at 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 4 at the UNT Coliseum to kick off the Texas BEST Robotics Competition.
B. Gentry Lee, of NASA’s Solar System Exploration Directorate in Pasadena, California, will also give his thoughts on how science and technology will shape the next century as well as the possibility of life on Mars. The lecture is free and open to the public. Continue reading
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Two UNT professors are developing ways to make mobile electronics become more energy efficient. The goal is to balance power with energy efficiency. Who says you can’t have a Mega Computer that runs on nearly nothing?
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“There is no word for ‘relocation’ in the Navajo language; to ‘relocate’ is to disappear and never be seen again.”
Pizza, snacks, and coffee will be served. The event is sponsored by the University Libraries, The Multicultural Center, Equity & Diversity Center and UNT’s One Book, One Community.
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For the past year, UNT’s UNICEF group has pulled its resources to raise $4,560 for UNICEF’s nation-wide “Help Us Save Some Lives” campus challenge.
The George Harrison Fund is matching UNT’s contribution, totaling $9,120 to help children in Darfur. Continue reading
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Emissions data on a hamburger chain's menu. Photo courtesy of nytimes.com
If you pick up a fast-food hamburger in Sweden, you may end up knowing more than you bargained for.
The Swedish government’s Nutrition Department is adding a carbon-footprint to its label next to the nutrition facts. While the new addition may be a bit confusing to some — for example, a box of oatmeal reads “Climate declared: .87 kg CO2 per kg of product” — it could introduce a new level of environmental-responsibility to hungry consumers as they consider their diet’s environmental impact.
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Smog over Dallas, photo courtesy of DallasNews.com
Randy Loftis, Dallas Morning News ‘ environmental investigative reporter, explores how the green movement is impacting and changing North Texas from highway infrastructure to university curriculum. (Loftis leads a graduate-level environmental reporting class at UNT and is the voice of environmental justice for many in North Texas with his watchdog-journalism stories about Dallas-Fort Worth’s environmental state.)
Dr. Todd Spinks, director of UNT’s Office of Sustainability agrees:
“I think we’re at the beginning of a new era in the North Central Texas region — looking collectively at how to improve this entire urban area,” Spinks told DMN.
According to the according to the landmark 1987 U.N. report “Our Common Future,” as quoted in Loftis’ article, sustainable development is meeting “the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.
“In short, running the economy without degrading the environment,” Loftis writes.
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