Paul Schurke, Polar Explorer, to Speak at Lawrence
Paul Schurke, who has led and participated in several major polar expeditions, will speak in Wriston Auditorium on Thursday, May 21 at 7 pm. Paul’s travels have been extensively covered by National...
View ArticleBon Appetit Adopts Fair Labor Standard Commitment
If you are following environmental issues on the Lawrence campus — or if you just want to know what you might be eating next year here — you probably know that we have contracted with Bon Appetit...
View ArticleWill Allen: Milwaukee Farmer
Sustainably-grown fresh food is often dismissed as a luxury for those who can afford to shop at Whole Foods, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Will Allen will give a speech entitled “Rich Food for...
View ArticleThe Stream That Became a Freeway That Became a Stream
This fall, I am on leave from Lawrence and have been living in Beijing. Professor Jeff Clark asked me to contribute a few entries to the blog about some of the environmentally-related experiences and...
View ArticleLearn More about Water Quality in the Fox — TONIGHT!
This Monday, Feb 8, 2010, at 7:00-8:30 pm, there will be a presentation at the Paper Discovery Center. Erin Hanson from the DNR will be discussing Fox River water quality. Consider making a fun evening...
View ArticleFarm City Community Read Starts Soon!
Does meeting with fellow students and faculty to talk about running a farm in the ghettos of Oakland, dumpster diving to feed pigs, and corralling runaway turkeys in downtown Oakland sound like fun?...
View ArticleEarth Week!
Lawrence again has an Earth Week planned with something for everyone. Interested in policy? Come to Scarff Memorial Visiting Professor George Wyeth’s lecture sharing his experiences with the EPA....
View ArticleGreenfire, Lawrence’s student environmental organization, is bringing Ralph...
His talk is entitled, “The Great Conversion: Environmentalism over Corporatism: University Students Did it Once (1970), Can They Do it Again?” He’ll be speaking at Memorial Chapel. Doors open at 6:45...
View Article“The Greening of Higher Education” — Spoerl Series Coming Soon!
Barbara Gray Spoerl Lectures in Science and Society “The Greening of Higher Education” “Sustainability and the Liberal Arts” Nan Jenks-Jay Dean of Environmental Affairs, Middlebury College Wednesday...
View ArticleSustainability and the Liberal Arts
It’s been a busy spring term for Green Roots. Lawrence finished ninth among 346 schools nationwide in the Recyclemania competition. We celebrated Earth Week with speakers, music, and crafts. We...
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