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News Release
BOISE STATE NEWS RELEASE / October 11, 2007
Boise State Hosts 3rd Annual Campus Sustainability Day on
October 24
Boise State University proudly flies its blue and orange, but did you know
that the campus is also going green?
Boise State will host its third annual Campus Sustainability Day on Oct. 24
to raise awareness about how students, faculty, staff and community can
contribute to the university’s ongoing commitment to limit environmental
impacts. A full slate of expert speakers, webcasts, presentations and
discussions are scheduled throughout the day:
• 9 a.m. – Dr. John Gardner, the university’s new associate vice president
for energy research, policy and campus sustainability will speak on Boise
State’s sustainability efforts; Boise State Student Union, Lookout Room.
• 10 a.m. – Webcast: Building a Durable Future: Community, the Campus, and
Deep Economy, featuring Bill McKibben, author of “The End of Nature and Deep
Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future”; Student Union,
Lookout Room.
• 11:30 a.m. – Pizza lunch, featuring locally grown produce. Free to the
first 60 participants. Please RSVP to Les Knight at
lesknight@boisestate.edu
before Oct. 19; Student Union, Lookout Room.
• 12 - 1:30 p.m. – Bringing It Home: Boise State’s sustainability updates
and brainstorming session. Have you done something to encourage
sustainability on campus? Are you willing to work to help with new efforts?
Let us know! Student Union, Lookout Room.
• 7:30 p.m. – Film: “Green is the Color of Money,” featuring a discussion
with film director Ben Shedd and others; Student Union, Special Events
Center.
Participants will get a better understanding of Boise State’s sustainable
campus efforts including the creation of Gardner’s position as the associate
vice president for energy research, policy and campus; Boise State’s
participation in the Presidents Climate Initiative (http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/html/commitment.php);
and Boise State’s participation in January’s Focus the Nation Day (http://www.focusthenation.org),
a day of teaching and learning on global climate change.
For more information about Boise State’s sustainability efforts visit
www.boisestate.edu/greenteam.
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Media Contact: Mike Journee, University Communications, (208)
426-1517,
mikejournee@boisestate.edu
For the 10th time in the last 11 years, Boise State University has set an
all-time record for Idaho higher education institutions with an enrollment
of 19,540 – an overall increase of 3.5 percent. A record freshman class of
2,280 students is also the most academically talented group ever to enter
Boise State, including 12 National Merit finalists.
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Wednesday, November 07, 2007
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