October 2006 Newsletter
In this Issue:
- Sustainability Conference at UF
- President Machen to Give Sustainability Report Card
- Carl Hiaasen - Keynote Speaker
- Game Day Recycling Takes Off
- How Big is Your Footprint?
- Sustainability E-Forum
Sustainability Conference at UF
Students, faculty, community members invited to participate
What: Campus and Community Sustainability Conference: Sharing Best Practices and Visions for Florida's Future
When: October 25-26th, 2006
Where: Reitz Union, University of Florida, Gainesville
Who: You! And other faculty, students and staff from Florida's academic institutions, Florida citizens interested in sustainability, and community leaders from government, NGO's, and business.
Why: To establish stronger relationships between institutions and their communities, and to emphasize the role of higher education in creating a more sustainable future.
President Machen to Give Sustainability Report Card
UF president updates on university progress
As part of the UF Campus and Community Sustainability Conference, President Machen will be giving his annual "sustainability report card" for the University of Florida on Wednesday, October 25, at 9 a.m.
In last year's address, President Machen highlighted the University of Florida's recent achievements in sustainability and set goals, including making the university zero waste by 2015.
Carl Hiaasen - Keynote Speaker
Best-selling author to speak at conference
Carl
Hiaasen, the best-selling author of such books as "Skinny
Dip," "Sick Puppy," and "Striptease," will
give the keynote address at UF's sustainability conference
on October 26.
Game Day Recycling Takes Off
The Green Team is talkin' trash on game days.
In partnership with Keep Alachua County Beautiful, UF volunteers are keeping tons of tail-gator cans and bottles out of the landfill. An estimated 14,000 lbs of trash will be recycled into new cans, bottles, fleece jackets, and other products after this football season.
How Big is Your Footprint?
How
many planets would we need if everyone lived like you? Take the Ecological
Footprint Quiz and find out. CAUTION: THIS QUIZ MAY SURPRISE
YOU, SHOCK YOU, OR MAKE YOU THINK. PLEASE REMAIN CALM...BUT
NOT TOO CALM!! Take the
quiz...
Sustainability E-Forum
Send your questions to sustainability@ufl.edu
What would you like to know about sustainability at UF? Send us your questions, comments, or challenges. We'll answer one of your inquiries in each issue.Send us your questions!
