UNCG Sustainability Expo 11/17

No Impact Project

Some great tips, ideas and projects found on this NRDC website but specifically check out the No Impact Experiment - a one week "carbon cleanse" starting this sunday November 15. Sign up here.

Video on "Special Edition" of NYP

I just had to share: A fake New York Post edition - but they state that "everything in it is 100% true, with all facts carefully checked by a team of editors and climate change experts."

"SPECIAL EDITION" NEW YORK POST from The Yes Men on Vimeo.

Internship Opportunity for UNCG Student!

The Peace and Justice Network of the Triad (PJN) is looking for people with a working knowledge of website administration to work with a team of others to update our new interactive website, maintain our calendar of events, and ongoing communications with our site web center’s support team.

The new PJN website will expand our position as a hub for Triad-area activists working for peace, justice, and sustainability. Through community gathering, concerts and other activities we are committed to creating more open spaces for community organizations to interact, collaborative and celebrate community.

Professional web design or previous webmaster experience is NOT required, but we are looking for people who have a general familiarity with how the Web works and the key elements of effective website maintenance

Besides the benefit of working with a committed group of dedicated people, volunteers are also welcome to join the Peace and Justice Network planning team, and learn more about the vast array of organizations working to strengthen our local community.

Volunteers will learn more about alliance-building projects, community events and potlucks, social networking among progressive organizations and daily events that occur in Greensboro to strengthen collective partnerships and to build stronger connections among people and organizations.

If this volunteer opportunity interests you, or you know someone who may be interested, or would like to know more about what's involved, please contact Kathe Latham at 336-852-1489, or e-mail at kblatham@aol.com

Thanks,
Brian Goldberg & Kathe Latham
PJN Co-coordinators
PJN Planning Team

Sustainability Film: Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai - Thursday, 6:30

Free Public Transportation!

from campus weekly 9/9/09:

UNCG employees may now ride GTA (Greensboro Transit Authority) and HEAT
(Higher Education Area Transit) buses for free with a valid UNCG ID card! Those
with questions may email parking@uncg.edu.

CCI Faculty Reads 2009/10 them: sustainability

CCI (Center for Critical Inquiry) has chosen a theme for the 2009-2010 year "Individuality, Community, Sustainability and Democracy." CCI will host a Faculty Read Series, which consists of discussions of five books on a Friday afternoons 3-4:30pm at the Faculty Center, with lead-discussants faculty who have a special interest in or expertise about the book under discussion. These events will occur between September 2009 and March 2010 - the first on September 18, 2009. Not only will there be these in person events but people who read the book, are asked to take a moment to post comments and respond to others on the CCI Forum.

Books & Dates: |

• SEPT. 18: Polluted Promise: environmental Racism and the Search for Justice in a Southern Town by Melissa Checker | Faculty Discussants: Aaron Allen (School of Music) and Tom Jackson (Dept of History)
  
• OCT 16: Fieldnotes from a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert | Faculty Discussant: Jay Lennartson (Dept of Geog)
• DEC. 4: Liquid Life by Zygmunt Baumann | Faculty Discussant: Greg Grieve (Dept of Religious Studies) and David Rogers
  
• JAN29: Defending the Master Race: Conservation, Eugenics, and the Legacy of Madison Grant by Jonathan Spiro | Faculty Discussants: Cheryl Logan (Dept of Psych) and Greg O'Brien(dept of History)
  
• MARCH 5: Sex, Economy, Freedom by Wendell Berry | Faculty Discussant: Hepsie Roskelly (Dept of English)
  

More questions? contact Greg Grieve -Professor of Religious Studies and Chair of CCI Board.