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Category Archives: Environmental
Many Hands Lighten the Load – Orchard Planting Day Recap
This past Friday and Saturday was the University of Iowa Student Garden’s orchard planting event. And it’s true what they say, many hands do lighten the load! This weekend’s orchard planting days went better than we ever could have hoped … Continue reading
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Our Energy Future/Forward on Climate Rally
What would Marty McFly say about the world we live in today? In Back to the Future Part II (1989), the protagonist travels to 2015 to stop his son from getting involved with a rotten employer. Included in this depiction … Continue reading
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Iowa City Encouraging Apartment/Condo Recycling
The University of Iowa has many resources on campus that encourage and help students live a more green and sustainable lifestyle. And with the beginning of RecycleMania upon us, many students are wondering what all they can do to help … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental, Green Event, Lifestyle and Health, Recycling
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Al Gore Talks About Climate Change on “Daily Show”
Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States and “poster boy for sounding the alarm of global warming” according to Jon Stewart, appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Wednesday, January 30 and discussed many things, among them … Continue reading
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President Barack Obama Talks Climate Change Goals in Inaugural Address
During his Inaugural Address Tuesday, January 22, 2013 for his second term, President Obama put climate goals center stage. The President made the policy vow of taking steps to combat climate change the most eye-catching of the second Inaugural Address, … Continue reading
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Iowa City Summer of Solutions reps attend Grand Aspirations Gathering
Sharing this blog post from Tom Frakes of Iowa City Summer of Solutions, a great organization that has done so much for the Iowa City community. Tom shares his experiences at the Grand Aspirations 2012 August Gathering in Hartford, Conn. … Continue reading
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Sustainability Certificate: what it means to University of Iowa students (Pt. 2)
For the Earth Month Sustainability Festival in April, a Career Preparedness Abstract Competition was held asking students to answer one of two questions:”What the Sustainability Certificate means to me” or “What does Sustainability education and research at Iowa mean to me.” Here are … Continue reading
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Did you know… the University of Iowa is pretty Green.
From the Under the Dome UI Student Blog, here are some ways the UI is striving to maintain an energy and cost-efficient campus that is helpful to the environment. The University of Iowa is one of the EPA’s Green Power Partners! … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Environmental, Renewable Energy
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Water Management in Rural India
Before leaving the University of Iowa, I decided to end my undergrad career with a final course in India. This blog entry recounts my journey with full detail about my experiences in India, a country of contrasts. Around 3:30 a.m. … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Activism, Environmental, Lifestyle and Health, Study abroad
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Biomass comes to University of Iowa Research Park (Oakdale) Campus
For over a year the University of Iowa has been working to plan, design, bid, and install a new biomass boiler in the Oakdale Renewable Energy Plant. This project replaced the oldest boiler in the plant. Working in an existing … Continue reading
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