Symposium on 'Environmental Sustainability' is tomorrow

Symposium on 'Environmental Sustainability' is tomorrow

A symposium on "Environmental Sustainability" will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, in O'Shaughnessy Educational Center auditorium. Food will be provided by the Undergraduate Student Government.

All faculty, staff and students are welcome.

Guest speakers will talk about the need to work together as a campus to become more environmentally sustainable. The speakers will discuss the need to act and the need for working together to make a difference.

Speakers will include:

  • Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer – assistant professor of justice and peace studies and a U.S. Senate candidate
  • Elise Amel – director of environmental studies and associate professor, Psychology Department
  • Julia Nerbourne, HECUA (Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs) environmental sustainability program director
  • Bob Douglas, UST coordinator of recycling and central receiving

This event is sponsored by Engineers for a Sustainable World, the Undergraduate Student Government, Resident Hall Association, Green Team and Biology Club.