Sustainability at U of Minnesota, Morris; Tue Nov 18th, 2 pm (UND)

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Troy Goodnough, Campus Sustainability Coordinator and Peter Wyckoff, Associate Professor of Biology and Coordinator of the Environmental Studies Discipline at UMM will present a talk:  “Leveraging Assets: A case study of the sustainability initiative at the University of Minnesota, Morris.”
 
Please join us and encourage others to attend the talk on Tuesday, November 18 at 2:00pm in the UND Memorial Student Union Lecture Bowl.
 
As UND takes some first steps toward reducing its carbon footprint, we can exchange ideas with other institutions that are working toward similar goals.  The University of Minnesota, Morris (UMM), a small public liberal arts college on the western Minnesota prairie, has undertaken a broad sustainability project in the last six years, relating to energy use, food and farming, and waste streams.   The UMM sustainability initiative is a work in progress, but key components include a 1.65 MW wind turbine from which the campus currently draws nearly 50% of its electricity, with a realistic goal of energy self-sufficiency by 2010.  Goodnough and Wyckoff will discuss some of the benefits and challenges that UMM has experienced in developing a greener campus and community partnerships.
 
This event is free and open to the public.
 
For more information, please contact Rebecca Romsdahl: [email protected]