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Category Archives: Students
Sustainability Planning Workshops Today 11/1 & Wed 11/2: Help Set Goals & Map Initiatives for RU
Originally posted on Sustainability Studies @ Roosevelt University:
Planning Workshop 2: Sustainability Goals & Initiatives – Our second round of RU Strategic Sustainability Planning interactive workshops will review and analyze past goals, projects, and accomplishments; and then strategize and prioritize new…
Posted in Chicago, Courses, Education, Events, Planning, Roosevelt, Schaumburg, Schaumburg Campus, Students, Sustainability
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Food Systems & Resilience: the Vermont Farm to Plate Initiative
by Michelle Giles for SUST 350 Food is an interesting topic. It is not at all unique, since we all eat. And yet, no two people assign food and particular dishes the same value. We may be the only species … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Courses, Economics, Education, Food, Resilience, Students, Sustainability, Waste
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Volunteers Sought for Urban Monarch Project this Summer in Schaumburg
The Village of Schaumburg recently partnered with the Barrington Area Conservation Trust to assist the Field Museum with their Urban Monarch Project. We are looking for volunteer Urban Monarch Technicians to monitor monarch butterfly habitat at selected sites in Schaumburg. … Continue reading
Earth Month 2016 Activities at Roosevelt
It’s been decided that Earth Day —a single day dedicated to the importance of preserving our planet and the life it holds– is simply not enough! That’s why the entire month of April has been deemed Earth Month by a … Continue reading
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SUST Program Looks Back at 2015
Today’s post on the SUST at RU Blog, the official voice of Roosevelt’s Sustainability Studies undergraduate program, is a review of 2015’s events, accomplishments, and projects. Several of these had a positive impact on RU’s Schaumburg Campus, including the work … Continue reading
Posted in Education, News, People, Roosevelt, Schaumburg Campus, Students, Sustainability, Uncategorized
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Cultivating RU’s Schaumburg Campus: SUST Senior Sarah Tag Recaps Her Summer Internship
During the summer of 2015, several Roosevelt University students majoring in Sustainability Studies have been doing internships or pursuing study abroad opportunities in various locales around the world, from Chicago to Hawaii and from Schaumburg to Scandinavia. We’ve invited them to write up reports from … Continue reading
Cultivating Roosevelt’s Schaumburg Campus: SUST Senior Sarah Tag Reports on Her Summer Internship at RU
During the summer of 2015, several Roosevelt University students majoring in Sustainability Studies have been doing internships or pursuing study abroad opportunities in various locales around the world, from Chicago to Hawaii and from Schaumburg to Scandinavia. We’ve invited them to write up reports from … Continue reading
Illinois’ New Clean Energy Bill
by Jim Lockafeer for SUST 240 Clean energy is very important when it comes to lessening our impact on the planet. It can generally be defined as an extremely wide variety of technologies and techniques that help to conserve and create … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Economics, Energy, News, Planning, Students, Sustainability
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Kicking the “Paper or Plastic?” Habit through Reusable Bag Legislation in Chicago and Its Suburbs
by Danielle LaBella for SUST 240 Making everyday habits more sustainable is becoming a national trend, and larger cities are setting the standard. The dispute involving paper-versus-plastic-versus-reusable bags has been going on for years among the public as well as in … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chicago, Education, Recycling, Schaumburg, Students, Sustainability, Waste
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Going Green with the Green Chicago Restaurant Coalition
by Robert Green for SUST 240 The Green Chicago Restaurant Coalition (GCRC) is an organization that aims to reduce the environmental footprint of the foodservice industry in Chicago. GCRC provides educational assistance and support to restaurants and other foodservice operations throughout … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chicago, Economics, Food, Green Design, Students, Sustainability, Waste
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Schaumburg's Sustainable Future 