Make a committment to Reduce your Impact on the Environment by choosing 3 actions from the Live Green Pledge. By choosing 3 actions you will significantly reduce your impact as well as Double your efforts because CU Administration has committed to match each pledge with $5 towards Sustainability Initiatives on campus. This is a HUGE opportunity to hold the University accountable as well as yourself. Together we can make a difference. Sign the pledge at ecenter.colorado.edu/livegreen
For more information contact Sarah Dawn or Jesi at the Environmental Center UMC 355 or visit ecenter.colorado.edu/livegreen
ENVS 4100: Campus Carbon Neutral Class
CAMPUS CARBON NEUTRAL CLASS WILL HAPPEN IN THE SPRING--PLEASE NOTE REGISTRATION DIFFICULTIES
The Campus Carbon Neutral Planning class (ENVS 4100-001) taught by Environmental Center Director Dave Newport will be offered in the Spring 2010 term, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 - 6:15pm. However, because of registration difficulties, students must register for wait list. If you want to take the class, please go ahead and wait list for it. Your wait list will be converted to enrolled as soon as the registration difficulties clear up.
Please feel free to contact Dave with any questions, dave.newport@colorado.edu. You can view last term's class website at http://ecenter.colorado.edu/envs4100
U.S. 36 Final EIS Public Hearings
Wednesday, November 18th Boulder County Louisville Middle School 1341 Main Street Louisville, CO 80027
Thursday, November 19th Adams County Global Leadership Academy 7480 Conifer Road Denver, CO 80221
Schedule for all Public Hearings: 6:00 - 6:30 p.m. Open House and Written Comments 6:30 - 7:00 p.m. Presentation 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Verbal Comment Submission 8:00 - 8:30 p.m. Closing Open House and Comments
Since 2003, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Regional Transportation District (RTD), in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), have studied the U.S. 36 corridor between Denver and Boulder in the U.S. 36 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The U.S. 36 EIS defines the transportation improvements that are needed to meet travel demands through the year 2035, defines the environmental impacts and the cost of the overall project. The federal study brings the corridor one step closer to completing the planning process and poises U.S. 36 for state and federal funding.
The U.S. 36 Final EIS is now available for public review and comment. The 45-day formal comment period will end Monday, December 14, 2009.
Public Hearings are being held to share information about the Combined Alternative Package/Preferred Alternative proposed in the U.S. 36 Final EIS. At these meetings you will learn about all multi-modal transportation improvements and be able to provide formal comment.
To learn more about the new campaign visit the website: www.us36eis.com.
Lester Brown: Plan B 4.0, Transition to a New Energy Economy
Wednesday, November 18th Wittemyer Courtroom, Wolf Law 6 pm
Free and Open to the Public; Plan B 4.0 books will be available for sale and book signing will follow the lecture.
As fossil fuel prices rise, oil insecurity deepens, and concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging. Wind, solar, and geothermal energy are replacing oil, coal, and natural gas, at a pace and on a scale we could not have imagined even a year ago. For the first time since the industrial revolution, we have begun investing in energy sources that can last forever. Plan B 4.0 explores both the nature of this transition to a new energy economy and how it will affect our daily lives.
Lester R. Brown is president of Earth Policy Institute, an organization dedicated to building a sustainable future. Described by the Washington Post as “one of the world’s most influential thinkers,” Brown started his career as a tomato farmer. Shortly after earning a degree in agricultural science, he spent six months living in rural India, where he became intimately familiar with the food/population issue. Brown later became head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's International Agricultural Development Service. In 1974 he founded the Worldwatch Institute, leaving in 2001 to found the Earth Policy Institute. He has authored or co-authored over 50 books, the most recent of which is Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, and has received 24 honorary degrees and numerous awards, including the 1987 United Nations Environment Prize, a MacArthur Foundation “genius award,” and the 1994 Blue Planet Prize.
