UALR marks Sustainability Day Wednesday, Oct.19, with campus-wide opportunities to go green, including stations to recycle light bulbs, batteries, aluminum, electronics, and plastic.
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UALR’s Sustainability Committee is launching three new opportunities this month to meet and discuss issues related to the environment.
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UALR students, faculty, and staff celebrate Earth Day Friday, April 22, by recycling household chemicals and other hazardous waste, distributing information about UALR’s Sustainability Committee efforts, presentations by winners of the sustainability competition, and awards and recognition for participants in Choices of Sustainability Living.
A feature story in the latest issue of InArkansas touts Dr. Nancy Landrum, associate professor of marketing, and her passion for sustainable business practices that can help save the world and make a profit.
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Dr. Nancy Landrum, associate professor of management and founder of the Sustainable Business Network of Central Arkansas, will lead participants in a discussion of how small business owners can implement low-cost strategies to make their business more environmentally friendly and turn a profit at the same time at the Arkansas Small Business Technology Development Center’s Entrepreneur Week seminar.
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All full-time and part-time UALR faculty and instructors are invited to submit proposals to fund development of new or substantially enrich existing sustainability-related courses, The deadline for submitting proposals is 5 p.m. Friday, March 4.
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Dr. Nancy Landrum, associate professor of management in the College of Business, will be featured in the Arkansas Business “Green Guide” next month.
A feature in the guide identifies her as an “Eco Hero” who is making sustainable business practices good business.
Members of the UALR Sustainability Committee are inviting all full- and part-time faculty to participate in a small grant competition aimed at incorporating sustainability into research activities at the university.
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Carlton Brown, a national leader in sustainable building and affordable green development, will discuss sustainable building and affordable “green” development at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26.
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UALR’s Sustainability Committee is offering members of the campus community an opportunity to participate in free “Sustainable Systems at Work” discussion classes.
The five, one-hour lunchtime classes will be held from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27, and Nov. 3, 10, 17, and 23, at a location to be announced. Participants attending all classes will receive a certificate of completion.
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