Nominations for the 2013 Champions for Change Awards are open now through March 1. A combination of the Office of Sustainability's Sustainable Solutions Awards and the Healthy Gators Awards, Champions for Change recognizes faculty, staff and students within the UF community who have made significant achievements in the areas of sustainability and health. The awards seek to highlight such achievements in hopes of inspiring others to join the movement of creating a healthier and more sustainable community. Please consider nominating someone in your, or any other, department, to be recognized for their efforts. Self-nominations are also accepted. A full list of nomination categories, and the nomination form, is available at the website.
So you don't miss out on any events on campus and in the community, be sure to take a look at our sustainability calendar.
Upcoming Events
1. Water, Wetlands and Watersheds Seminar Series, Wednesday, February 27, 11:45AM-12:35PM
2. Is it Possible to Live Waste Free? Presentation, Wednesday, February 27, 3-4PM
3. Film Screening: The Clean Bin Project, Wednesday, February 27, 7-9PM
4. Growing Tomatoes, Thursday, February 28, 6:30-7:30PM
5. Florida Archaeology Month Presentation, Sunday, March 3, 2-3PM
Other Opportunities
6. Call for Applications for UF Graduate Fellows in Sustainability Prairie Project, Due Friday, March 15
Upcoming Events
1. Water, Wetlands and Watersheds Seminar Series, Wednesday, February 27, 11:45AM-12:35PM
Brown bag lunch seminar presented by the Center for Wetlands, free and open to the public. The seminars this semester will focus on coastal systems and climate issues. This week's seminar is: Understanding patterns of past, present, and future sea level change, presented by: Andrea Dutton, Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, UF. The seminar will take place in Phelps Lab 101.
2. Is it Possible to Live Waste Free? Presentation, Wednesday, February 27, 3-4PM
Join the Office of Sustainability and learn how Grant Baldwin and Jen Rustemeyer of The Clean Bin Project attempted to live waste-free for a year and find out what they learned. Glean tips from them on how to be a more conscious consumer, how sorting recycling and easy ways to compost can reduce your overall landfill waste, and how they learned to make daily use-products at home. Join them at this limited-seating event on February 27, from 3-4PM in Reitz Union room 284 before their film is shown later that night.
3. Film Screening: The Clean Bin Project, Wednesday, February 27, 7-9PM
The Office of Sustainability and Florida Museum of Natural History partner to present The Clean Bin Project. This award-winning film examines the effects of a "throw-away society" and illustrates the impact of waste on our environment. Don't miss out on this free screening. It will take place at the Florida Museum of Natural History at 7:00 p.m.
4. Growing Tomatoes, Thursday, February 28, 6:30-7:30PM
This free class is designed to provide information to individuals interested in growing tomatoes in North Central Florida. Pre-register by February 26 by leaving a voicemail at 352-337-6209, or for more information call 352-955-2402. This event will take place at the Alachua County Extension Office, 2800 NE 39 Avenue, Gainesville.
5. Florida Archaeology Month Presentation, Sunday, March 3, 2-3PM
March is Florida Archaeology Month! Join the Museum for a celebration of Florida Archaeology with a presentation by Neill Wallis, Ph.D., Assistant Curator of Archaeology. The topic will be: The Archaeology of Travelers, Feasts and Coalescent Communities: Recent Research in North Florida. The presentation will be held at the Florida Museum of Natural History, 3215 Hull Road.
Other Opportunities
6. Call for Applications for UF Graduate Fellows in Sustainability Prairie Project, Due Friday, March 15
As part of a broader, university-wide awakening to environmental and sustainability concerns, the University of Florida Graduate Fellows in Sustainability Prairie Project focuses on graduate student professional development to address these urgent, yet long term, societal issues. The Prairie Project for Graduate Fellows will draw together approximately 30 UF graduate students from diverse fields across the university to learn about environmental issues and sustainability in a workshop May 9-10, 2013. Interested graduate students should submit their applications to the Office of Sustainability by March 15, 2013. To learn more visit the website or for any questions email Stephanie Sims.
Laurel Nesbit
Office of Sustainability
University of Florida
352-392-7578
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