The university will be an environmentally literate community whose members think critically and act, individually and collectively, as model stewards of the natural world. – A JMU Defining Characteristic
Sept. 21: Professor Kit Murphy Talks Tree Frogs (7 p.m., WMRA-FM 90.7)
Sept 24: Robert Ehrlich, George Mason University, “Renewable Energy at Mason and Around the Nation Lessons Learned by One Faculty Member New To The Field”, Room 2212 in the Physics/Chemistry Building, http://csma31.csm.jmu.edu/physics/courses/391/SemSched.htm
Oct 14:Michael Singer, artist, lecture, “Regenerative Design in the Public Realm”, 4:30 pm, Memorial Hall Auditorium, (contact: David Ehrenpreis)
Oct 19:Campus Safety and You, 9am-12pm, Festival (contact: Training and Development)
Oct 19: Dr. Krishna Kodukula, SRI International, “Efforts at CADRE to address antibiotic resistance, a global health challenge”, 3:45-4:45 pm in Roop 103, http://www.math.jmu.edu/~brownet/colloquia/
Oct 23: Dr. Marin Robinson, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Arizona University, “Wood smoke from prescribed burns: Impacts on health and the environment”, 3:30 pm in ISAT 159, http://csma31.csm.jmu.edu/chemistry/Seminars/
Nov 4: Campus Sustainability Day Annual Trash Sort, 11 am – 1 pm, ISAT lawn (contact: Georgia Polacek)
Nov 5: WATER in Benin: A Study in International Sustainable Development Dr. Bradley Striebig, James Madison University, Memorial Hall Room 6125 at 3:45pm, http://www.jmu.edu/geology/seminars.html
Feb 19: Campus Water Stewardship Training and Development course
Feb 27-March 2: Power Shift Conference
March 6-14: Mountain Justice Spring Break trip
March 13: Village Green Wars, March 13-April 13
March 24: Greening Your Office Training and Development course
March 27: FROZEN Launches on Science on a Sphere
March 3-April 2: Environment Virginia Annual Conference @ VMI
April 13-18: Earth Day Week, theme days: alternative energy, grass roots environmentalism, waste minimization, spirituality, and transportation, culminating in Festival Fest
April 22: Renewable Energy Day
April 22: Green Job Fair
April 24: Eco-driving and Alternative Fuels Training and Development course
RecycleMania at JMU 2009, Third in State - Waste Minimization
No Drive Day 2008
Campus Sustainability Day 2008: Trash Sort and Sustainable Business Competition Announcement
JMU Faculty Members Present Sustainability-related Curricular & Co-curricular Highlights (videos)