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Reminder: 2014 Education Meeting in Haarlemmermeer
The Board’s “education meeting” for 2014 will focus on a core challenge of sustainability—urbanization. Thus, it will be comprised of highly interactive discussions with world renown thinkers and doers on how to make cities sustainable. The discussion theme is “Old Cities/New Cities/Sustainable Cities.” We’ll devote a day to discussing sustainability solutions being applied in the historic city of Amsterdam followed by a day of discussions about how the newly emerging municipality of Haarlemmermeer intends to create cities that are the most sustainable in Europe.
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Hallie Eakin: Thought Leader Series
In recognition of the United Nations' International Year of Family Farming, Eakin discusses the role of the family farm in meeting our most pressing sustainability challenges: food security, poverty alleviation, and environmental integrity.
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Students win grant to tackle global poverty
Inspired by sustainability scientist Mark Henderson's class, students in the College of Technology and Innovation have received a $10,000 microgrant administered by IDEO.org to tackle global poverty using Biochar, a charcoal created from agricultural waste.
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