Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.16
Liaison Lissette Hernandez
Submission Date Sept. 20, 2013
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Florida International University
ER-T2-6: Sustainability Events

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25
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Does the institution hold major events related to sustainability, such as conferences, speaker series, or symposia, that have students as the intended audience?:
Yes

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A brief description of the event(s):
The Office of University Sustainability coordinates annual campus events that coincide with national events such as: Campus Sustainability Day, America Recycles Day, FIU Earth Day and RecycleMania. The School of Environment, Arts and Society (SEAS) hosts a number of academic events and lecture series that include "Speaking Sustainably" series, an on-campus environmental film series, "Our Common Future" lectures. The school also host various community events that reach out to the South Florida community such as: "Zoo FIU," "Ocean Life," and the "Eat, Think and Be Merry" science cafes. The Agroecology program holds a number of educational events throughout the year for students. Events in spring 2013 included "Beekeeping 101" and the annual "Agroecology Symposium."

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The website URL where information about the event(s) are available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
More information regarding regarding the SEAS events can be found on: http://seas.fiu.edu/community-events/ Agroecology events are listed on: http://agroecology.fiu.edu/campus-garden/events/2013/

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