Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 57.85
Liaison Geory Kurtzhals
Submission Date Aug. 17, 2011
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University of Notre Dame
Tier2-6: Sustainability Events

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Geory Kurtzhals
Sr. Director
Office of Sustainability
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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

A brief description of the event(s):

Conference: The U.N. Millennium Development Goals, The Global Compact and The Common Good

Ten major companies along with government officials and leading academics will reflect on sustainability issues in the global economy. A U.N. official spoke on Business Action for Sustainable Development (BASD), a comprehensive network of business organizations chaired by Chad Holliday, chairman of the Bank of America, that have come together under one banner in the interests of sustainable development.

http://newsinfo.nd.edu/news/18835-nd-forum-the-u-n-millennium-development-goals-the-global-compact-and-the-common-good/

Speaker event: Jonathan Bloom, author of “American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It),” - April 7, 2011.

http://green.nd.edu/news/21654-food-waste/

Campus event: No Impact Week

Based on the documentary “No Impact Man”. Students were asked to reduce or eliminate resource impacts each day, such as water and energy consumption.

Annual campus event: Green Summit 2011: Purchasing Power

Students, faculty, and staff came together to have a discussion about consumer choices and sustainable purchasing. Hosted by the Office of Sustainability.

http://green.nd.edu/news/18303-the-power-of-the-purse/


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