| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 75.37 |
| Liaison | Suchi Daniels |
| Submission Date | Jan. 14, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of South Florida (Tampa)
ER-T2-6: Sustainability Events
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0.25 / 0.25 |
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Ghebremichael Director of Water Sustainability Concentration Patel College of Global 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
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A brief description of the event(s):
1) The Patel College of Global Sustainability and the Tampa Bay Clean Cities Coalitions hosted the inaugural membership meeting at the Patel College of Global Sustainability on December 11, 2012. The meeting, titled “Fuels of the Future” brought out over 60 of the region’s key people working to bring alternative fuels and infrastructure to the Tampa Bay area. Please see: http://psgs.usf.edu/news/article/tampa-bay-clean-cities-coalition-hosts-inaugural-membership-meeting-at-pate
2) The Florida Climate Institute held the National Climate Assessment Southeast Regional Meeting at the University of South Florida’s Patel College of Global Sustainability on Feb. 19, 2013 for a daylong discussion on the state of climate change in the region and assessment of future plans. Please see: http://psgs.usf.edu/news/article/climate-change-check
3) The University of South Florida’s Patel College of Global Sustainability through its Office of Sustainability along with Tampa Bay Sierra Club held the Earth Day Tampa Bay 2013 celebration on April 20, 2013 at the USF Botanical Gardens. Please see: http://psgs.usf.edu/news/article/earth-day-tampa-bay-celebration-a-big-success
4) May 10-12, the University of South Florida’s Patel College of Global Sustainability hosted delegates from 23 nations for the UN-Habitat Partner University Initiative, a worldwide effort to cope with the challenges of rapid urbanization and to develop new solutions for healthy, livable and resilient cities particularly in the developing world. Please see: http://www.unhabitat.org/content.asp?cid=12230&catid=657&typeid=6
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