Symposium on Sustainability: Poster and Tabling Reception
| Date/Time: | Monday, 27 Feb 2017 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm |
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| Location: | South Ball Room |
| Cost: | Free |
| URL: | http://www.livegreen.iastate.edu/news-an.../symposium |
| Contact: | Merry Rankin |
| Phone: | 515-294-5052 |
| Channel: | Live Green |
| Categories: | Live Green |
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The Symposium on Sustainability is Iowa State University's annual event dedicated toward celebrating the sustainability initiatives and achievements of students, faculty, and staff during the past year and informing of goals and action items being pursued in the upcoming year.
The 8th Annual Iowa State University Symposium on Sustainability, "Ensuring a Sustainable and Resilient Future: There is no Planet B", will be held Monday, February 27 and Tuesday, February 28, 2017.
This year's Symposium on Sustainability focuses specifically on engaging discussions and dialogue related to research, projects, initiatives, events and operations that embrace a sustainable and a resilient future.
As well as a poster and tabling reception highlighting work and accomplishments of university leadership and commitment in areas of operations, academics, and the overall student experience, this event also highlights campus and community initiatives, accomplishments, and opportunities related to sustainability and living (and working) green.
This year's event will kick-off on Monday, February 27, with a poster reception at 7pm followed by an opening keynote lecture at 8pm, "Seeds of a Sustainable Future" by Colin Khoury, Colin Khoury is a research scientist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) headquartered in Cali, Colombia, and at the USDA National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins, Colorado (http://www.event.iastate.edu/event/40550...mp;sy=2017).
Sustainapalooza, a companion event to the annual Symposium on Sustainability, offers an interactive and activities-based opportunity to increase awareness and engagement in sustainability initiatives, events, and opportunities on campus and in the Ames community takes place on Tuesday, February 28, from 5-8pm in the Memorial Union Great Hall, South Ballroom and Oak Room (http://www.event.iastate.edu/event/41921...mp;sy=2017).