Check out the recent media coverage of sustainability-related programs and practices at UNC:
These days, school colors are green
Independent Weekly
From water-free urinals to trayless dining halls, college campuses have been making strides in becoming more environmentally friendly. Here are several green innovations undertaken by the Triangle's major universities.
http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A399720
Campus Y matches students with social activism
Independent Weekly
Sometimes it's very simple to help other people. You can volunteer, give money to charity or even help your friend move into a new apartment. But when you want to help a whole country or group of people, it can get a lot more complicated. Enter the Campus Y at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, which matches students with social activism groups.
http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A399716
Green Life: It's go time for commuters
The Gazette (Montreal, Canada)
...An American study published this summer found that people who got to work without using cars were in better health than those who drove. The study followed more than 2,000 middle-aged urbanites and found that those who biked or walked even part of the way to work did better on treadmill tests than people who did not. The men had healthier results than women for their body mass index, insulin levels, and blood pressure, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found. The study's authors say that's probably because the women biked or walked less vigorously.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/travel/Green+Life+time+commuters/1900331/story.html
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2695/71/
-Thanks to UNC News Services for finding some of these great stories AND compiling the summaries! You can find more UNC media coverage and stories online at:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/category/8/34/103/
