Check out the recent media mentions of sustainability-related programs, practices, people at UNC:
UNC Talks Water Resources Issues
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
UNC is bringing representatives and scholars from nearly 50 different countries together to talk about water. The two day symposium titled “Water and Health: Where Science Meets Policy” will take place on October 25 and 26. The representatives will discuss water issues as they relate to engineering and technology, health, community development, public policy and climate change. UNC professor and co-chair for the symposium Dr. Larry Band says one of the key themes of the conference will be collaboration.
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TOMS Shoes' giveaways helps it stamp towards profit
The Telegraph (United Kingdom)
...But TOMS is steering this concept in a new, and potentially powerful, direction, says Lisa Jones Christensen, a professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at The University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School. In a typical "buy one, get one free" arrangement, the benefit accrues only to the buyer, she says. "With the TOMS model, you generate something for someone else while also advancing your own fashion."
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Legacy loophole (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
There is a good deal of populist rage in the air. Some is, no doubt, misguided. American populism has a checkered history. But some is just good common sense. I know my old man would have thought that bankers who drove the economy over a cliff in a frenzy of dishonesty and greed, and then paid themselves millions in bonuses wrung from the tax dollars of waitresses and construction workers, ought to be horsewhipped. And my old man was often right. (Gene Nichol is director of the UNC Center on Poverty, Work & Opportunity.)
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College campuses embrace solar for energy, revenue
The Triangle Business Journal
The 850 students living in UNC-Chapel Hill’s Morrison Residence Hall have the sun to thank for their hot showers. A 2007 renovation included the installation of a $300,000 solar thermal system that heats water for the building. And students paid for it by approving a $4 per student fee for each semester that supports a renewable energy fund to pay for projects on campus. “With 28,000 students, it generates a significant amount of revenue,” says Ray DuBose, the university’s director of energy services.
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UNC Habitat project kicks off
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC Build a Block kicked off the start of a yearlong housing project on Sunday with a celebration at Phoenix Place, located off of Rogers Road, that was attended by Patti Thorp, wife of UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp, and Jonathon Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity. "All I could think about was how proud I am to be at Carolina, to be a Tarheel and to have the opportunity to be a part of this incredible project," Lauren Blanchet, co-director of UNC Build a Block, wrote on her blog after the event.
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Habitat for Humanity Plans 10 Homes for U. of North Carolina Employees
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Habitat for Humanity chapter, which normally builds one house every semester, plans to build 10 this year—all for university employees who need decent housing. According to The Daily Tar Heel, the project got its start when the organization’s countywide chapter noticed that 14 of the first 18 applications it received this year for homes came from families whose members include employees of the university. Called Build a Block, the project has dual goals—build five houses a semester and at the same time break down barriers among students, administrators, and faculty and staff members.
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UNC cuts greenhouse gas emissions
The Chapel Hill News
For the first year since a 2007 pledge to achieve climate neutrality by mid-century, UNC has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions in 2009 were 20 percent lower than the previous year, reflecting the compounding effects of internal efficiency programs and external market influences.
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Good works as good business
The Chapel Hill Herald
Exploring how a safe drinking water program for children is good business will be the subject of a talk on Tuesday at Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC. Greg Allgood, director of Procter & Gamble Co.'s Children's Safe Drinking Water Program, and Lisa Jones Christensen, assistant professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at Kenan-Flagler, will discuss "To Be For-Profit or Not to Be For-Profit: A False Choice: How the Children's Safe Drinking Water Program Builds Shareholder Value for P&G."
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-Thanks to UNC News Services for finding these great stories AND compiling the summaries! You can find more UNC media coverage and stories online at http://uncnews.unc.edu
UNC Talks Water Resources Issues
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
UNC is bringing representatives and scholars from nearly 50 different countries together to talk about water. The two day symposium titled “Water and Health: Where Science Meets Policy” will take place on October 25 and 26. The representatives will discuss water issues as they relate to engineering and technology, health, community development, public policy and climate change. UNC professor and co-chair for the symposium Dr. Larry Band says one of the key themes of the conference will be collaboration.
Click here to read more.
UNC Release:
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TOMS Shoes' giveaways helps it stamp towards profit
The Telegraph (United Kingdom)
...But TOMS is steering this concept in a new, and potentially powerful, direction, says Lisa Jones Christensen, a professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at The University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School. In a typical "buy one, get one free" arrangement, the benefit accrues only to the buyer, she says. "With the TOMS model, you generate something for someone else while also advancing your own fashion."
Click here to read more.
Legacy loophole (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
There is a good deal of populist rage in the air. Some is, no doubt, misguided. American populism has a checkered history. But some is just good common sense. I know my old man would have thought that bankers who drove the economy over a cliff in a frenzy of dishonesty and greed, and then paid themselves millions in bonuses wrung from the tax dollars of waitresses and construction workers, ought to be horsewhipped. And my old man was often right. (Gene Nichol is director of the UNC Center on Poverty, Work & Opportunity.)
Click here to read more.
College campuses embrace solar for energy, revenue
The Triangle Business Journal
The 850 students living in UNC-Chapel Hill’s Morrison Residence Hall have the sun to thank for their hot showers. A 2007 renovation included the installation of a $300,000 solar thermal system that heats water for the building. And students paid for it by approving a $4 per student fee for each semester that supports a renewable energy fund to pay for projects on campus. “With 28,000 students, it generates a significant amount of revenue,” says Ray DuBose, the university’s director of energy services.
Click here to read more.
UNC Habitat project kicks off
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC Build a Block kicked off the start of a yearlong housing project on Sunday with a celebration at Phoenix Place, located off of Rogers Road, that was attended by Patti Thorp, wife of UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp, and Jonathon Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity. "All I could think about was how proud I am to be at Carolina, to be a Tarheel and to have the opportunity to be a part of this incredible project," Lauren Blanchet, co-director of UNC Build a Block, wrote on her blog after the event.
Click here to read more.
Habitat for Humanity Plans 10 Homes for U. of North Carolina Employees
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Habitat for Humanity chapter, which normally builds one house every semester, plans to build 10 this year—all for university employees who need decent housing. According to The Daily Tar Heel, the project got its start when the organization’s countywide chapter noticed that 14 of the first 18 applications it received this year for homes came from families whose members include employees of the university. Called Build a Block, the project has dual goals—build five houses a semester and at the same time break down barriers among students, administrators, and faculty and staff members.
Click here to read more.
UNC cuts greenhouse gas emissions
The Chapel Hill News
For the first year since a 2007 pledge to achieve climate neutrality by mid-century, UNC has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions in 2009 were 20 percent lower than the previous year, reflecting the compounding effects of internal efficiency programs and external market influences.
Click here to read more.
Good works as good business
The Chapel Hill Herald
Exploring how a safe drinking water program for children is good business will be the subject of a talk on Tuesday at Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC. Greg Allgood, director of Procter & Gamble Co.'s Children's Safe Drinking Water Program, and Lisa Jones Christensen, assistant professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at Kenan-Flagler, will discuss "To Be For-Profit or Not to Be For-Profit: A False Choice: How the Children's Safe Drinking Water Program Builds Shareholder Value for P&G."
Click here to read more.
-Thanks to UNC News Services for finding these great stories AND compiling the summaries! You can find more UNC media coverage and stories online at http://uncnews.unc.edu
