Check out the recent media mentions of sustainability-related programs, practices, people at UNC:
Pioneering green building hits old-style financial snags
Reuters (Wire Service)
...If such a building can't succeed in progressive Chapel Hill, home to the University of North Carolina and part of a regional economy driven by high-tech research, can large-scale green designs succeed anywhere? "I would be afraid that the broader market, regional or national, would think this project is in foreclosure because it's green. That would be a mistake," said Chris Wedding, who teaches about green building at the university's Kenan-Flagler Business School.
When It Comes to Helping Others: Just Do It (Blog)
The New York Times
It’s graduation season, and for the past two months I’ve been traveling to campuses in the United States on a book tour to talk about service in the Marines and social entrepreneurship in Africa. (Rye Barcott is the author of “It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine’s Path to Peace.” The book was released this spring in conjunction with the 10th anniversary for Carolina For Kibera, the NGO that he co-founded while an undergraduate at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2001. He is a TED Fellow and World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.)
Western Triangle bus, rail transit plan backed
The Chapel Hill News
...The plan the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization's transit committee approved calls for: Beefed-up bus service in and between the three municipalities; An electric-powered light-rail line from the UNC campus to East Durham; The Durham County portion of a rush-hour commuter train line from West Durham to Garner.
Bus, rail transit plan backed
The News and Observer (Raleigh)
Local elected officials on a western Triangle planning board endorsed a $1.4 billion bus and rail transit plan Wednesday that - if local voters agreed - would be financed in part with a half-cent sales tax increase in Durham and Orange counties. ...The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization's transit committee approved the plan for beefed-up bus service in and between the three municipalities, an electric-powered light-rail line from the UNC-Chapel Hill campus to East Durham, and the Durham County portion of a rush-hour commuter train line from West Durham to Garner.
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/
