Check out the recent media mentions of sustainability-related programs, practices, and people at UNC:
NC Has Largest Offshore Wind Resource on East Coast
WECT-TV (NBC/Wilmington)
There may be some jobs headed to the coastal region in the near future. According to a report released February 9 by Gov. Bev Perdue's Scientific Advisory Panel, North Carolina has the largest offshore wind resource on the east coast. The report confirms findings in studies done by UNC-Chapel Hill and the Energy Policy Council. Read more »
School Meals Still Carry Old Concerns
The News and Observer (Raleigh)
By Suzanne Havala Hobbs, a registered dietitian and a clinical associate professor in the department of health policy and administration in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill.
It may come as a surprise, but those meals they serve at school were never meant to be solely about helping kids to be healthy. Understanding that fact makes it easier to make sense of the unrelenting squabbles between health advocates, food companies, school administrators, parents and a long line of others with interests in what gets served in school cafeterias. Read more »
Refugees in Carrboro Discuss their Needs
The News and Observer (Raleigh)
The U.S. State Department grants Burmese refugees legal status and gives them $900 per person to get on their feet, said Flicka Bateman, a former Chapel Hill Town Council member who has worked closely with the refugees. Many work as housekeepers at UNC-Chapel Hill, one of the reasons resettlement programs chose the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area. They ride the towns' free buses and send their children to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, which began seeing a large influx in 2007, Bateman said. Read more »
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