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Student Summit @ AASHE 2012 Conference

David Manago '13

by David Manago '13

 

The first day of AASHE has been nothing short of amazing. What with the wide range of interactive workshops through the Student Summit to keep the 500+ university students active and engaged. It's been impossible for any attendant to slip into the corner and not participate.

Sustainable Beverage System Panel and Speak Out

On Thursday, April 7th VSTEP and Students for a Sustainable Beverage System (SSBS) held a panel event to discuss the environmental, social and economic costs of choices for the next university beverage contract. Panelists included Richard Cate, Gioia Thompson, Gretchenrae Callanta, Gary Flomenhoft and Tom Dion. 

Student Campus Initiatives

Student-led Campaigns

Divesting from Fossil Fuels

Student activists have been pushing for UVM to divest from fossil fuels, as part of a push at a number of colleges and universities. See the students' Facebook page at www.facebook.com/VermontStudentClimateCulture

and visit the Burlington Free Press website for recent articles.

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