The UCCS Office of Sustainability unites the efforts of faculty, staff and students to support development and lifestyles on campus and in the community that sustain natural resources and protect the environment, ultimately ensuring the ability of future generations to meet their needs too.
CORE's 8th Annual Sustainable Opportunities Summit
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is happy to partner this year with CORE on the 8th annual Sustainable Opportunities Summit. Through our partnership, you are able to receive CORE member registration rates when you use the registration code below. The Sustainable Opportunities Summit is the premiere business sustainability conference in Colorado. This year’s Summit includes keynote speakers from FedEx, Johnson Controls, B Corps, and the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. Climate instability, sustainability practitioner best practices, net zero adventures, sustainable transportation and facilities, and sustainable water management are among the breakout session topics.
Visit http://www.corecolorado.org/summit_2013 to view the full Summit agenda. Register under "CORE Collaborating Partners," and use the code COREPARTNERSOS13 to receive the collaborating partner discount.
"The mountain of trash in El Pomar Plaza is not meant to be an encouraging sign," says Josh Hendrickson, volunteer and events coordinator at the Office of Sustainability. "It's a wake-up call. Sometimes we don't notice how much of an impact we have until its put into our face in a dramatic way." One of the things that we try to do in the office is to help our community realize how big of an impact we have, and sometimes it takes a more direct approach to draw attenton to the issue.
Sustainability provides a map and a path by which we account for current actions while working to ensure our future legacy is a positive one. It is a vision of multigenerational betterment of our quality of life and community.
This is an exciting project at a critical point in history where educated engineers and advanced engineering solutions are required to propel the automotive industry to the next level: the electrified drivetrain. "The electrified drivetrain -- utilized in hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and battery electric vehicles -- is key to providing the performance and efficieny demanded by today's consumer," says Dr. Greg Plett, professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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