Meet our environmental quality and land use intern, Robert Kendall! Robert is a junior pursuing a degree in environmental and sustainability studies, along with a certificate in GIS/remote sensing. His degree is part of a new program named the Integrated Program in the Environment (IPE), which is under both the School of Public and Environmental Affairs … Continue reading Intern Spotlight: Roberth Kendall
By Emma Sperry, resource use and recycling intern Whether we realize it or not, the process of waste affects nearly every decision that we make. Every granola bar we unwrap, every bottle of water we drink, every textbook we order from Amazon, and every freebie we pick up from a campus event has had a … Continue reading Changing the Culture of Waste
Meet our resource use and recycling intern, Emma Sperry! Emma is a senior pursuing degrees in sociology, economics, and math through the College of Arts and Sciences at IU. She is interested in the design and implementation of public policy that maximizes economic and social benefits to society while minimizing both economic and environmental costs. In order to … Continue reading Internship Spotlight: Emma Sperry
By Kristen Billings, Engagement Coordinator During the spring of 2009, student leaders organized the inaugural Sustain IU Week. Since then, the Student Sustainability Council and the Office of Sustainability have worked in concert to host a week-long series of lectures and events centered around a specific topic within sustainability. The aim of Sustain IU Week … Continue reading SustainIU Week: Where Ethics and the Environment Coincide
Meet our engagement coordinator, Kristen Billings! Kristen is a junior studying English and environmental and sustainability studies. She is interested in environmental and climate justice. She hopes to study the interactions between climate change and social inequality, focusing on equitable transitions to renewable energy. As the engagement coordinator, she helps revitalize and create programs on campus … Continue reading Intern Spotlight: Kristen Billings
By Kathrine Schulze, IU Statewide Sustainability Intern If you are reading this, you probably care about sustainability practices and policies. The work that is done at IU-Bloomington alone is crucial to understanding and utilizing the environment around us in the most responsible and effective way possible. But IUB does not exist in a vacuum. That is where … Continue reading IU Statewide Sustainability Summit
Meet our IU Statewide Sustainability intern, Kathrine Schulze! Kathrine is a senior pursuing a degree in Journalism and History with a minor in Law and Public Policy. She is most interested in how sustainable practices and policies can be applied to different organizations. She is working to coordinate sustainable practices across all of IU's campuses … Continue reading Intern Spotlight: Kathrine Schulze
By Jacob Mills, 2020 Transitions Lab Intern One of my primary objectives as the 2020 Transitions Lab intern is to explore methods of connecting the academic programs of the Transitions Lab to the operational practices of the university. My plan for this spring is to focus largely on the 2020 Sustainability Scholars' projects that have … Continue reading Envisioning Operationalized Sustainability in Universities
Meet our Transitions Lab intern, Jacob Mills! Jacob is a sophomore studying environmental and sustainability studies, geographic information systems, and labor studies. As the Transitions Lab intern, he helps coordinate the 2020 Sustainability Scholars undergraduate research program and other initiatives undertaken by the 2020 Transitions Lab. Jacob is a former sustainability scholar and has worked on a project researching … Continue reading Intern Spotlight: Jacob Mills
Household waste increases by 25% between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, sending an additional 1 million tons per week to our landfills. It doesn’t have to be that way.
