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Speaker Series

July 11, 12:30 – 1:30, IFC 101, Lunch and Learn with Scott Lutocka, Facilities Manager Piazza Produce Piazza Produce is known for our Green & Sustainable Practices. Our comprehensive recycling journey over the past 5 years has achieved an 85% … Continue reading

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Speaker Series Continues

June 13, 12:30 – 1:30, IFC 101 Lunch and Learn with Colleen McCormick, MPH, Director of Sustainability at IUPUI and Chef Nate Jackson. Ms. McCormick will speak to what IUPUI is doing to build and maintain sustainability on their campus. … Continue reading

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Learn More About Green Rooftops

On April 11, 12:30 – 1:30 at Ivy Tech Community Colleges North Meridian Campus in IFC 223 There will be a Lunch and Learn with the experts from Green Rooftop. A green roof or living roof is a roof of … Continue reading

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Speaker Series

April 11, 12:30 – 1:30, IFC 223 Lunch and Learn with Rachael, Green Rooftops The IFC building was constructed so that a portion of the rooftop could be a living rooftop. Rachael will join us to speak about the benefits … Continue reading

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Should Confined Animal Feeding Operations have Special Legal Rights?

From the Hoosier Environmental Council. View this video to learn more about House Bill 1091 and how it could effect Hoosiers.

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Ivy Tech Green Learning Community Speaker Series 2012

All are welcome to come and listen to the following speakers. Bring your lunch and enjoy the discussion. March 14, 12:30 – 1:30, IFC 223 Lunch and Learn with John Gibson, Sustainable Indiana 2016 Sustainable Indiana 2016 is a collaborative … Continue reading

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Learn to Navigate Ivy Tech’s Building Dashboard

Learn to Navigate Ivy Tech's Building Dashboard

Join us on January 25th at 11:00am in NMC 428 for a training session on Ivy Tech’s Building Dashboard Kiosk: the interactive touch screen located near the Tech Building Rotunda.

The Green Learning Committee at Ivy Tech wants to show you what we are doing to reduce our carbon footprint on-campus and how you can help!
Building Dashboard allows you to compare:

• Energy consumption patterns over time
• Usage between campus buildings
• Unit equivalencies such as gallons of gasoline, hours of use for hairdryers, microwaves or laptops!

You can also visit Ivy Tech’s Building Dashboard Network online by going to http://buildingdashboard.net/ivytech/

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Spurlock Speaks

Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock will speak at Purdue University next month. The “Super Size Me”director will discuss corporate ethics in advertising and product placement. West Lafayette,Ind. Morgan Spurlock,an Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker,will speak Oct. 26 as part of the … Continue reading

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The Future of Food

 Monon Center East, Rooms A & B 1235 Central Park Drive East, Carmel IN 46032 What are Genetically Modified Organisms? How can you and why should avoid them in your food? From the film, “Food Inc.” Moe Par, a seed … Continue reading

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Green Pioneers

Isn’t it funny how history is doomed to repeat itself.  As I go through changing my life to a greener lifestyle, I often talk with the grandparents to learn the way.  The story below was forwarded to my email recently. … Continue reading

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