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Prof. Geoff Habron, MSU Fisheries and Wildlife and Sociology, will speak
at 4:00p.m., Wednesday, January 29 in 316 Bessey Hall “Snow, Salt, Safety and Sustainability: What Can MSU Do?” As part of the MSU Watershed Action
Through Education and Research (MSU WATER) initiative, an ongoing action
research effort focuses on the role that university operations personnel may
have in helping to create a sustainable campus framework. Analysis of the
implementation of MSU's snow and ice management illustrates how particular
institutional policies may run counter to the objectives of improving campus
environmental performance and watershed management. The research reveals the
importance of feedback systems while integrating and balancing MSU's priorities
regarding educational training, research, outreach, human safety, legal
liability, and environmental protection. A systems-based action research
perspective provides a vehicle for identifying gaps in knowledge, practice, and
goals while also helping to reveal promising means for addressing them. For a list of other talks in the series visit: http://www.ecofoot.msu.edu/files/pdfs/series03.pdf
Terry Link, Director Office of Campus
Sustainability 525 S. Kedzie Michigan State
University East Lansing, MI
48824 1-517-355-1751 1-517-432-9555(fax) link@msu.edu www.ecofoot.msu.edu |