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"A Sustainable UW-Eau Claire" was created to promote sustainability initiatives happening on our campus and in cooperation with the community of Eau Claire. Contributors from various parts of the University that are advancing sustainability initiatives post to the blog. Its goals: nurture community and create connections to coordinate the important work that improves our place on the planet--here on the banks of the Chippewa River.


October 9, 2011

A fantastic keynote address by Majora Carter

We heard Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx. Its central tenet is that people shouldn't have to move out of their neighborhoods to live in a better one. She gave a stunningly inspirational keynote address which expounded on themes of nature, dignity, environmental and social justice and healing of society AND the planet. Check out this quote: “If power plants, waste handling, chemical plants and transport systems were located in wealthy areas as quickly and easily as in poor areas, we would have had a clean, green economy decades ago."

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