[OKC] Free EPA Webinar 9/16: Greening University Campuses

[Alig, Jennifer L.]

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Subject: [OKRA] Free EPA Webinar 9/16: Greening University Campuses

 

 "Greening University Campuses" free EPA webinar, Thursday, September
16, 12:00-1:30 Central Time.

 

To register:  Go to www.epa.gov/epawaste/rcc/web-academy/index.htm

(Scroll down to September 16, 2010.)

 

Description:

Colleges and universities across the country continue to be hubs of
innovation, developing unique, cost-effective ways to address complex
environmental issues faced by communities and the nation as a whole.
Join us September 16, 2010 to learn about how colleges and universities
can partner with EPA to help green their campuses through waste
reduction and other sustainable practices and gain insight into how you
can engage students in sustainability.

 

*         Ron Vance of the U.S. EPA will present on materials management
opportunities through EPA's WasteWise program.

*         Jessica Young of EPA will provide a brief overview of the new
Academic Labs rule for managing laboratory hazardous waste at academic
institutions, including its environmental benefits. 

*         Thomas Goldsmith of St. John's University will share how St.
John's University is partnering with EPA Region 2 to help green their
campus, as well as their successful approach to engaging students in
sustainability.

 

Speaker Bios:

 

Ron Vance 
Ron is a program analyst with the US Environmental Protection Agency's
Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery. Mr. Vance is a technical
expert in municipal solid waste reduction programs. Mr. Vance
specializes in issues related to colleges and universities and federal
agency implementation of Executive Order 13514. In addition, Mr. Vance
is a program coordinator for the WasteWise program. Prior to joining
EPA, Mr. Vance worked for an environmental consulting firm, state
environmental agency, environmental education organization, and a county
environmental agency.  Mr. Vance holds a M.S. in Environmental Science
and Management and a B.S. in Biology. 

 

Jessica Young 
Jessica Young (formerly Biegelson) has worked for the EPA's Office of
Resource Conservation and Recovery for five years.  She first began work
on municipal solid waste recycling in a program called Recycle on the
Go.  She then moved to the hazardous waste side of the office and worked
on international Mexico/Border issues before joining the Labs Team to
work on the development and implementation of the Final Academic
Laboratories Rule. Before joining the EPA, Jessica worked on clean
vehicle issues at the Union of Concerned Scientists.   Jessica earned a
bachelor degree with distinction in Science of Earth Systems from
Cornell University and is currently pursuing her masters in
Environmental Science and Policy at John Hopkins University. 

 

Thomas Goldsmith
Tom Goldsmith, Director of Energy & Environmental Conservation,
contributes to our webinar discussion today from St. John's University -
New York.  Tom has a "green job" and considers the work to green a
university the most important work of his career because it involves
student engagement in sustainability. Tom has 25 years experience in
physical plant operations and construction on college / university
campuses and has two degrees in facilities management. 

 

For questions about the EPA's Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC) Web
Academy Program, call Janice Johnson in Virginia at (703) 308-7280.

 

 

PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY NEAR YOU!

 

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