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May 6 '13 Applications & Nominations due for the 1st Annual Curricular Innovation in Sustainability Award

May 3 '13 Jay Keasling: Advanced Fuels from Advanced Plants, 2:15 PM JRC 126 

May 1 '13 Jay Keasling: Life 2.0: Engineering Biology for Sustainable Development, 7:00 PM ASC Woulfe Hall

Apr 29 '13 4th Annual CAS Environmental Stewardship Curriculum Grants proposals due
Ten $1000 summer grants for faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences and the UST Sustainability Committee to integrate environmental stewardship and sustainability into curriculum

Apr 27 '13 Annual Spring Cleanup of the Mississippi River from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
sponsored by the UST Green Team, Recycling Team, DNR Adopt-a-River

Apr 26 '13 TommieMedia: St Thomas Receives Xcel Energy Award

Apr 26 '13 TommieMedia: Discounted Nice Ride passes available soon

Apr 25 '13 Windsource Celebration on Monahan Plaza! noon:
UST will receive an award from Xcel for being the biggest user of Windsource alternative energy!
Kites, ice cream, Windmill cookies, tabling! everyone is welcome!

Apr 25 '13 Green Research Posters up in ASC all day! 
Come see what green research by students has been done on campus.  Contact Dr. Elise Amel if you are interested in submitting a poster. 

Apr 24 '13 Free Bike Tune-ups & Repairs for the UST Community! 3 p.m.
Bring your bike over to the BEAST Lair in the basement of Loras

Apr 23 '13 Join Green Team's tabling event: B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Bottle) during convo hour, ASC;
play games of "water pong" with the winners receiving reusable water bottles! 

Apr 23 '13 BEAST Ride! Bicycle Enthusiasts at St. Thomas will be doing their annual neighborhood
bike ride during Earth Week over convo hour starting at Monahan Plaza.  Open to anyone with a bike and helmet!

Apr 23 '13 Rachel Carson's Silent Spring: Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion
3:30 pm LIB 108 (the Leather Room) Refreshments provided

Apr 23 '13 Green Research Symposium in JRC auditorium over convo hour!
contact Dr. Tom Hickson for details or if interested in participating

Apr 22-26 '13 JRC Greenhouse Tours featuring projects of students, staff and faculty every day of Earth Day week
from noon - 1 pm. Twenty lucky visitors will get a coupon for free garden soil analyses.  Contact Dr. Dalma Martinovic for more information about the tours.

Apr 22 '13 TommieMedia: St. Thomas celebrates Earth Day

Apr 22 '13 Earth Day!

Apr 21 '13 Tommie Media: Xcel Energy honors St. Thomas

Apr 17 '13: YERT! Video sponsored by the GreenTeam in JRC 126 4:30 p.m.
Uplifting! Food! Skype conversations with the director following the video 

Apr 8 '13 Xcel Press release: Windsource provided 82 percent of the electricity used on 
St. Paul and Minneapolis St. Thomas campuses

Mar 23 '13 UST Sustaining Students Blog launched

Mar 22 '13 World Water Day

Mar 20 '13 Oceans of Plastic Movie in JRC 126 5 p.m.
sponsored by Philosophy, Environmental Studies, Environmental Science, Geography, Green Team & USG Sustainability

Mar 19 '13 UST Campus Sustainability Fund proposals due for F13-14 funding!

Mar 15 '13 American Meat  Movie in JRC 126 3 p.m. Healthy snacks!  3:15 p.m. movie; panel discussion following with movie director!

Feb 22 '13: Seminar: Developing exposure indicators and predictive models for endocrine disrupting chemicals (and a few unintended excursions into basic biology and military matters) by Dr. Dalma Martinović-Weigelt
4:15 p.m. in JRC 126; Social in Greenhouse following seminar

Feb 22 '13 TommieMedia: Students rally against Keystone XL project

Feb 20 '13 UST Sustainability Blog  launched!

Feb 20 '13 Sustainability Research poster session during the Bill McKibben event. 
Student research posters will be displayed all day throughout Campus Way in ASC

Feb 20 '13 Bill McKibben: Celebrating and Preserving Winter!
7 p.m. Anderson Student Center, Woulfe Hall

Feb 15 '13 Video Contest "What I Love About Winter" submissions due! Prizes!

Feb 6 '13 TommieMedia: The View explores trayless option

Feb 4 - Mar 30 '13 Recyclemania! We're back in the 8-week national recycling competition between colleges and universities!  Help UST stay on the top of participating Minnesota schools!  Pitch in to the recycling bins!

Jan 31 '13 UST adds 100% WindSource contracts for McNeely, Morrison and OWS
Based on 2011 usage, this increases UST WindSource by 9,886,240kWh!

Jan 10 '13 Newsroom: A Passion for Alternative Energy that Crosses Borders

Dec 13 '12 TommieMedia: In Depth — The carbon neutral effort, after The Rev. Dennis Dease retires

Nov 26 '12 Newsroom: St. Thomas Wins 2012 Commuter Choice Award

Nov 15 '12 America Recycles Day

Nov 15 '12 Jobs in Sustainability Series
Part II:  Jobs in Sustainability: Hear from panelists who have sustainability-related jobs in the non-profit, business, and public sectors.  Learn how to prepare for and find these jobs. 
12 p.m.-1 p.m. in JRC 246.  For more information, contact Maria Dahmus

Nov 13 '12 Paul Nyombi: Xcel Energy Engineering Internship provides Big Impact 

Nov 9 ’12 Campus Sustainability Fund 2012 awards announced!
Public Safety Bike Patrol – Fully funded at $7,617.88
Enhancements to the UST Stewardship Garden – Fully funded at $4,124.75
Nice Ride 2012– Fully funded at $20,000.00
– Partially funded at $5,600.00
Expansion of UST On-Campus Composting Initiative– Fully funded at $3,500.00

Nov 7 '12 UST receives Commuter Choice Award 2012: Employer Category
Awards presented by Metro Transit and Regional Transportation Management Organizations

Nov 6 '12 Jobs in Sustainability Series
Interested in jobs in sustainability?  Find out what you can do after (and during) college to prepare! Learn about a variety of sustainability-related jobs!
Part I:  Internships, Fellowships, and Graduate Schools
12 p.m.-1 p.m. in LIB 108, Leather Room
For more information, contact Maria Dahmus

Oct '12 in this month Xcel WindSource sold its WindSource!  
UST is the largest purchaser of wind power on an annual basis in Xcel's history!

Oct 21 '12 TommieMedia: Bike enthusiasts prepare for harsh weather

Oct 19 '12 Biology Seminar: Can We Feed a Growing World and Sustain the Planet?
3:15 p.m. JRC 126 Dr. Jonathan Foley, Director, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota; Social to follow in JRC Greenhouse

Oct 17 '12 TommieMedia: From coffee grounds, to compost gold

Oct 16 '12 World Food Day

Oct 8 '12 TommieMedia: Sustainability committee makes eco-friendly atmosphere

Oct 1-6 '12 celebrate sUSTainability:

  • Oct 1 '12 Green Research Poster Exhibit 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. ASC Campus Way
    contact Elise Amel for details
  • Oct 1 '12 Video: Dirt, the Movie 6:45 p.m. OWS 3M Auditorium
    contact Eric Hsu for details
  • Oct 2 '12 NESC Fall Office Supply Swap 10 am- 3 pm ARC 207  
    bring over gently used office items to share on the 4th & 5th
    contact Lisa Keiser for details
  • Oct 2 '12 Smart Trips, Green Team, USG Sustainability tabling
    ASC Campus Way during convo hour
  • Oct 2 '12 ASC LEED Gold Tour noon at ASC info desk
    contact Bob Douglas for details & to reserve a spot!
  • Oct 2 '12 Video: Tapped 6:45 p.m. JRC Auditorium
    contact Jesse Stock for details
  • Oct 3 '12 NESC Fall Office Supply Swap 9 am- 3 pm ARC 207  
    pick up gently used office items; contact Julie Kimlinger for details
  • Oct 3 '12 NiceRide demo & free rides 10:30 am – 1:30 pm 
    at the NiceRide Station in front of 2191-2193 Grand Ave
  • Oct 3 '12 BEAST bike repair 3-5 p.m. ASC Plaza
    learn how to do basic bike maintenance and campus biking opportunities 
    contact Matt Ghiloni for details
  • Oct 3 '12 BEAST ride 5:30 p.m. leaving from ASC Plaza
    take a bike cruise through the neighborhood with B.E.A.S.T.
    contact Matt Ghiloni for details
  • Oct 3 '12 Community dog/pet walk 6 pm at Summit Ave & River Rd 
    contact Jesse Stock for details
  • Oct 4 '12 NESC Fall Office Supply Swap 9 am- 3 pm ARC 207  
    pick up gently used office items; contact Julie Kimlinger for details
  • Oct 4 '12 The Feast of St. Francis! 
    meditation with Sr. Katarina Schuth, OSF at 11:30 a.m. at the
    Statue of St. Francis in the Mary’s Garden behind Aquinas Chapel 
    contact Vanessa Walsh for details
  • Oct 4 '12 USG Sustainability tabling
    ASC Campus Way during convo hour
  • Oct 4 '12 HOURCAR tabling
    ASC Campus Way during convo hour
  • Oct 4 '12 ASC LEED Gold Tour noon meet at Tommie Central
    contact Maria Dahmus or Bob Douglas for details
  • Oct 4 '12 Video: Thirst: the Movie 6:45 p.m. OWS 3M Auditorium
    contact Jesse Stock for details
  • Oct 5 '12 Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum 3 pm – 4:30 pm ASC 341 
    CAS faculty on integrating sustainability into course work. Panel discussion is open to all UST part or full-time faculty. 
    Contact Maria Dahmus for details
  • Oct 6 '12 Annual Fall Clean-up of the east banks of the Mississippi River 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
    meet with neighbors by the WW1 monument at intersection of Summit Ave & River Boulevard.
    Bags, gloves, refreshments provided. Sponsored by Green Team, Recycling Team, DNR Adopt-a-River.
    contact Jesse Stock or Eric Hsu for details

Oct 1 '12 Stewardship Garden donates over 700 pounds of produce to the Neighbors’ food shelf
Interview with Ashela Richardson on TommieMedia.com

Sep 27 '12 Izaak Walton League hosting Conversation on Climate Change
with UST Dr. John Abraham & Meteorologist Paul Douglas 
7 p.m. at Champlin Park High School, 6025 109th Avenue, North Champlin, MN

Sep 22 '12 World Carfree Day
Every September 22, people around the world get together in the streets, intersections, and neighborhood blocks to remind the world we don't have to accept a car-dominated society

Sep 9 '12 St. Paul Classic Bike Tour!
More than 6000 riders come from miles away to enjoy lovely autumn weather, great food, 
fabulous entertainment and of course a wonderful ride through beautiful Saint Paul and lovely
Lilydale Regional Park. The ride starts on the University of St. Thomas campus. Choose a 
route from 15 to 45 miles.

Sep 10 '12 Newsroom: Smooth Operation: Engineering Professor, Student Study Peanut Grinder for Local Nonprofit

Sep 7 '12 Newsroom: Dr. Camille George Engineers the Future of Breadfruit

June 8 '12 World Oceans Day

May 9 '12 TommieMedia: Students help restore oak forest, one tree at a time

May 9 '12 Newsroom: Students Help Restore Oak Forest, One Sapling at a Time

May 3-4 '12 Living Green Expo
Minnesota State Fair Grounds

Apr 22 '12 Earth Day: Celebrate Green Space
Green Team and Students for Justice & Peace at the UST Stewardship Garden

Apr 21 '12 Union Park District Council & UST Green Team: Composting!
Discounted compost bin sale and training for neighbors & UST community
10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at UST Stewardship Garden

Apr 20 '12 UST Named to Princeton Review's Guide to 322 Green Colleges

Apr 20 '12 KUST concert: Mason Jennings & Haley Bonar!
8 p.m. in Woulfe Alumni Hall, ASC. Free tickets for UST students; guest tickets available 
at Tommie Central.

Apr 19 '12 Convo Hour Tabling & events Noon – 1 p.m. on ASC Monahan Plaza:
USG table handing out 250 free water bottles. HourCar, Smart Trips, NiceRide. 

Apr 18 '12 EPA names UST ‘Individual Conference Champ’ in Green Power Challenge

Apr 18 '12 "Meet the Climate Sceptics" 7:30 p.m. in OWS Auditorium 
First U.S. screening of BBC video! With meteorologist Paul Douglas & Dr. John Abraham 
Free and open to the public!

Apr 17 '12 Convo hour Tabling & events 11:30 – 1 p.m. ASC Monahan Plaza: 
Green Team tables with Stewardship Garden, HourCar, Smart Trips, Union Park, B.E.A.S.T. 
USG table handing out 250 free water bottles.

Apr 17 '12 Tree Planting at Fish Creek Natural Areas Greenway, Maplewood 
Tour & planting of tree seedlings with Great River Greening. Funded by the 
UST Campus Sustainability Fund. For info contact Paul Lorah, Environmental Studies

Apr 16 '12 Will Steger! speaking 8 p.m. at Woulfe Alumni Hall in ASC
sponsored by the UST Lecture Series.

Apr 16 '12 Lubotomy 3 – 6 p.m. on ASC Plaza. Free tune-up for bikes! Sponsored by B.E.A.S.T.

Apr 14 '12 Mississippi River Cleanup 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Summit Ave and Miss. R. Blvd
sponsored by DNR Adopt-a-River & UST Green Team

Apr 12 '12 Movie: "Tapped" 7 p.m. JRC 126; Sponsored by the UST Green Team

Mar 22 '12 World Water Day

Feb 8 '12 UST's first Electic Vehicle arrives on Campus!
Columbia Mega Drop Sidetruck purchased with CSF funds now part of the PHP fleet!

Jan 31 '12 The Minneapolis School of Law, Terrence Murphy Hall, Opus Hall, & Schulze Hall in
Minneapolis and McNeely Hall, Morrison Hall, and Owens Science Hall in St. Paul 
have all been added to UST's Xcel Windsource contract and are all now powered for the next 
three years by alternative energy!

Dec 6 '11 Common Context: Hunger 
Film: Hunger, 7 p.m. JRC 126

Nov 30 '11 Winter Bike Clinic: How it's done! presented by BEAST and the UST Sustainability Committee 
3 pm in AARC Aerobic Room Rm 112

Nov 22 '11 Winning proposals for 2011 Campus Sustainability Fundsnamed!
Restoration of Oak Forest– Fully funded at $15,000
– Fully funded at $21,000
Hydration Stations Across UST– Partially funded at $14,000

Nov 17 '11 Green Film Series: "The End of the Line"
noon at LIB 202 & 7 p.m. at JRC 126

Nov 15 '11 America Recycles Day!

Nov 8 '11 Common Context: Hunger 
Food Issues Panel Discussion, Todd Lawrence, moderator
12 p.m. OEC Auditorium

Nov 3 '11 Tommie Media: Students submit projects to improve campus

Nov 1 '11 Common Context: Hunger 
Paul Lorah onGeography of Hunger in the Twin Cities: Exploring the Food Desert
12 p.m. OEC Auditorium

Oct 25 '11 Common Context: Hunger 
Film: A Screaming Man, 7 p.m. JRC 126

Oct 24 '11 National Food Day

Oct 20 '11 Green Film Series: "King Corn"
noon at LIB 202 & 7 p.m. at OWS 150

Oct 16 '11 World Food Day

Oct 14 '11 Applications due for funding for sustainable projects & initiatives from the 
Campus Sustainability Fund!

Oct 8 '11 Tommie Media: St. Thomas Community Cleans Up the Mississippi River area

Oct 3-7 '11 Celebrate UST Sustainability!

Oct 6 '11 Trayless lunch day in MHC Cafeteria
Oct 5 '11 UST Sustainability Symporium
Stewardship Garden, 6:30 p.m. at OWS 3M Auditorium

Oct 4 '11 Feast of St. Francis
Prayer at the statue of St. Francis of Assisi in garden south of St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel

Sept 27 '11 Common Context: Hunger 
Film: We Feed the World, 7 p.m. JRC 126

Sept 25 '11 Tommie Media: Growing Interest in Community Garden

Sept 22 '11 Green Film Series: "Fresh"
noon at LIB 202 & 7 p.m. at JRC 126

Sept 21 '11 Tommie Media: New Changes Encourage Responsible Printing

Sept 16 '11 Bulletin article on Nice Ride: Get on your bikes and ride

Sep 11 '11 St. Paul Classic Bike Tour!
More than 6000 riders come from miles away to enjoy lovely autumn weather, great food, 
fabulous entertainment and of course a wonderful ride through beautiful Saint Paul and lovely
Lilydale Regional Park. The ride starts on the University of St. Thomas campus. Choose a 
route from 15 to 45 miles.

Aug 31 '11 Fresh, organic and nutritious vegetables from the UST Stewardship Garden
are the centerpiece of lunch at The Grill

Aug 18 '11 UST Stewardship Garden & CILCE sponsor a trip to the Anatoth Community Farm

Aug 17 '11 Nice Ride is now on campus!
new station is on Grand Ave between 2071 and 2073 Grand! Go ride a bike!

Aug 4 '11 UST Stewardship Garden's Midsummer Potluck! 
5-8 p.m. all are invited. Bring your favorite dish or drink to share!

July 29 '11 UST Bookstores now selling merchandise made by Alta Gracia Apparel!

July 28 '11 UST Stewardship Garden's first 2011 Harvest
3-6 p.m. all are invited!

July 7 '11 Bringing Plants to the Plate: UST Stewardship Garden
4-6 p.m. Discussion with food & recipes

Jun 27 '11 Nice Ride expands into St. Paul!
UST to host a Nice Ride site on campus!

Jun 9 '11 Bike Walk to Work Day!

Jun 6 '11 UST receives Xcel Energy 2011 Efficiency Partner Award 
in recognition for "substantial energy efficiency efforts" in 2010, specifically
an electric savings of 1,486,450 kWh and a natural gas savings of 24,547 therms

Jun 3 '11 Kick-off Potluck for UST Stewardship Garden
4-5 p.m.at garden site; bring a dish to share!

May 7-8 '11 Living Green Expo at the State Fair Grounds

Apr 30 '11Cloud Cult at McCarthy Gym, 7 p.m.! free for UST Students

Apr 28 '11 TommieMedia Interview of USG Sustainability Chair, Lewis Segl, and 
Geography Professor, Paul Lorah

Apr 28 '11 TommieMedia report on motion sensor lights going up in Residence Halls

Apr 28 '11 Tabling over convo hour with Green Team: pledge to reduce bottled water & receive a free water bottle
Gayle & The Grill: talk to Gayle about go-boxes & sustainability in food service 
HourCar: Christopher Bineham, Program Manager for HourCar
UST Stewardship Garden: organic gardening & how to get involved
Wellness Center: free “Quit Kits” for tobacco users
Twin Cities Bike Walk to Work Week: info and free bike tune-ups
KUST: information about Cloud Cult and Saturday’s concert
Acoustic music provided by the Show’d Up Band

Apr 28 '11 convo hour: Sibley Bike Depot bike sale on quad!

Apr 28 '11 convo hour: B.E.A.S.T. scavenger hunt on bikes with prizes
meet on the quad with your bike at 11:50 a.m.

Apr 28 '11 convo hour take home a piece of St. Thomas! 
small blocks of Mankato stone given away. No vehicles please!

Apr 27 '11 Video presentation of “Tapped” in Scooters 
with silent Bingo & prizes! 8-10 p.m.

Apr 26 '11 convo hour B.E.A.S.T. Lube-otomy – free bike tune-ups on the Quad

Apr 26 '11 UST’s first solar compactor on the quad – BigBelly Solar

Apr 26-30 '11 Recycled sculpture by USG Sustainability on the Quad 

Apr 26-30 '11 Academic Affairs Clothing Drive in Residence Halls

Apr 22 '11 Earth Day!

Apr 18 '11 Recyclemania Resultsfor Minnesota Schools!

Apr 9 '11 Mississippi River Clean-up!
annual spring clean up starts at WW1 monument at end of Summit Ave from 10 am- 2 pm

Feb '11 UST Campus Sustainability Fundapproved by the Sustainability Steering Committee

Feb 18 '11 SIFE receives two $1000 grants to help Feed My Starving Children become more
sustainable!

Jan 30 - Apr 2 '11 Recyclemania! 
Recyclemaniais the collegiate recycling competition promoting waste reduction and recycling 
on campuses across the nation. Over a 10-week period, schools report recycling and trash data
which is used to rank each campus against others in the competition. Categories include the largest
amount of recyclables per capita, the largest amount of total recyclables, the least amount of 
trash per capita, and the highest overall recycling rate. In 2010, UST was third in the state for best
overall recycling rate. This year St. John's has entered the competition! So let's pitch in and show 
Minnesota and the nation how much UST recycles!

Jan 13 - 18 '11 ResLife & UST Recycling Team recycled over a ton of blankets & bedding with 
Bridging and Goodwill! 

Nov 26 '10 Buy Nothing Day!

Nov 15 '10 America Recycles Day!
Green Team handing out free T-shirts and cookies in exchange for recycling in MHC Atrium outside
of Food Service before dinner hour

Nov 5 '10 St. Thomas MBA team wins national Net Impact competition!

Oct 23 '10 Mississippi River Clean-up!
10 a.m. sponsored by VIA & the Green Team; all are welcome
to the annual fall community cleanup of the banks of the Mississippi!

Oct 16 '10 World Food Day

Oct 10 '10 10-10-10
A day to celebrate climate solutions around the world

Oct 2-10 '10 Twin Cities Bike Walk week!
prizes, activities, free bike-n-rides, and more

Oct '10 CAS Spotlight: Marisa Kelly, Infusing Environmental Sustainability Into Our Courses

Sep 22 '10 Alberta Tar Sands: Minnesota's Dirty Oil Secret
7 p.m. OEC Auditorium

Sep 20 '10 HourCarwaives $50 new member application fee until Oct 15!

Sep 12 '10 St Paul Bike Classic
Minnesota's biggest bike tour starts at UST!

Sep 1 '10 St. Kate's is tobacco free!

July 22 '10 Star Tribune: Climate Discussion Heats Up on the Web

July '10 Monckton: Response to John Abraham

Jun 24 '10 President's Council approves the UST Climate Action Plan!

Jun 5-11 '10 Twin Cities Bike Walk Week!Leave your car and use your feet & bike instead!

Jun 3 '10 UK Guardian: Monkton takes scientist to brink of madness at climate change talk

Jun '10 Dr. John Abraham posts rebuttal to Lord Christopher Monckton
response to Lord Monckton's presentation at Bethel College 14 Oct 09

May 24 '10 UST Climate Action Plan proposalsubmitted to Steering Committee
by UST Sustainability Committee

Apr 24 '10 Spring Mississippi River Cleanup! 
Join the Green Team in the annual spring community cleanup of the banks of the Mississippi

Apr 20 '10 UST is welcomed as a member to the EPA's Green Power Partnership!

Apr 18-24 '10 UST Earth Week Celebration!

Mar '10 UST Food Service switches to Greenware cups
Food Service discontinues the purchase & use of Styrofoam cups in favor of corn starch polymer
clear plastic cups which can be composted.

Feb 1 '10 Two HourCars now on campus at St. Thomas!

Jan-Feb-Mar '10 Recyclemania! 
Recyclemania is the college and university recycling competition to promote waste reduction 
activities at campus communities. Over a 10-week period, schools across the nation 
report recycling and trash data which are then ranked according to who collects the largest 
amount of recyclables per capita, the largest amount of total recyclables, the least amount of 
trash per capita, or have the highest recycling rate. Pitch in and show the nation what UST 
can do!

Sep 28 '09 Global Warming: Making a Difference with Rep. Betty McCollum, Prof. John Abraham, 
& the Sierra Club at the 3M Auditorium, OWS 150, 6-8 p.m.

Apr 24 '09 Final results for Recyclemania Competition

Apr 15-25 '09 UST Earth Week Celebration!

Mar '09 Campus Scope: Recyclemania!
Video report on Recyclemania at UST including video of the Recycling room and its operations.
Report can be found from 10:24 to 13:15 on the March Scope production.

Dec '08 Campus Scope: Paperless Campus
Video report on the University's progress and lack of progress in reducing paper usage. 
Report can be found from 11:15 to 14:24 on the December Scope production.

Oct 17-Dec 15 '08 Hard Rain Project:
The Hard Rain Project is an open air photographic exhibit illustrating the lyrics of Bob Dylan's 
song "A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall". Artist, Mark Edwards, in an open letter to world leaders
described his exhibit: " Bob Dylan’s piercing words accompany photographs that illustrate the
issues that are defining the 21st century – climate change, pollution, poverty and habitat loss.
Essays by leading scientists and thinkers in the environmental movement explore the steps we
must take to prevent global collapse." The Hard Rain Project has been exhibited to critical
acclaim at the United Nations and is on a continuing world tour. The exhibit will be displayed on
the UST quad and will be the first in Dylan's home state of Minnesota.

Oct '08 UST Board of Trustees approves new Mission Strategic Priority:
"Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability"

Fall '08 St. Thomas Magazine: Sustainable U

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