Sustainability Conference Day Two
It was a mixed day for me the conference, the result of a combination of not enough sleep and, well, not enough sleep. But that didn't keep others from giving rave reviews of the sessions that they attend. Here are a couple of highlights for me.
Butte College: Kelly Munson and her colleagues gave an overview of some of the sustainability efforts of CSU Chico's younger cousin to the south. I was especially impressed with the explosion of sustainability courses that we will be seeing there over the next two years. Classes will be coming from a variety of departments, leading to an AA degree in Sustainability. Appropriate, I believe, for a campus that also doubles as a nature preserve.
The Cause: Just over a year old, the students from The Cause were recognized and presented with a $6000 grant, honoring both their commitment to selflessness and modeling of sustainable living. They held their own on the same stage that also acknowledged the Butte Environmental Council, Ken Grossman of Sierra Nevada Brewery, Lundberg Family Farms, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Jeff Price. Debashis (sp.) ripped out the best lines of the evening, as he thanked the 500+ folks assembled in the BMU auditorium (I paraphrase here): "We are college students, and we do't have much money, so this is how we do things [referring to how being sustainable often goes hand-in-hand with being thrifty]. But just because you have money doens't mean you can't do these things too."