{"id":19881,"date":"2014-04-17T11:39:59","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T15:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=19881"},"modified":"2014-04-22T15:33:20","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T19:33:20","slug":"emu-partners-with-virginia-sierra-club-for-earth-day-forum-april-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2014\/emu-partners-with-virginia-sierra-club-for-earth-day-forum-april-22\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU partners with Virginia Sierra Club for Earth Day forum, April 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eastern Mennonite University will partner with the Virginia Sierra Club to discuss green technology on campus\u00a0\u2013 including campus gardens and a solar array \u2013 during Earth Day, April 22, at 11 a.m., in Campus Center room 105.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists will discuss how sustainable development promotes security and economic opportunity in Virginia, as well as their shared sense of responsibility to protect God\u2019s creation that has driven their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>WHAT: \u00a0<b><i>Leading for the Common Good through Sustainable Design<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>WHO:\u00a0<b>Kai Degner<\/b>, Harrisonburg City Councilman, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/les368\">Loren Swartzendruber<\/a>, DMin, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/president\/\">EMU President<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/trisselj\">Jonathan Lantz-Trissel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/sustainability\/\">sustainability<\/a> coordinator at EMU<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/schirchl\">Lisa Schirch<\/a>, PhD, director of Human Security at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org\/\">Alliance for Peacebuilding<\/a> and EMU professor in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/cjp\/\">Center for Justice and Peacebuilding<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/aes693\">Tony Smith<\/a>, PhD, president and CEO, <a href=\"http:\/\/securefutures.us\/\">Secure Futures, LLC<\/a> and associate professor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/business\/\">business &amp; economics<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/mba\/\">MBA<\/a> at EMU<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/yoderjm\">Jim Yoder<\/a>, PhD, professor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/biology\/\">biology<\/a> and advisor to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/applied-social-sciences\/environmental-sustainability\/\">environmental sustainability<\/a> students at EMU<\/p>\n<p>WHEN: Tuesday, April 22<br \/>\n11:00 a.m. \u2013 Panel discussion<br \/>\n12:00 p.m. \u2013 Tour of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/solar\/\">campus solar array<\/a> and sustainability features such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/sustainability\/campus\/garden-compost\/\">campus gardens and composting<\/a>, edible landscaping, cistern for campus landscaping, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/sustainability\/\">more<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eastern Mennonite University will partner with the Virginia Sierra Club to discuss green technology on campus\u00a0\u2013 including campus gardens and a solar array \u2013 during Earth Day, April 22, at <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2014\/emu-partners-with-virginia-sierra-club-for-earth-day-forum-april-22\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about EMU partners with Virginia Sierra Club for Earth Day forum, April 22<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":13869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5583,14184,14715,5643,5623,4513,5708],"tags":[12197,10709,9242,12263,8407,5727,13743],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-19881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community","category-campus-guests","category-campus-life","category-environmental-sustainability","category-special-programs","category-student-life","category-sustainability","tag-earth-day","tag-jim-yoder","tag-jonathan-lantz-trissel","tag-kai-degner","tag-lisa-schirch","tag-office-of-the-president","tag-tony-smith"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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