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ecoNutrition Cafe: Countdown to (Net)Zero; 3/29

'Leading Sustainability Efforts on My Campus and In My Community to Achieve Carbon Neutrality' Lecture by Dr. Beth Choate, Allegheny College


Check-in and Local Snacks, 5:30-6:00 pm [First 100 to the event get a treat from Oxford Creamery]

Talk, 6:00-7:00 pm

Room: JAC Ballroom A

Dr. Choate is Chair and Associate Professor at Allegheny College, a carbon-neutral campus. Allegheny College was the first college in Pennsylvania and eighth college in the Nation to achieve carbon neutrality (https://sites.allegheny.edu/sustainability/). Dr. Choate is an international expert in sustainability, especially as it relates to college campus environments and to developing future leaders in sustainability. She has published dozens of peer-reviewed articles and books/book chapters on sustainability and is considered one of the foremost leaders on the topic.

Lecture funded through the UM Green Fund.