Institute for Sustainability CSU, Northridge http://www.csunsustainability.org The mission of the Institute is to promote, facilitate, and develop educational, research, and University and community programs related to sustainability. The Institute serves as an umbrella organization across all the Colleges of the University on issues related to sustainability and is committed to serving our campus community, including especially our students and faculty, as well as the broader community served by the University. With respect to sustainability, the Institute is committed to increasing interdisciplinary and cross-functional communication, education, and research among the faculty of the Colleges. Tue, 15 May 2012 16:43:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 2nd Annual Valley Green Building Education Conference & Expo http://www.csunsustainability.org/calendar/2nd-annual-valley-green-building-education-conference-expo/ http://www.csunsustainability.org/calendar/2nd-annual-valley-green-building-education-conference-expo/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 16:41:18 +0000 admin http://www.csunsustainability.org/?p=1374 Registration is Now Open!!
2nd Annual Valley Green Building Education Conference & Expo
California State University Northridge – Northridge Conference Center Complex (USU)
Thursday, June 7, 2012, 8:00 AM

Please join us for this exciting and informative event!

More information and online registration: 2nd Annual Valley Green Building Education Conference & Expo

]]> http://www.csunsustainability.org/calendar/2nd-annual-valley-green-building-education-conference-expo/feed/ 0 California Renewable Energy and Storage Technology CONFERENCE http://www.csunsustainability.org/news/featured/california-renewable-energy-and-storage-technology-conference/ http://www.csunsustainability.org/news/featured/california-renewable-energy-and-storage-technology-conference/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 16:34:39 +0000 admin http://www.csunsustainability.org/?p=1370 This one day conference has been designed to bring together universities, industries, R & D laboratories & Government agencies to propel Renewable Energy and Advanced Energy Storage Technology into the future. It will feature invited speakers, poster presentations, and a tour of the Campus renewable energy facilities, thus providing a unique opportunity for communication and collaboration between academia and industry.

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Register NOW!

Deadline: May 18th, 2012

Regular participants: $100

Students: $30

Registration fee includes lunch and refreshments

Please see attached flyer for more information

For further information, please contact:

Dr. Abhijit Mukherjee

Phone: 818.677.6448

abhijit.mukherjee@csun.edu

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Our next garden workday will be held Wednesday, April 11th from 10:00am-1:00pm. We will construct and install trellises in and around our garden beds and we plan to re mulch part of our garden area. If you have any seeds or plants you would like to bring out to the garden and plant you are more then welcome to. Dress comfortably, bring water and gloves. I look forward to seeing you there!

]]> http://www.csunsustainability.org/calendar/garden-workday-411/feed/ 0 Orange Picking April 22 http://www.csunsustainability.org/calendar/orange-picking-april-22/ http://www.csunsustainability.org/calendar/orange-picking-april-22/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:03:17 +0000 admin http://www.csunsustainability.org/?p=1359 In honor of Earth Day, The CSUN Institute for Sustainability and Food Forward are hosting an event to harvest the oranges in our beautiful and historic orange grove (one of the last remaining of its kind in San Fernando Valley!) We need all the hands we can get picking fruit for the hungry.

Location: CSUN Orange Grove (at Nordhoff St. Between Zelzah and Lindley), Northridge, CA
Date: Sunday, April 22, 2012
Time: 9am-12:00pm (AM Shift) 1:00pm-3:00pm (PM Shift)

Join us and celebrate a community of nutritious food and giving back in honor of Earth Day. Bring friends, family, and neighbors! 100% of fruit will go directly to the hungry. Thousands of families will be fed from this single event!

All volunteers must sign up through Food Forward’s website so we can be fully prepared for the fruitastic event.

Sign up here, solo or bring a group:

Morning Shift (9am-12pm): http://foodforward.org/events/event-detail/?id=241
Afternoon Shift (1pm-3pm): http://foodforward.org/events/event-detail/?id=240

Wear closed-toe shoes, a hat, and sunblock.
See attached flyer for more information and feel free to forward to your friends and family.
For group participation please email max@foodforward.org directly.
We hope to see you there!

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]]> http://www.csunsustainability.org/news/featured/csun-cares-about-sustainability-do-you/feed/ 0 The Southern California American Industrial Hygiene Association dinner/presentation http://www.csunsustainability.org/calendar/the-southern-california-american-industrial-hygiene-association-dinnerpresentation/ http://www.csunsustainability.org/calendar/the-southern-california-american-industrial-hygiene-association-dinnerpresentation/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:04:44 +0000 admin http://www.csunsustainability.org/?p=1325 University Club (Grove’s Bistro) at CSUN at March 1, 6:30pm.

The technical presentation will be on Air Sampling Techniques, Including the New Passive-Non Vacuum Air Sampling Methodology developed by Entech Instruments of Simi Valley.

Prices for members is $25. Student price of $10 includes dinner and a 1-year membership in SCAIHA.

See attachments for more details. For more information on any of these events, please contact yu.chung.54@my.csun.edu

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SCAIHA MEETING

]]> http://www.csunsustainability.org/calendar/the-southern-california-american-industrial-hygiene-association-dinnerpresentation/feed/ 0 2012 Environmental and Occupational Health Technical Symposium http://www.csunsustainability.org/calendar/2012-environmental-and-occupational-health-technical-symposium/ http://www.csunsustainability.org/calendar/2012-environmental-and-occupational-health-technical-symposium/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:01:57 +0000 admin http://www.csunsustainability.org/?p=1323 On February 16th the College of Health and Human Development along with the Environmental and Occupational Health Association and the CSUN Alumni Association EOH Chapter will be hosting their 6th Annual Technical Symposium.

Regulating Environmental Pollutants: Perchlorates and Other Thyroid-Active Chemicals.

Environmental pollutants such as perchlorates have received increased attention from regulators and researchers. Our 6th Annual Technical Symposium will focus on environmental contaminants and their impact on the thyroid.

For the most current info: www.csunalumni.com/eoh

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2012_Tech_Symposium_Save_The_Date_Flier_December_14,_2011

]]> http://www.csunsustainability.org/calendar/2012-environmental-and-occupational-health-technical-symposium/feed/ 0 Campus food garden (spring 2012) http://www.csunsustainability.org/calendar/campus-food-garden-spring-2012/ http://www.csunsustainability.org/calendar/campus-food-garden-spring-2012/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:31:18 +0000 admin http://www.csunsustainability.org/?p=1320 Join us on January 16th from 2-5pm to prep our campus food garden for the Spring semester. We will be building a herbal spiral, planting veggies, and weeding along the garden path. The Student Dietetic and Food Science Association Sustainability Committee will also be holding a wooly pocket workday which will focus on putting up a new irrigation system and pockets in the campus garden. There is lots to do! Remember to dress comfortably, bring your garden gloves and some water. The garden is located near the northeast part of campus between the softball and baseball fields. We look forward to seeing you there!

]]> http://www.csunsustainability.org/calendar/campus-food-garden-spring-2012/feed/ 0 Spring2012 http://www.csunsustainability.org/news/featured/spring2012/ http://www.csunsustainability.org/news/featured/spring2012/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:53:42 +0000 admin http://www.csunsustainability.org/?p=1313 If you are looking for courses to enroll in next Spring, check out these sustainability related courses.

FCS 496S: Sustainability in Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS). This course is team taught by five FCS faculty members and will give students a theoretical and technical knowledge of sustainability in FCS including Interior Design, Apparel Design and Merchandizing, Family Studies, Consumer Affairs, and Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science.

PAS 590B: Sustainability and Environmental Justice in the African Diaspora. This course includes theories of sustainability, Black Environmental Thought, eco-imagination, linkages between environmental policies, poverty and racism, industrial pollution and black health issues and, creative conservationism. This is a graduate seminar and is open to all graduate students and seniors.

Please see the attached flyers for more information.
PAS 590B Flyer-12-10
Flier_FCS_496S_Spring_2012

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