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Campfire Slides 2021-2022
Spring 2022:
Campfire #1: Female Education and Empowerment-Slides and Recording
Campfire #2: Green Fund Campfire- Slides and Recording
Campfire #3: Nurdle Patrol Campfire- Slides, Nurdle Patrol Slides, and Recording
Campfire #4: CEC Alumni Campfire-Slides and Recording
Campfire #5: A Philosophical Lens in Climate Justice with Professor Nicole Smith-CEC Slides and Recording
Campfire #6: Superfund Revitalization with Midori Campbell from the TCEQ-CEC Slides, TCEQ slides, Recording, and Public Citizen’s Slides
Fall 2021:
Campfire #2: Climate Change and Environmental Science for Non-Specialists- Slides and Recording
Campfire #3: Intro to Environmental Journalism with Professor John Schwartz- Slides and Recording Summary
Campfire #4: Texas Environmental Policy with Representative Gina Hinojosa- Texas Climate Plan, Emissions Report, and Recording
Campfire #5: Sustainable Menstruation and Period Poverty with Kate Taylor (Former researcher for Hygiene, Empowerment, and Research for Social Impact (HERS))- Slides, HERS project report, and Recording
Campfire Slides 2020-2021
Spring 2021:
Interest Meeting Slides and Interest Meeting Recording
Campfire #1 (2/2): Greenwashing- Slides and Recording
Campfire #2 (3/2): Waller Creek and the Waterloo Greenway- Slides and Recording
Campfire #3 (3/23): Eco-Anxiety Workshop- Slides and Recording
Campfire #4 (4/6): Sustainability Master Plan- Recording
Fall 2020:
Interest Meeting Slides and Interest Meeting Recording
Campfire #1 (9/15): Introduction to Sustainability at UT- Slides and Recording
Campfire #2 (9/29): Climate Change- Slides and Recording
Campfire #3 (10/13): Voting and the Environment- Slides and Recording
Campfire #4 (10/27): Sustainability and Social Media- Slides and Recording
Campfire #5 (11/10): Environmental Justice- Slides, Recording, Resources
CEC in the News
Coronavirus sets back UHD sustainability efforts – Sept. 10, 2020
Half-Pint Urban Prairie on Central Texas Gardener – April 4, 2020
Improve road safety to prevent severe transportation accidents – Feb. 12, 2020
New student committee addresses intersection of race, environment – Oct. 17, 2019
Student Government will make zero waste a priority – Sept. 8, 2019
Texas Athletics hosts sustainable game day events – April 12, 2019
Students plant prairie, make campus more sustainable – March 8, 2019
Hey Curious Campus: What is UT doing to promote sustainability on campus? How can students get involved? – April 17, 2019
Resource Recovery, UT Farm Stand offer new ‘Zero Waste Hero’ certification – Feb. 26, 2019
Students, environmentalists move away from plastic straws toward metal, reusable ones – Feb. 21, 2019
Informal class on chicken keeping helps UT’s sustainability efforts – Aug. 7, 2017
UT Campus Environment Center film event discusses the issue of climate change after the election – Nov. 30, 2016
Environment & Sustainability at The University of Texas at Austin
- Texas (UT) Sustainability Website
- Resource Recovery
- Athletics Sustainability
- Division of Housing and Food Service Sustainability
- Environmental Health and Safety
- Sustainability Student Orgs
Environment and Sustainability in Austin
- 350 Austin
- Austin Creative Reuse
- Austin Eco Network
- The Austin Environmental Directory – PDF
- Austin Parks Foundation
- Austin Parks and Recreation Department
- Austin Resource Recovery
- Austin Sierra Club
- Austin Youth River Watch
- Barton Springs Conservancy
- Bat Conservation International
- Bull Creek Foundation
- Capital Area Master Naturalist (CAMN)
- Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems (CMPBS)
- City of Austin Office of Sustainability
- Clean Water Action
- Colorado River Alliance
- Earth Day Austin
- EcoRise
- Environment Texas
- Environmental Defense Fund: Austin Office
- Festival Beach Food Forest
- Friends of Barton Springs Pool
- Keep Austin Beautiful
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Native Plant Society of Texas: Austin Chapter
- Native Prairies Association of Texas
- People Organized in Defense of the Earth and Her Resources (PODER)
- Rainforest Partnership
- Shoal Creek Conservancy
- Save Barton Creek Association
- Save Our Springs Alliance (SOS)
- Sustainable Food Center
- Texas Land Conservancy
- Texas Nature Conservancy
- The Trail Foundation
- Travis Audubon Society
- TreeFolks
- Waller Creek Conservancy
- Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center
- Wheatsville Co-op
- Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve