2008 Woodie Awards
Suffolk Participates in Focus the Nation
Kevin Jordan
Issue date: 2/6/08 Section: News
According to Glassman, so rarely do we bother to "stop and smell the roses" that we fail to take the environment into consideration when we make decisions. To remedy his own detachment, Glassman went on a "sacred passage" to a deserted location in the Southwestern United States. There he spent time better getting to know himself and the world around him. Today, he encourages fellow lawyers to use 100% recycled paper and take other environmentally friendly actions.
The final speaker of the morning was David Delcourt from MakeMeSustainable, a company that helps to track environmental footprints and offer more efficient solutions. Delcourt talked briefly about sustainability, using the nation's dependency on bottled water as an example. According to Delcourt, the amount it costs to make one twenty ounce water bottle is equivalent to filling that same bottle a quarter of the way full with oil.
Overall, the reception for Focus the Nation was a promising one, and no one was more pleased than the event's organizer Erica Mattison.
"The feedback from Suffolk's Focus the Nation event has been fantastic," said Mattison.
"Neighbors, faculty, staff, students, and those from other organizations who attended said they learned a lot and were inspired," she added.
Mattison also stressed that there are many ways that students can get involved on campus, whether it be by taking a class on an environmental topic, hosting an information table around campus, or taking part in the many environmental events around Boston.
Needless to say, there is no lack of opportunities for change in this day and age, and with even more environmental complications looming in the future it is time for everyone to do their part.
The final speaker of the morning was David Delcourt from MakeMeSustainable, a company that helps to track environmental footprints and offer more efficient solutions. Delcourt talked briefly about sustainability, using the nation's dependency on bottled water as an example. According to Delcourt, the amount it costs to make one twenty ounce water bottle is equivalent to filling that same bottle a quarter of the way full with oil.
Overall, the reception for Focus the Nation was a promising one, and no one was more pleased than the event's organizer Erica Mattison.
"The feedback from Suffolk's Focus the Nation event has been fantastic," said Mattison.
"Neighbors, faculty, staff, students, and those from other organizations who attended said they learned a lot and were inspired," she added.
Mattison also stressed that there are many ways that students can get involved on campus, whether it be by taking a class on an environmental topic, hosting an information table around campus, or taking part in the many environmental events around Boston.
Needless to say, there is no lack of opportunities for change in this day and age, and with even more environmental complications looming in the future it is time for everyone to do their part.
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John White
posted 8/27/08 @ 12:56 AM EST
Our hunting-gathering ancestry tends to make us focus on short-term gains over long-term. We can see part of them in a common practice called procrastination. (Continued…)
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