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GSU to host No Impact events
Project focusing on environment, sustainability
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Georgia Southern University’s Center for Sustainability will host a number of events throughout April that are designed to  improve and protect the environment and change behavior when it comes to food, energy, water and waste. The focal point is “No Impact Week,” to be held next week.
    “No Impact Week engages our campus in extended sustainability awareness with challenges, action and positive choices that are within our control,” said Lissa Leege, the director of the Center for Sustainability. “It gives participants power in the face of difficult environmental problems and shows us that, collectively, our small lifestyle changes can result in a large impact on the planet.”
    The goal of the environmental education activities is to share ideas and information and learn to live by leaving as little of a carbon footprint as possible.
    “Our campus will offer more than 25 events over the course of the week that emphasize the themes of the day, which include consumption, trash, food, transportation, water, energy and giving back,” Leege said. “Our outreach centers will even get in on the act with special ‘No Impact Week’ programs for the public.”
    A highlight of No Impact Week, which starts Monday, is a presentation from New York Times best-selling author Van Jones at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Performing Arts Center, 847 Plant Drive. Jones, who has worked as a green jobs adviser to President Barack Obama, is the founder of Green For All, a national organization that creates green jobs in  disadvantaged communities.
    In celebration of Earth Day on Monday, April 22, U.S. Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., will join leaders of utility companies and environmental groups for a discussion on the future energy needs of Georgia. The presentation begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center Assembly Hall. Admission is free and open to everyone. 
    Georgia Southern is the only university in the United States to participate in No Impact Week for three consecutive years. It is a joint project between the Center for Sustainability and the University Wellness Program with support from Campus Life Enrichment Committee, the Multicultural Student Center, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development and the College of Science and Mathematics for various events.
    See the full calendar of No Impact Week events by visiting http://recreation.georgiasouthern.edu/wellness/special-events/no-impact-week/.

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