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 Mother-and-daughter team Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé will present "The Sustainable Food Movement Rising" at 7:30 p.m. in Baker Ballroom on March 23. This event is free and open to the public. The Lappés connect the dots between sustainable food, ecology and democracy, arguing that hunger isn't caused by a scarcity of food but a scarcity of democracy. They will share the stories from the frontlines of people around the world bringing grassroots democracy to life to end hunger and sustain a healthy planet. Anna's most recent book is Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It, and is the founder of Real Food Media. She works with sustainable food movement leaders around the country to catalyze storytelling and spark advocacy in communities nationwide. People working on climate change and energy-related issues are especially encourage to attend. Co-sponsors include the Voinovich School's Environmental Studies program, College of Arts and Sciences Sustainability Theme, Food Studies Theme, Ohio: Sense of Place Theme, and Making and Breaking the Law Theme; GEOL, HIST, ECON, GEOG, SOC, POLS; the College of Health Sciences and Professions; and the Office of Sustainability. |
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 This is the last chance to register for Startup Weekend, the 49-hour event that brings together Athens designers, developers, entrepreneurs and experts from all domains to do amazing things.
The event, open to all students and community members, will be March 18-20, 2016, at the Ohio University Innovation Center located at 340 W. State St. in Athens.
Participants kick off the event Friday night by pitching an original idea or listening to proposed concepts. Following the opening pitches, teams form around the top ideas (as determined by popular vote) and then embark on a three-day frenzy of business model creation, coding, design and market validation with expert coaches on hand to help.
The weekend culminates with presentations in front of a judging panel of local entrepreneurial leaders with another opportunity for critical feedback. Whether you launch a company, find a co-founder, meet someone new, or learn a skill far outside your realm, everyone is guaranteed to leave the event better prepared to navigate the chaotic but fun world of start-ups. Prizes are awarded to the top three teams.
Tickets are $50. This registration fee includes program activities plus meals all weekend, and the opportunity to use Ohio University's Create_space and/or Athensworks on Saturday. Discount codes are available for some Ohio University students to receive $25 off. Upon registering, Russ College of Engineering and Technology students should enter RUSS; College of Business students, enter COB; and College of Fine Arts students, enter FINEARTS. Those wanting to participate in Startup Weekend Athens must purchase a ticket by Thursday, March 17, in order to compete.
For a full itinerary, more information about the event and the link to purchase a ticket, visit the Startup Weekend Athens website.
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Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs graduate students Alexandra Sargent and Awa Sall - in collaboration with Scott Miller's Principles of Zero Waste course, Ohio University Campus Recycling, and the Appalachia Ohio Zero Waste Initiative - are proud to present the Voinovich School Race to Zero Waste, held in Buildings 19, 21 and 22 throughout the month of March.
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The Race to Zero Waste is a campaign to upgrade the Voinovich School's waste management system to a zero waste structure. To that end, organizers have established:
- Zero Waste deskside systems with small trash bins attached to large blue recycling cans. Mixed recycling includes all paper, bottles, cans, #1-#7 plastics, plastic bags, cartons and cardboard together - no sorting required. Common trash items include Styrofoam, Mylar chip bags and many granola bar/energy bar wrappers.
- Compost bins in every break rooms. Compostable items include all food waste, napkins, and paper towels. Paper towels, tissue paper and napkins should be composted rather than recycled; the wood fibers in these products are so small that they do not recycle well.
- Paper towel composting in the rest rooms. It is imperative that these remain paper towels only. Small trash bins remain in the restrooms for hand wipes, personal items and other landfill materials.
- Cabinets for hard-to-recycle items in every building. Batteries, lightbulbs, electronics, toner cartridges, and DVDs and CDs can be placed in these cabinets.
The Race to Zero Waste is a pilot program of RecycleMania, a friendly competition to promote waste reduction that began as a match between Ohio University and Miami University and has expanded to hundreds of colleges across the United States and Canada. The Voinovich School is one of 12 schools nationwide that has agreed to take on the Race to Zero Waste challenge to test how user-friendly these methods are in a university office environment. This model has proven successful at other universities across the country.
 Zero waste is an attainable goal at the Voinovich School. Preliminary audits of waste produced in Buildings 19, 21 and 22 have shown that the Voinovich facilities are currently recycling at a 66 percent recovery rate, yet 92.8 percent of waste currently generated at the Voinovich School is recyclable or compostable. At this time, anything above a 90 percent recovery rate is considered success in RecycleMania's Race to Zero Waste. Given this data, and continued waste reduction efforts, organizers believe that rates of 95 percent or higher are genuinely achievable.
Voinovich School faculty, staff and students are encouraged to provide their input on this initiative. Those who have not already filled out the internal survey on zero waste perceptions and attitudes are encouraged to do so here. Follow up surveys and a case study will be produced at the end of the four-week pilot period. Once demonstrated successful, the model may be implemented incrementally across all Ohio University departments and academic buildings.
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 Location: Washington, DC Description: This person will assist in maintaining the organization's mission of developing innovative, culturally sensitive programs that strive to improve health outcomes of children in our region. The focus of this position will be to develop, negotiate and execute contracts with Medicaid managed care companies. This person will also need to assist in the management of the organization's financial transactions, including short-term and long-term financial planning, cash flow analysis Deadline: Closing: March 24, 2016
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 Two freshmen in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology have been selected to represent Ohio University as University Innovation Fellows (UIF) to help enhance and expand innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities for OHIO students.
Engineering and technology management major Ben Scott and chemical engineering major Faith Voinovich's first step in the National Science Foundation-funded UIF program, run through Epicenter and Stanford University, will be attending the Silicon Valley Meetup from March 17-20 at Stanford University, where they'll network with students, faculty and industry leaders who have an entrepreneurial mindset.
One of the UIF program's goals is to support student "entrepreneurial change agents" to raise the profile of innovation at their own colleges and universities. Supported by a collaboration among the Russ College, the Scripps College of Communication, and the Center for Entrepreneurship, Scott and Voinovich plan to team with fellow OHIO students and University Innovation Fellows Lori Bentz and Alex Kneier, who are working on a project called C-Suite.
"It's this idea of bringing together a centralized hub that has entrepreneurship in it," Faith Voinovich, granddaughter of Former Senator George Voinovich, said. "It might have a makerspace that would really connect engineering, business, arts and sciences, fine arts - everything in one place."
Before being accepted, Scott and Voinovich completed a six-week online course through Epicenter that tasked them with redesigning some aspect of OHIO's campus to create a stronger entrepreneurial environment.
Russ College Associate Dean for Academics Jeff Giesey, the duo's faculty sponsor, said the connections they make will benefit the projects they plan to implement at OHIO as well as their own activities outside the University.
"We're very excited about Faith and Ben being chosen for this experience, both for their own development and for how it will help them contribute to the Russ College," Giesey said.
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OAS Abstract
Deadline
March 15
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STTR/SBIR Grants Workshop
March 15
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Science Cafe: Ronan CarrollMarch 16, 5 p.m.
Baker Front Room
Learn about Americorps March 16, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Friends of the Library Room at Alden
"How I Became a Localist"March 18, 2 - 3:30 p.m.
Walter Hall Rotunda
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Startup Weekend Athens "The Sustainable Food Movement Rising"
March 23, 7:30 p.m.Baker Ballroom More information
Sustain OHIO Deadline for entry
March 25 More information
Innovation Celebration
March 29, 5:30 - 7 p.m.
Baker University Center
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"Canada has a long history of bringing environmental issues into wider human security, development, and humanitarian efforts. The recent re-engagement on climate policy provides an excellent opportunity to advance efforts to address these interconnected compound risks where climate change is a growing concern."
Dr. Geoff Dabelko, Director of the Environmental Studies Program, as quoted in
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Impact & Innovation is a newsletter for the students, faculty and professionals of the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs.
Have an article idea? Contact Laura Alloway, Voinovich School Director of Marketing and Communications.
Impact & Innovation is written and created by undergraduate students Diana Wiebe, M.C. Tilton, Jasmine Grillmeier and Daniel Kington.
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Deborah Frieze, author, entrepreneur and social activist, will share how she became a 'localist' on Friday, March 18 in Walter Hall Rotunda from 2 - 3:30 p.m., Frieze argues that our systems of education, healthcare, government and business are failing communities and need to be completely reconstructed.
