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Free time impacts our sustainability
Why overworked Americans hurt the earth more than other countries
Thursday, April 16, 2009
On Tuesday, April 14, John de Graaf gave a talk entitled “Time and Sustainability,” along with a showing part of his documentary, “What's the Economy For, Anyway?” De Graaf is an author, award-winning television producer, and executive director of the Take Back Your Time initiative.
His lecture, which was opened by Roger Taylor and sponsored by the Knox College President's Task Force on Sustainability and the Cultural Events Committee, was the spring feature event in Knox’s EquiKnox ...
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Talks on a Sustainable Planet and Sustainable Economy Open Knox’s International-Week
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Keeping the environmental movement factual as opposed to emotional was the message students took away from last week’s environmental presentations that were connected with the International Fair (I-Fair). This past Tuesday and Wednesday night, Knox Environmental Studies Professor Peter Schwartzman and Knox Economics Professor Steve Cohn gave presentations on their respective fields to open the I-Week events.
Schwartzman, using ...
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Fall festival celebrates community garden
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Saturday, Oct. 25 was the Fall Festival held by Knox College’s Community Garden Club, and co-sponsored by K.A.R.E.S. and the Eco House. This event was held to harvest the food grown in the garden and to bring more awareness of the garden to Knox.
“The community garden started a couple of years ago as a ...
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Knox welcomes concerned environmentalist
Dr. Sandra Steingraber tied economy into ecology in a lecture delivered to Knox students and faculty.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
On Wednesday, Oct. 8, author, biologist, and environmentalist Dr. Sandra Steingraber spoke at Knox College. Known for her works Living Downstream and Having Faith, Steingraber touched on several topics related to her specialty, chemicals in the environment. She also addressed the connection between economy and environment and our campus’ role in sustainability.
Steingraber’s talk posed the question, “Which will ...
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Knox Republicans' Perspective
Thursday, April 24, 2008
John Ashcroft is the first speaker the Knox Republicans have invited to Knox College since any of them can remember and they believe it was the right choice.
According to the non-liberals who attend Knox College, the school needs speakers that are more diverse.
“He brought a different viewpoint to campus. We weren’t trying to change anyone’s mind ...
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Laurie Nowak
The Knox News Team
Laurie Nowak has written 5 articles since first writing for The Knox Student Online on April 24, 2008. To date, Laurie's most-read article is "Fall festival celebrates community garden".