PPT-Agriculture Sustainability Act

SB 46 Senator Scott Jenkins Why Should Utah Citizens be Concerned Self Reliance Concerns about foreign food supplies Desire to Fresh local production Agriculture is a Utah Heritage Core Values. acquired by IBM in April 2011 surveyed 130 professionals responsible for the planning and implementation of sustainabil ity initiatives at large corporations and public sector organiza tions IBM completed a thorough analysis of these survey results Ms. . Divya. Mohan. Associate Fellow. Earth . Sceince. and Climate Change Division. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). Agriculture and Climate Change. Agriculture contributes to climate change through GHG emissions. …. in the eye of the Beholder. A (. recently . retired) . practitioners . view. Georgene Geary, P.E.. GGfGA Engineering, . LLC. Green and Blue Highways Symposium. Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sustainability University Transportation Center (MATS-UTC). Our plans for 2012 and beyond. Greg Sandford – June 2012. 2. Awareness. Engagement. Results. Behaviour change. What’s our process?. 3. What do we want to achieve?. Reduce carbon emissions by 20% by 2020 – from a 2005/2006 baseline.. Fall 2014 Recommendations. Past Recommendations. Subcommittees: . Technology. Production. Consumption. Education. Agenda. “Sustainability” link on psu.edu homepage. Council of Sustainable Leaders. What is sustainability . . It is a natural progression from children appreciating and enjoying nature to understanding that nature is fragile and its resources are finite.. Sustainable practices are things we can do to help our communities, suburbs, towns, cities, farms, parks and open spaces. . Meghann Jarchow, Matthew Sayre, Shane Nordyke, and Paul Formisano. Sustainability Program, University of South Dakota. Education focused on sustainability is . not . based on a shared consensus of important concepts or curricular organization.”. Composed and Presented . By PACES. May 2016. This presentation illustrates the findings from the assessment that PACES (Program for the Assessment and Certification for the Environment and Sustainability) completed and includes recommendations for future action. . Mt Washington Campus. Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Sustainability Office: a brief overview. Established in 2006. Currently 4 full time staff. Resource for ALL University divisions. Coordinate the University Sustainability Committee and the JHU Climate Implementation Plan. the role of research. Purdue University visiting ILVO. 13/05/2016. Veerle Van linden. Sustainable agriculture. the role of research. Arkansas . University visiting ILVO. 18/05/2016. Veerle Van linden. …. Sustainability at UofL. Context-specific. Dynamic. Sustainable Systems:. Eliminate . Waste . & . Pollution. Eliminate . Abuse (to people, animals, planet). Rely . on Renewable Resources. Change . & Standards. Disclaimers. . This material was produced under a grant (SH26280SH4) from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. It does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Labor, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial products, or organization imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.. Agriculture Unit 5 Agriculture Importance of Agriculture Everyone dependent on food Agriculture occupies more land area than any other econ activity Agriculture employs 45% - almost half of world’s labor (in Africa and Asia over 50% are farmers) NACDEP Annual Conference, June 11, 2018 . Cleveland, Ohio. Walt Whitmer, Project Coordinator, Co-PI. Kathy . Brasier. , Professor of Rural Sociology, PI. Weston Eaton, Assistant Research Professor, Co-PI .