Sustainable Community Development Initiative
2009 Sustainability Champions
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Sustainability Champions are individuals who, by practice and belief, support the ideals of sustainable practice and using a triple bottom-line approach to problems and issues. The champions have demonstrated that they support both in word and deed, and can be looked to as leaders in sustainability. |
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Congratulations to the following Sustainability Champion Award winners: |
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Erin Babson for her work with the GVSU bus system and recycling on the Pew campus.
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Sweta Basnet for her work with HIV/AIDS awareness.
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Luis Colaferro for his work on the Climate Action Plan and calculating Grand Valley's carbon inventory.
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Janaan Decker for her work leading a group of students to Ghana on a social equity building trip.
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| Dalila Kovacs, Min Qi, Andrew Lantz, Cory DiCarlo, & Nathan Craft for their work resulting in the Michigan Green Chemistry Governor's Award. |
| President Thomas Haas for institutionalizing Sustainability as a value of the University. |
| Anne Marie Fauvel, Paul Jaenicke, Lisa Miller, Melissa Peraino, Ron Villaneuva, & Rose Yoder for their work as the Holland Green Team. |
| Robert Hollister for his research on the affects of climate change. |
| Rich Jelier for the publication of Sustaining Michigan. |
| Toni Jones for establishing the Green Library. |
| Jalyn Kamp for her marketing efforts of the GVSU bus system which have lead to increased ridership. |
| John Kilbourne for his work in developing Sparkle stationary bikes and expanding the project to the Rec Center. |
| Dan Kuipers for his work with carbon credit development through Viability, LLC. |
| Paul Lane & John Farris for their work with Esteli Innovation. |
| Erin Layman for her work on the Campus Sustainability website and the City of Grand Rapids. |
| Colleen Lyon for her work with the Green Library. |
| Dominic Kootsillas-Conybeare, the Jobs for the New Economy intern, has been developing a custom database of job opportunities for the New Economy including clean technology, clean energy, green, and sustainable economies. |
| Neil MacDonald for his research, along with students, of forest and watershed ecology. |
| Julia Mason for the integration of sustainability into the Women's Studies curriculum. |
| Azizur Molla for his work on radon-levels in the local community. |
| Jaideep Motwani for his numerous efforts to integrate sustainability into the Seidman College of Business. |
| Jeff Musser for his work on the Climate Action Committee. |
| Erik Nordman for his work on the effects of wind turbines on the community. |
| Melvin Northup for his work with soil and water conservation in the community. |
| Danielle Ostafinski for her role as a delegate to the Copenhagen Climate Summit. |
| Terry Pahl for his work in improving the sustainability of GVSU facilities. |
| Tim Thimmesch for their work on the 2008 Sustainability Indicator Report. |
| Brian Copeland for their work on the 2008 Sustainability Indicator Report. |
| Michael Zervos for his work to involve a diverse array of student groups in sustainability. |
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