CTL Presentation: What is Sustainability & Why Does Moraine Valley Care? Tuesday, April 10, 2-3PM, L255 College sustainability manager, Stephenie Presseller, will: help participants understand the working definition of sustainability; share examples of un/sustainable products; explain how sustainability is a framework for solving some of the most pressing problems of our history; and, showcase what …
NEWS RELEASE REPOSTED January 19, 2018 Moraine Valley receives arboretum accreditation The number and variety of trees on its campus has earned Moraine Valley Community College Arboretum Accreditation-Level I status through the ArbNet program, which is associated with The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois. Moraine Valley is the first community college and one of five …
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Fall season is here and the trees are changing. The beautiful colors are reminders of what that tree has done for us throughout the warmer months, when their leaves were green… provide oxygen! Through photosynthesis, trees remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and produce oxygen (O2) as an off-gas. That’s great news for us, …
The UN Climate Change Conference of 2017 begins today (11/6/2017)! Although President Trump has pulled the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, this is still very exciting. World leaders are converging on Bonn Germany to discuss how to mitigate the negative effects of climate change- globally- with or without US federal support. Why is …
The Go Green! Club at Moraine Valley Community College is a great way to get involved in campus fun & advance sustainability on campus. The Club meets at 2PM in L242 (in the library) on Wednesdays. The first meeting is on 8/30 @ 2. We have a great group of students that work on many …
