Taking the High-Road on Turkey Day
With a tradition as deeply established as Thanksgiving, taking some extra time to change our habits toward more sustainable practices can seem overwhelming. What if Aunt Bessy comes to the feast only to find real, organic cranberry sauce in place of the sugar-laden gelatin product she is so accustomed to? We here at the MIU Sustainable Living Department have sewn together this guide to a more sustainable Thanksgiving that will be tighter than the sweater Aunt Bessy so kindly made for you...
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Last week we published an article that details what our Colloquy on Deep Sustainability was all about, but now you have the chance to experience the conversations from that event for yourself! Below you’ll find audio recordings of the entire 3-day conference.
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Douglas Tuers, a member of Green Iowa AmeriCorps at MIU, coordinated and moderated a discussion about the environment and spirituality with a panel consisting of MIU’s Dr. Travis Cox, Dr. Evan Finkelstein, recent Sustainable Living graduate Pia Fritsch, and guests Father Thomas Miller and his wife Donna Miller discuss how religion and spirituality have affected the environment through the course of history. They delve deeply into what they believe has led to the current state of our spiritual relationship with the environment. They cover topics such as how...
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Students and faculty members from the Sustainable Living department at Maharishi International University visited Des Moines, Iowa’s capital, on February 17th for the annual Environmental Lobby Day/REAP Day at the Capitol.
With speakers such as Senator Dvorsky (D- Johnson), Senator Johnson (R-Osceola), Margo Underwood (Chair; Iowa Natural Resources Commission), Mark Ackelson (President Emeritus; Iowa natural Heritage Foundation) and Ralph Rosenberg (Executive Director; Iowa Environmental Council), the students were able to get a strong sense of how legislators and lobbyists feel about current environmental issues,...
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