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Why we should lose our shoes

NOVEMBER 6, 2011 By Daniel Smith ’13, Contributing Writer On any given day you may struggle with time management, negotiating traffic, or making a nice dish of Le Cordon Bleu. Yet according to Daniel Howell,...

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Furman sustainability is topic on South Carolina public radio

For the "Your Day" program on South Carolina Educational Radio, Furman history professor Courtney Tollison interviewed president emeritus David Shi about his thoughts on sustainability. Furman became a national leader in promoting sustainability during Shi’s...

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WSPA-TV highlights Furman’s sustainability efforts

Furman’s sustainability efforts were featured in WSPA-TV's “Go Green” series. The story by reporter Justin Cooper highlighted the university’s “living machine” that uses natural processes to clean waste water on campus. Senior Brittany Lins was...

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Bullard: health equality is key component of environmental justice

OCTOBER 20, 2011 by Dan Smith ’13, Contributing Writer “How many of you consider yourself environmentalists?” This was the first question asked by Robert D. Bullard in his hour-long talk Tuesday in a packed Johns...

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Goodwill Partnership Adds New Dimension to Campus Sustainability

OCTOBER 4, 2011 by Sara Morano '13, Contributing Writer Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. It’s a sustainability slogan that you don’t need to live in Furman’s eco-cottages to put into action.

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