TCU is offering students, faculty, staff and the community an opportunity to get engaged in sustainability this fall through the university’s 2008 Sustainability Theme Semester. The “Think Purple, Live Green” semester will consist of presentations by well-known personalities in sustainability, special classes, symposia and workshops discussing how to make human economic systems last longer and have less impact on ecological systems.
“The primary goal of the theme semester is to encourage members of the TCU community to participate in sustainable activities and learn how they can lower their carbon footprint,” said Dr. Keith Whitworth, professor of sociology and long-time environmental activist, who will be organizing the semester along with Dr. Barbara Brown Herman.
Dr. Barbara Brown Herman, TCU associate vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of student development, also coordinated the 2004 theme semester “Politics and Principles” and the 2007 theme semester “Rights. Responsibilities. Respect ” According to Dr. Herman, “The Sustainability semester will engage individuals in a broad discussion about the role of sustainable actions in society and the values that those actions create.”
