This Week's Sustainability Events!

Come take a free tour of one of the most advanced recycling sort centers in the U.S.

Rumpke’s new system uses optical sorters to more efficiently recover and process recyclables collected from the curb. With the new equipment the capacity has increased from 14 to 26 tons processed hourly!

Date: Monday, May 3, 2010
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Cincinnati Material Recovery Facility (MRF):

Transportation provided.

Meet at CRC circle in front of ERC on Uptown West Campus.

Cars leave promptly at 1:00pm

Please RSVP at green@uc.edu

UCsustainability and MainStreet present a Climate 101 lecture:

Curitiba, Brazil: Sustainable City

Carla Chifos, PhD Planning, gives a Climate 101 lecture on her work in one of the most sustainable cities in the world: Curitiba, Brazil. The city of Curitiba provides the world with a model in how to integrate sustainable transport considerations into business development, road infrastructure development, and local community development. Curitiba is a thriving example of how to 'dismantle' a problem before it starts.

Followed by a regional film premiere of "A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil."

Date: Monday, May 3, 2010
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: MainStreet Cinema

UCsustainability and MainStreet present the regional film premiere of:

A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil

There is hope! A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil is an informative, inspirational documentary aimed at sharing ideas to provoke environmentally-friendly and cost-effective changes in cities worldwide.The documentary focuses on innovations in transportation, recycling, social benefits like affordable housing, seasonal parks, and the processes that transformed Curitiba into one of the most livable cities in the world. The film shows a city where urban solutions are not just theory, but a reality. Cities should be a solution, not a problem for humans, and Curitiba has demonstrated for the past 40 years how to transform problems into cost-effective solutions that can be applied in most cities around the world.

sponsored by Campus Progress

Date: Monday, May 3, 2010
Time: 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Location: MainStreet Cinema