The Center for a Better South yesterday unveiled a new book of environmental ideas for Arkansas and Southern policymakers during a press conference in front of the Jewel Moore Nature Reserve on the UCA campus.
The book, “Getting Greener: Progressive Environmental Ideas for the American South,” outlines 15 environmental policy recommendations for state and local leaders and suggests a dozen ways consumers can get greener today without any action by governments. Written by Arkansas law student Eddy Moore, it also provides a dozen ways that consumers can make their lives greener without government intervention. Click here to view the book for free.
In his welcome to South Carolina State Sen. Phil Leventis and Center for a Better South President Andy Brack, UCA President Lu Hardin underscored UCA’s role as a leader on environmental issues and reiterated his commitment to keep the university on the cutting edge of technology and efficiency.
Also participating in the press conference were Glen Hooks, Associate Regional Representative for the Sierra Club; Rob Fisher, the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Ecological Conservation Organization (www.ecoconservation.org); April Ambrose, Representative of the Arkansas Climate Awareness Project (www.arclimate.org), the Arkansas Environmental Education Association, and Executive Director and Board Chair of Arkansas Earth Day Foundation; and UCA faculty member Cliff Beacham, representing Faulkner County Supporters of Sustainable Communities.
