{"id":55693,"date":"2013-11-25T15:08:36","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T20:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=55693"},"modified":"2019-07-05T13:36:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T17:36:56","slug":"celebrating-five-years-of-environmental-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/celebrating-five-years-of-environmental-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Five Years of Environmental Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"
A sustainability nonprofit that has been accredited by the United Nations, recognized by U.S. presidents and involved in a number of international environmental conferences began as a small student organization at the 海角直播 just a few years ago.<\/p>\n
IDEAS, a sustainability movement with more than 15 chapters around the world, was founded by two UCF students in 2008.<\/p>\n
Chris Castro and Henry \u201cHank\u201d Harding, who have since graduated from UCF, were classmates in Professor Emeritus Penelope Canan\u2019s environmental sociology course who were both fascinated by the connection between the environmental and social issues they were learning in the class.<\/p>\n
Castro said the duo was motivated by \u201cthe unique opportunity to assist with engaging students in advancing the university\u2019s sustainability and climate action initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n
Castro and Harding believed that in order for UCF to achieve its environmental goals, there would need to be an engaged student body dedicated to renewable energy. They felt that students needed to be \u201caction-oriented,\u201d and thus, IDEAS for UCF was born.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a truly dedicated group of UCF students who came together to advance sustainability and our climate-action goals,\u201d Castro said. \u201cIt\u2019s completely been a team effort to get to where we are today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Castro and Harding developed a toolkit that gave new chapters across the country a step-by-step guide how to positively influence their university\u2019s environmental impact.<\/p>\n