UNM Looking for Organizations for the Third Annual Sustainability Expo

The Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico will be host­ing its third annual Sus­tain­abil­ity Expo on Thurs­day, April 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Cor­nell Mall and invites inter­ested mem­bers of the UNM com­mu­nity to take part in the fes­tiv­i­ties. The annual Earth Day-inspired event fea­tures an alter­na­tive trans­porta­tion fair, a UNM Police Depart­ment bicy­cle auc­tion, the Lobo Grower’s Mar­ket, and many other dis­plays focused on pro­mot­ing ini­tia­tives that relate to the gen­eral con­cept of envi­ron­men­tal sus­tain­abil­ity. There is no cost to participate.

“The Sus­tain­abil­ity Expo is an oppor­tu­nity to engage UNM and the com­mu­nity in cur­rent ini­tia­tives on and off cam­pus that exist not only to improve the qual­ity of our lives now, but for future gen­er­a­tions as well,” said Danielle Gilliam, one of the event’s coor­di­na­tors. “It is excit­ing and inspir­ing to see what UNM stu­dents, staff, and fac­ulty, as well as com­mu­nity mem­bers are doing to make bet­ter use of the resources we have avail­able to us and demon­strates how we embrace sus­tain­abil­ity as a core value here on campus.”

The event is pri­mar­ily spon­sored through the col­lab­o­ra­tion of UNM Park­ing and Trans­porta­tion Ser­vices, the Office of Sus­tain­abil­ity, and Sus­tain­abil­ity Stud­ies with addi­tional spon­sor­ship from KUNM and ASUNM Stu­dent Spe­cial Events.

If you are inter­ested in par­tic­i­pat­ing or have addi­tional ques­tions, con­tact event coor­di­na­tor Danielle Gilliam with UNM Park­ing and Trans­porta­tion Ser­vices at 277‑0461 or dgilliam@parking.unm.edu. The dead­line to sign up to par­tic­i­pate in the Expo is April 8.

Media con­tact: Ben­son Hen­drix, (505) 277‑1816; e-mail: bhendrix@unm.edu