Staff Council Environs Committee Looks for “Ugly Duckling” Landscapes

The UNM Staff Coun­cil Envi­rons Com­mit­tee is ask­ing the cam­pus com­mu­nity to sub­mit sug­ges­tions for “ugly duck­ling” land­scapes around UNM that need some attention. Take a photo of your “ugly duck­ling” sug­ges­tion and email it to recycle@unm.edu. The dead­line is Nov. 28, 2012.

Com­mit­tee mem­bers will choose a land­scape from the sug­ges­tions and will raise money for new plants and land­scap­ing materials. The com­mit­tee cur­rently has col­lec­tion jars at the UNM main cam­pus book store, the north cam­pus book­store and at the 3rd floor recep­tion desk in the Fam­ily and Com­mu­nity Med­i­cine build­ing on North Campus.

As soon as the com­mit­tee has enough money to make improve­ments on the space, the money will be trans­ferred to the UNM Phys­i­cal Plant Dept. and they will begin to trans­form the “Ugly Duck­ling” space.

“Some­times a space just needs a lit­tle extra atten­tion,” says Staff Coun­cil Envi­rons Com­mit­tee co-chair Linda McCormick.  “This is an easy way to make part of our cam­pus a lit­tle more beautiful.”

Media con­tact: Karen Went­worth (505) 277‑5627; email: kwent2@unm.edu