MLive: WMU unveils research ‘incubator’

Bamboo plants are growing, bike wheels are turning, red wiggler worms are squirming and the staff and students of the Western Michigan University Office for Sustainability are glowing inside the newly renovated building off of Howard Street, reports MLive. The Office for Sustainability promotes environmental stewardship and collaborates with various WMU departments to make the university sustainable on various levels.  

Excerpt: “When people ask me to give an elevator speech for sustainability, I ask them to take the stairs,” Director Harold Glasser said at a grand opening ceremony attended by 200 people on Thursday. “Solar panels and energy conservation is important but it’s more than that. It’s doing less with more by working with nature and fostering conditions for human flourishing.”

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Source: MLive