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Entrepreneur Derreck Kayongo shares words of wisdom and work experiences in LCB lecture

The Lectures Coordination Board hosted Derreck Kayongo, a prominent expert in sustainability and health, on the evening of November 2 in Kagin’s Hill Ballroom. Kayongo is the founder of the Global Soap Project, which recycles soap from American hotels and delivers it to communities in developing nations. He is also the CEO of the National…

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Prof Talk: Meet Margot Higgins, the Environmental Studies department’s newest professor!

Meet the newest addition to the Environmental Studies department! Professor Higgins is teaching two courses in the environmental studies department this semester, Cycling the Urban Landscape and Americans and Global Parks and Wilderness. The Mac Weekly sat down with her to talk courses, biking in Minnesota winter and more! Is this your first time in…

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Enviro “Thurstys”: Mac’s longest-running speaker series

Enviro Thursdays are quite a tradition at Macalester. Sponsored by the Environmental Studies department, it is the longest running speaker series on campus. There is no other space where students can interact with speakers such as Bill McKibben one week and senior Macalester students the next. Plus, there are always snacks. However, it’s the speaker…

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Environmentalist Bill McKibben returns to promote new book

The last time Bill McKibben—a professor at Middlebury College and founder of the anti-carbon emissions group 350.org—was on campus, he helped spark the Fossil Free Mac divestment group. This time, many of the students who were fired up from his last visit came to hear him discuss his latest book. McKibben explained the analogy running…

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Entrepreneur Derreck Kayongo shares words of wisdom and work experiences in LCB lecture

Prof Talk: Meet Margot Higgins, the Environmental Studies department’s newest professor!

Enviro “Thurstys”: Mac’s longest-running speaker series

Environmentalist Bill McKibben returns to promote new book

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