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October 23, 2007
Stations, Virginia Tech, the Town of Blacksburg, and a group called Sustainable Blacksburg are celebrating Sustainability Week. From tree plantings to lectures to demonstrations to documentaries, the week is designed to educate the Blacksburg and Virginia Tech communities about meeting their current needs without compromising the ability to meet the needs of the future.
The events run through Saturday. You can find out more about Sustainability Week at: http://www.facilities.vt.edu/sustainability/
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Virginia Tech Vice President for Administration Sherwood Wilson said sustainability means not depleting the environmental resources we already have. He compared it to a financial endowment.
IN: I fear…
RUNS: 20
OUT: … a society forever.
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Blacksburg Mayor Ron Rordam said educating the public about the concepts behind sustainability will turn what is now a novel idea into an everyday occurrence.
IN: And I think…
RUNS: 18
OUT: … how we do business.
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Rordam offered one simple way anyone can help sustain the planet, and asked his audience to join in the effort.
IN: And one of the ways…
RUNS: 22
OUT: … neither. Thank you.
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Keynote speaker Robin Chase is the founder of GoLoco.org, which aims to reduce our reliance on transportation. She told her audience we need to start realizing the cost of all the carbon dioxide--CO2--we release into the atmosphere, especially from our cars and our power plants.
IN: So to get at…
RUNS: 15
OUT: … would you pay for that.
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Chase illustrated the cost of carbon dioxide.
IN: One mile of driving…
RUNS: 16
OUT: … take that back out.
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