{"454691":{"#nid":"454691","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Get Involved with Project One and Garbology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEach year, incoming Georgia Tech students participate in a first-year reading program called Project One. This year, all first-year students have received a copy of Edward Humes\u2019s \u003Cem\u003EGarbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the key text for Project One this year,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EGarbology\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eprovides our central thematic focus for our events, programming, and discussion, and seeks to support Tech\u2019s new QEP, Serve-Learn-Sustain. Project One will explore, investigate, and interrogate the\u0026nbsp;intersectionality\u0026nbsp;between waste, privilege, social justice, and power, in order to create a more sustainable campus and community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to using the book in their GT 1000 and ENGL 1101\/1102 classes, students will have the opportunity to participate in a number of \u003Cem\u003EGarbology\u003C\/em\u003E-related events on campus. Some of our events for this Fall include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEdward Humes, \u003C\/strong\u003EPulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003Cem\u003EGarbology,\u003C\/em\u003E visited Georgia Techon October 1 to talk trash with GT students, faculty, and staff. Humes spoke to the campus community about sustainability, consumer waste, and how we have the power to change our trajectory of environmental and economic harm by taking advantage of the opportunities our trash has to offer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u003Cstrong\u003E 4.33@Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E podcast follows the trash at Tech as they explore the Game Day Recycling program in their second episode, \u201cSmells Like School Spirit.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cstrong\u003ESustainable Initiatives for the Renewed Georgia Tech Library Panel\u003C\/strong\u003E explores the library renewal and redesign, discussing the sustainability initiatives that were part of the design process and the renewal\u2019s connection to the campus sustainability plan. The panel will be held on Tuesday, October 6, at 6 p.m. in Clough 102.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Annalisa Bracco,\u003C\/strong\u003E a professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, will discuss the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the dangerous phenomenon of ocean pollution by plastic debris. The lecture will be held on Tuesday, November 10, at 7 p.m. in Clough 144.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about Project One, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/enrichment.gatech.edu\/project-one\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/enrichment.gatech.edu\/project-one\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/enrichment.gatech.edu\/project-one\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Each year, incoming Georgia Tech students participate in a first-year reading program called Project One."}],"uid":"27244","created_gmt":"2015-10-01 18:44:03","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:40","author":"Sara Warner","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-10-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-10-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1298","name":"Parent and Family Programs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["parents@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}