Sustainability

Vote Vegan: MUM Listed as Most Vegan-Friendly College

October 12, 2011
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Peta2 lists Maharishi University of Management as one of the Most Vegan-Friendly Colleges in the United States, and now the competition kicks in…. Read more

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Show Me the Sustainability! Advice for New Sustainable Living Students:

September 13, 2011
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I’m here, I’m a new Sustainable Living student at MUM. I’ve packed up, I’ve said my goodbyes (for now) and I’ve moved to Fairfield, Iowa to get my education in sustainability. Now, where is it? Where is the sustainability? The answer is… Read more

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Dream Green: A Radio Show

August 11, 2011
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If you’ve been reading this Maharishi University of Management blog feed regularly, you know about KRUU 100.1 FM. Well, KRUU’s latest project dream Green aims to… Read more

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Student Strawbale Cabin

June 23, 2011
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I once heard Geoff Lawton (a long-time permaculture teacher and designer from Australia) say that local solutions for sustainable design problems are often durable. This means that good local solutions will not… Read more

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Fairfield Farmer’s Market

June 7, 2011
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Wherever I am in the U.S., I always look forward to weekend Farmer’s Markets. Fresh local food, entertainment, crafts, and friends are just a few of the things that shape a good farmer’s market, and Fairfield, Iowa has them all…Read more

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Introducing Austin Durr, MUM alumnus…

May 24, 2011
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Austin Durr graduated from Maharishi University of Management’s Sustainable Living degree program in 2007. I was fortunate to be in a few classes with Austin, and remember quite keenly his intelligence, funny sense of humor, and ultimate frisbee fanaticism.Read more

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NEW Sustainable Living Center: beyond green building

May 3, 2011
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In the 2003/2004 school year, the Sustainable Living degree program at Maharishi University of Management emerged from the Biology department. In the first year, there were 6 students; in the second year (the year I started my studies) there were 15 of us. Read More

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Compass Green: A Mobile Greenhouse Project

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Compass Green: A Mobile Greenhouse Project: Teaching sustainable agriculture to new audiences by driving a working garden right into their lives. Read more

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EcoFair: Energizing the Metamorphosis to Sustainability

April 21, 2011
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“It will be an utter mash-up of creative expression, enlightening exposure of knowledge, and ultimate fun galore,” predicted Maharishi University of Management student organizer Emanuel Schachinger, of this year’s EcoFair and EcoJam. Did it live up to his expectation? Read more

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3 Simple Vegetarian Recipe Ideas

March 19, 2011
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With more and more people choosing vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, raw or other “specialty” diets, vegetarian recipe ideas can seem more the norm than the outlier. Read more

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