{"453271":{"#nid":"453271","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Talks Trash Thursday","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEdward Humes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of this year\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/enrichment.gatech.edu\/project-one\u0022\u003EProject One\u003C\/a\u003E reading, \u003Cem\u003EGarbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash\u003C\/em\u003E, will visit Georgia Tech this week to talk with students, faculty, and staff.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHumes\u2019 book asks readers to not only consider the 102-ton legacy of trash produced by the average American, but also the opportunity for change created by this waste. All first-year students received a copy of \u003Cem\u003EGarbology\u003C\/em\u003E at FASET orientation this summer. The book was selected to connect with Tech\u2019s new \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EServe-Learn-Sustain\u003C\/a\u003E initiative, which encourages creating sustainable communities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHumes\u2019 visit is an excellent opportunity for those interested in sustainability and Georgia Tech\u2019s Serve-Learn-Sustain initiative to participate in a discussion about how we can develop solutions to the economic and environmental crises produced by America\u2019s addiction to trash,\u201d said Lacy Hodges, academic transition programs manager in the Center for Academic Enrichment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHumes will give a plenary lecture, followed by a reception and book signing, on Thursday, Oct. 1, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in Room 144, Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons. A question and answer session will follow his presentation, giving faculty, students, and staff the chance to talk about consumption, waste, and sustainability. Refreshments will be served and the event is free.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEd Humes, author of \u003Cem\u003EGarbology,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Ewill visit campus to talk with students, faculty, and staff.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ed Humes, author of Garbology, will visit campus to talk with students, faculty, and staff."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2015-09-29 09:33:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:19","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-09-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-09-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"453281":{"id":"453281","type":"image","title":"Ed Humes","body":null,"created":"1449256297","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:11:37","changed":"1475895169","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:49","alt":"Ed Humes","file":{"fid":"202891","name":"humes_credit_sean_teegarden21.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/humes_credit_sean_teegarden21_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/humes_credit_sean_teegarden21_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":810950,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/humes_credit_sean_teegarden21_0.jpg?itok=akK-HgiC"}},"430541":{"id":"430541","type":"image","title":"Garbology\u0027","body":null,"created":"1449254381","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:39:41","changed":"1475895169","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:49"}},"media_ids":["453281","430541"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.calendar.gatech.edu\/event\/428571","title":"Ed Humes Lecture"},{"url":"http:\/\/enrichment.gatech.edu\/project-one","title":"Project One"},{"url":"http:\/\/serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu","title":"Serve\u2022Learn\u2022Sustain"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"61661","name":"Center for Academic Enrichment"},{"id":"104271","name":"common reading"},{"id":"143041","name":"garbology"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"17391","name":"guest speaker"},{"id":"88481","name":"Project One"},{"id":"168071","name":"serve-learn-sustain"},{"id":"143051","name":"trash"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}