{"644589":{"#nid":"644589","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Alumnus Wins Earth Day Design Contest","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEach year for Earth Day students, alumni, faculty and staff are invited to submit designs that\u0026nbsp;evoke the theme of the event. The 2021 celebration will link to the new\u0026nbsp;Institute\u0026nbsp;Strategic\u0026nbsp;Plan with the theme: Amplify Impact. Numerous submissions were considered with Civil Engineering\u0026nbsp;Alumnus\u0026nbsp;Connor Booth taking home the prize.\u0026nbsp;His design features a hand with different ecosystems inside, showing that each person can impact\u0026nbsp;the environment.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBooth\u0026rsquo;s submission goes beyond an interest in graphic design. He\u0026nbsp;is passionate about sustainable transportation and how improving our transportation network can help fight climate change and improve local health and air quality. While at Tech,\u0026nbsp;Booth\u0026nbsp;was involved with Cru and ORGT and enjoys hiking in the mountains in his free time. He also loves to travel and visited Japan on the GT Japan Summer Program where he even got to climb Mt. Fuji. He currently lives in Marietta with his family and three\u0026nbsp;cats.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about Georgia Tech Earth visit our\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.earthday.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewebsite\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Civil Engineering graduate wins Earth Day Design Contest."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENumerous submissions were considered with Civil Engineering\u0026nbsp;Alumnus\u0026nbsp;Connor Booth taking home the prize.\u0026nbsp;His design features a hand with different ecosystems inside, showing that each person can impact\u0026nbsp;the environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Civil Engineering graduate wins Earth Day Design Contest that will be featured at for the 2021 celebration of Earth Day."}],"uid":"35110","created_gmt":"2021-02-23 14:43:19","changed_gmt":"2021-02-23 14:46:07","author":"Emma Brodzik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-02-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-02-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"644590":{"id":"644590","type":"image","title":"2021 Earth Day Design Contest Winner","body":null,"created":"1614091452","gmt_created":"2021-02-23 14:44:12","changed":"1614091519","gmt_changed":"2021-02-23 14:45:19","alt":"","file":{"fid":"244734","name":"Design Winner - Connor.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Design%20Winner%20-%20Connor.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Design%20Winner%20-%20Connor.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1263050,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Design%20Winner%20-%20Connor.png?itok=3HEzvPnq"}}},"media_ids":["644590"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.earthday.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Earth Day "}],"groups":[{"id":"624949","name":"Recycling Facilities"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1005","name":"Earth Day"},{"id":"2261","name":"earth"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"},{"id":"6283","name":"activity"},{"id":"12494","name":"winner"},{"id":"12189","name":"design contest"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["emma.brodzik@facilities.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}