{"651542":{"#nid":"651542","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Making the Business Case for Sustainability: Students Pitch Carbon- and Cost-Saving Measures in the 2021 Carbon Reduction Challenge","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s 2021 Carbon Reduction Challenge, organized by the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/globalchange.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGlobal Change Program\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ray-c-anderson-center-for-sustainable-business\/index.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERay C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at the Scheller College of Business, students stepped up to propose ways to reduce carbon emissions\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Eand\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Ecosts at major organizations. Summer 2021 marked the fifth year of the Challenge, which supports students in becoming sustainability ambassadors at their places of work. The Challenge is co-directed by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/cobb-dr-kim\u0022\u003EKim Cobb\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Power Chair and ADVANCE professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ecrawford1\u0022\u003EEmily Crawford,\u003C\/a\u003E a student in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, shared the second place ($1.000) award for\u0026nbsp;work focused on transitioning from outsourcing composting to an in-house composting system. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dariia-yehorova-485151130\u0022\u003EDariia Yehorova\u003C\/a\u003E, a graduate student in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, won honorable mention.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-10-07 20:53:16","changed_gmt":"2021-10-07 20:53:16","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"summer trip","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ray-c-anderson-center-for-sustainable-business\/news\/articles\/Making-the-Business-Case-for-Sustainability-Students-Pitch-Carbon-and-Cost-Saving-Measures-in-the-2021-Carbon-Reduction-Challenge.html","dateline":{"date":"2021-09-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-09-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"189024","name":"Kin Cobb"},{"id":"170436","name":"Carbon Reduction Challenge"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}