Comments for POSTHASTE WITH GRIFF BLAKEWOOD at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.theind.com Sat, 25 May 2013 03:05:12 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/8025-posthaste-with-griff-blakewood#comment-16297 UL's administration gives the distinct impression that it would be fine with them for the university to limit it's reach to business administration (yeah, we could all use more of those) and oil industry related courses. "Not much edjumucation, but we train real good" could be the the new motto! - C. Coussan Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:40:45 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/8025-posthaste-with-griff-blakewood#comment-16111 keep that coming - better informed Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:53:13 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/8025-posthaste-with-griff-blakewood#comment-16094 Great story Dege & IND. Perhaps the unfortunate state budget cuts have presented UL with an opportunity to evolve the Renewable Resource Department into a broader interdisciplinary approach to sustainability? It's tough to imagine improving on what we had but times do change. Hopefully we can make that for the better. There is no reason why the Hub City can't have it's cake (oil & nat gas) and eat it too. Some may see sustainability as a threat to our local economy but they overlook one obvious fact... Oil ain't going nowhere! It's about recognizing we will need to begin to transition toward a sustainable future. Our society, & many others, as a whole is entirely based on how much progress we make annually... GDP. But ask yourself this, are you investing in the long term or the short term? Do you plan on having great grand children? If "success" for some means sadness and suffering for most is this progress? Can humankind reconsider the meaning of progress and redefine itself? I sure hope so. All roads lead to sustainability... If UL embraces this change even a little bit today (an interdisciplinary sustainability minor???) then we will be better able to embrace tomorrow. I believe in UL. I was a proud Community Advisor for the BeauSoleil Solar Decathlon for 2 years. I went to UL in 1995 to study Industrial Sustainable Design. Yes. Back then UL taught Sustainability:) They do today in many ways but it needs honing, passion and vision. A little goes a long way. Let's not allow LSU beat us to the punch! Geaux Red!! - Robert Guercio - UL Alumni Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:46:41 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/9-indnews/8025-posthaste-with-griff-blakewood#comment-16085 As an alumni of the Renewable Resources Program, I feel like the professors in the Renewable Resources department, and the program's emphasis on sustainability, has made a significant impact on me as a graduate. It has allowed me to develop a unique skill set, making me very successful in my current graduate studies at U.T. Austin in Community and Regional Planning. Renewable Resources is set apart from other sciences by its comprehensive approach to education that merges agriculture, social and community development, arboriculture and horticulture, watershed studies and animal science using the lens of sustainability. It is a program that is rare in the United States, and treasured by all who have been a part of it. Lets do the Lafayette thing and make sure that we have a strong cajun future of clean waters, plentiful crawfish, local farms, and smart people. Lets keep the Renewable Resources program at ULL, where we like it, and where it belongs. - Danica Adams Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:03:04 +0100