{"id":42669,"date":"2017-03-21T17:10:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T17:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=42669"},"modified":"2017-03-27T13:31:20","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T13:31:20","slug":"acc-hosts-discussion-on-global-environmental-issues-and-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/03\/21\/acc-hosts-discussion-on-global-environmental-issues-and-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC hosts discussion on global environmental issues and solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College will present a discussion on global environmental issues and solutions at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 23, at Rio Grande Campus, Auditorium, Room 201 (1212 Rio Grande).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-42670\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2017\/03\/Biointegrity-Poster_FINAL-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"316\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2017\/03\/Biointegrity-Poster_FINAL-2.jpg 1498w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2017\/03\/Biointegrity-Poster_FINAL-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2017\/03\/Biointegrity-Poster_FINAL-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2017\/03\/Biointegrity-Poster_FINAL-2-112x150.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/>Presented by ACC\u2019s National Society of Collegiate Scholars, the event will focus on global climate change and species loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re learning about how our individual actions can have an impact upon the global environment,\u201d says Dr. Anne-Marie Thomas, ACC English professor and co-advisor of the ACC National Society of Collegiate Scholars. \u201cWe\u2019ll explore how we can protect and preserve the integrity of the biosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keynote speaker, environmentalist Chris Searles of BioIntegrity, will examine tropical forests, what their status is, and how you can help the world\u2019s most efficient preservation groups succeed faster in building a brighter future.<\/p>\n<p>The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments are provided.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact 512-223-7457.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College will present a discussion on global environmental issues and solutions at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 23, at Rio Grande Campus, Auditorium, Room 201 (1212 Rio Grande). Presented by ACC\u2019s National Society &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/03\/21\/acc-hosts-discussion-on-global-environmental-issues-and-solutions\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3556,"featured_media":35882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,17,19],"tags":[1437,1435,1436,97],"class_list":["post-42669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-students","category-news-and-announcements","category-students-and-alumni","tag-biointegrity","tag-environment","tag-national-society-of-collegiate-scholar","tag-rio-grande-campus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}