Press Releases and News StoriesEARTH has obtained numerous high achievements and reached noteworthy milestones. Please take a moment to review our compilation of the press releases from this past year, as well as additional publications in which EARTH University has been mentioned. You can click on the title to read more or watch a video about each story. Past editions of our newsletters are also available. June 2011 / EARTH graduate, Pierre Paul Audate, speaks about how his education at EARTH has prepared him to educate small farmers in his home country of Haiti.
June 2011 / EARTH University and Whole Foods Markets partner to sell frozen bananas and pineapples.
March 2011 / An article in Port Magazine about EARTH University, its history, its students and the EARTH banana. March 2011 / Calestous Juma, professor of the practice of international development at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, cites EARTH as a model for African education and development. March 2011 / EARTH University's innovative project, " Educating Entrepreneurs Tool-Kit" has been named a 2011 semi-finalist in the Buckminster Fuller Challenge and is in the running for a $100,000 grand prize. March 2011 / Living in a Flat World: Global Education Conference, will take place at EARTH's campus July 14-16, 2011. March 2011 / EARTH as seen through the eyes of students from Pine Point School, a private, co-ed Pre-K through 9 school in Stonington, Connecticut. March 2011 / Hillary Rodham Clinton mentions EARTH University as an example of Costa Rica's clean energy and technology innovation initiatives at a press briefing after her meeting with Costa Rican Foreign Minister Rene Castro. January 2011 / After an extensive international search, EARTH University President José Zaglul announced the appointment of Ingrid Blanton as Vice President of Development. January 2011 / An article in green design blog Inhabitat on Panasonic's new Eco Ideas plan, which includes support for EARTH University students' education. January 2011 / Panasonic Corporation of North America and Panasonic Corporation announced a commitment of $200,000 to provide full four-year scholarships for three EARTH students. January 2011 / Purdue student Ashley Kissick shares her experiences working as a summer course assistant at EARTH University in the summer of 2010. December 2010 / A blog entry on EARTH University by Georgia Interfaith Power and Light, a non-profit partner that shares with EARTH a focus on environmental stewardship and efficient use of natural resources. December 2010 / EARTH University's 18th Commencement Ceremony to take place on December 10 with keynote speaker Franklin Chang Díaz. November 2010 / Wendy Judy, EARTH University Foundation's Director of Foundations, Grant Writing & University Liaison, will serve on the Global Event Panel of the Global Women's Initiative: Creating the Ripple Effect in Atlanta on November 11, 2010. September 2010 / Following a two month nominations process, EARTH University Foundation has announced the four awardees who will be recognized in the Pillars of EARTH: Sustainable Leadership Awards event on October 14 in Atlanta, Georgia. August 2010 / In Costa Rica EARTH University students teamed up with students from Northeastern University for a month-long field study on sustainability, health and security. June 2010 / At its October Pillars of EARTH event, EARTH University Foundation will recognize four Georgia residents for their leadership in environmental and social sustainability. June 2010 / An article in Costa Rica's English language daily, the Tico Times, about EARTH University's EARTH Plants the Future event, organized to coincide with the University's 20th Anniversary celebrations. May 2010 / EARTH University President José Zaglul gave the keynote speech at the commencement ceremonies of Chatham University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on May 23 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in public service. May 2010 / EARTH University Professor Mario Piedra was in Belize to provide training in integrated farming systems.
May 2010 / An opinion piece in the Business Review by Deborah Steketee, Executive Director of the Aquinas College Center for Sustainability. EARTH Plants the Future Global Tree Planting AnnouncedMarch 2010 / EARTH University unites 26 countries around the world to simultaneously plant 200,000 trees on June 5, 2010. December 2009 / Mrs. Jane Cocke Black, resident of Atlanta and longtime chairman of Atlanta-based EARTH University Foundation Board of Trustees, has been honored with a Doctorate in Humanities Honoris Causa from EARTH University in Costa Rica. December 2009 / After a lengthy and thorough selection process, EARTH University Foundation has named Ms. Liliana Grip as its new Director of Development. October 2009 / An interview with Walter Robb, co-president and chief operating officer of Whole Foods, on what makes an EARTH banana sustainable and how terms like organic and sustainable can elude easy definition. February 2009 / An abstract of the report to the members of the Committee on Foreign Relations in the US Senate where EARTH University is referenced as a model educational institution whose structure could be replicated in underdeveloped regions worldwide. September 2008 / Sotuh African EARTH student, Ephraim Bonginkosi Pad is interviewed about EARTH by the University of KwaZulu Natal. May 2008 / NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams reported on EARTH University's work to the educate future leaders about sustainability.
Costa Rica President Oscar Arias Sánchez’s Graduation Speech
December 2007 / 1987 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate makes a moving speech at EARTH’s 15th Graduation Ceremony on December 7, 2007 Universities as Agents of Prosperity
October 2007 / Commentary in the online news source, “Nairobi Daily,” discusses how African Universities can learn from the international community how to improve programs and create qualified graduates to confront the agricultural issues of today. EARTH University is named the World’s “Third Greenest”
September 2007 / EARTH University is recognized as the third greenest university in the world, as noted by online magazine, “Grist.” EARTH University Declares Itself Carbon Neutral
September 2007 / After conducting a University-sponsored study, EARTH declares itself Carbon Neutral. EARTH Bananas first to be sold under Whole Foods Market’s Whole Trade Guarantee Program
March 2007 / New partnership between Whole Foods Market and EARTH University Global Consortium of Higher Education and Research in Agriculture Conference at EARTH
March 2007 / Highlights of the bi-annual conference, hosted by EARTH University Builder of Bridges
Article published in the American University of Beirut quarterly magazine, “MainGate,” highlighting EARTH University President, Dr. José Zaglul. Vanguard Institutions for Latin American Youth
Article published in W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s 7tht Anniversary book, highlighting projects they have funded worldwide, including the development of EARTH University. Newsletter
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