{"id":92243,"date":"2014-04-23T09:21:14","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T13:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=92243"},"modified":"2023-06-27T13:11:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:11:59","slug":"spring-fling-celebrates-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2014\/04\/spring-fling-celebrates-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Fling Celebrates Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92235\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92235\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b048.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-92235 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b048.jpg\" alt=\"Rowan Lucy '16 (BUS) buys a few plants from the UConn Blooms table during the UConn Earth Day Spring Fling held along Fairfield Way on April 22, 2014. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" width=\"615\" height=\"410\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b048.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b048-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b048-150x100.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 615px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 615\/410;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rowan Lucy &#8217;16 (BUS) buys a few plants from the UConn Blooms table during Spring Fling, an annual celebration of sustainability, held on Earth Day, April 22. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92234\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92234\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b040.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-92234 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b040.jpg\" alt=\"Eva Nelson '15 (CANR) plants seeds in plastic bottles to be given out during Spring Fling on Fairfield Way. Now in its seventh year, the festival features organic and local food, eco-friendly vendors, green companies, and student groups that join together for a day of environmental awareness. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" width=\"615\" height=\"410\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b040.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b040-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b040-150x100.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 615px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 615\/410;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eva Nelson &#8217;15 (CANR) plants seeds in plastic bottles to be given out during Spring Fling on Fairfield Way. Now in its seventh year, the festival features organic and local food, eco-friendly vendors, green companies, and student groups that join together for a day of environmental awareness. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92236\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92236\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b060.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-92236 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b060.jpg\" alt=\"Rich Miller, director of the Office of Environmental Policy, tries out the C2E2 fuel cell-powered go-kart. The Office of Environmental Policy, the Department of Dining Services' Local Routes Program, EcoHusky Student Group, and EcoHouse Learning Community are co-sponsors of the festival held each year on Earth Day. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" width=\"615\" height=\"410\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b060.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b060-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b060-150x100.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 615px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 615\/410;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rich Miller, director of the Office of Environmental Policy, tries out the C2E2 fuel cell-powered go-kart. The Office of Environmental Policy, the Department of Dining Services&#8217; Local Routes Program, EcoHusky Student Group, and EcoHouse Learning Community are co-sponsors of the festival held each year on Earth Day. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92233\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b017.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-92233 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b017.jpg\" alt=\"Sophie Marking '16 (CLAS), left, helps Thomas Chadwick '17 (CLAS) and Paul Ference '17 (ENG) determine their carbon &quot;pawprint&quot; as they navigate a maze during the UConn Earth Day Spring Fling held along Fairfield Way on April 22, 2014. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" width=\"615\" height=\"410\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b017.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b017-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b017-150x100.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 615px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 615\/410;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophie Marking &#8217;16 (CLAS), left, helps Thomas Chadwick &#8217;17 (CLAS) and Paul Ference &#8217;17 (ENG) determine their carbon &#8216;pawprint&#8217; as they navigate a maze. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92232\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b0011.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-92232 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b0011.jpg\" alt=\"UConn's new Husky dog mascot, Jonathan XIV, adds his pawprint to the proceedings. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)\" width=\"615\" height=\"410\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b0011.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b0011-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EarthDay140422b0011-150x100.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 615px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 615\/410;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UConn&#8217;s new Husky dog mascot, Jonathan XIV, adds his pawprint to the proceedings. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UConn marked Earth Day 2014 with a range of activities to promote environmental awareness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":92235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2234],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[42],"class_list":["post-92243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-university-life"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 05:24:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92243"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92422,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92243\/revisions\/92422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/92235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92243"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=92243"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=92243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}