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Founded in 2014, the Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability (CLiGS) equips current and aspiring environmental and sustainability professionals with the credentials, competencies, connections, and confidence to become more effective leaders, now and in the future.

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- - Nov 11, 2019 Sustainable Cities Series, Omaha, Nebraska, Part 2: Climate Change
    Cities take up less than three percent of land surface, but they are responsible for producing between sixty to eighty percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Online MNR student Ned Bagniewski examines the effects of climate change on the city of Omaha, Nebraska.
- - Nov 04, 2019 Sustainable Cities Series, Omaha, Nebraska, Part 1: Urban Sprawl and Social Mobility
    Online MNR student Ned Bagniewski explores how urban sprawl and mobility affect quality of life for city residents in Omaha, Nebraska.
- - Oct 23, 2019 ‘Cause I’m Leavin’ on a Jet Plane: Offsetting the Environmental Cost of Air Travel
    Fall semester 2019, the Virginia Tech Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability (CLiGS) will begin mitigating the carbon emissions from the air travel of both its students and faculty. Working with the company Terrapass, CLiGS will contribute to a portfolio that invests in renewable energy and methane recapture. CLiGS is the first group within Virginia Tech to launch this kind of climate action initiative.

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