Social Justice Education & Implementation of First-Year Seminar Course: Social Issues - Think Global, Act Local

La Salle University is an institution that prides itself on its commitment to service, justice, and the common good. This project provides a literature review of social justice education, and a possible way to implement additional social justice education into the Lasallian curriculum through a new First-Year Seminar Course. Throughout this project, I have developed a comprehensive syllabus and pedagogical teaching guide to provide a valuable addition to the First-Year Seminar courses currently offered. The main purpose of this project and this new First-Year Seminar course, titled “Social Issues: Think Global, Act Local,” is to expose students to social justice education through service-learning and high-impact practices, and to disseminate information pertaining to social injustices to better educate La Salle University students, and better serve La Salle University faculty and staff

Remote Court: Principles for Virtual Proceedings During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

Across the country, courts at every level have relied on remote technology to adapt the justice system to a once-a-century global pandemic. This Essay describes and assesses this unprecedented journey into virtual justice, paying particular attention to eviction proceedings. While many judges have touted remote court as a revolutionary innovation, the reality is more complex. Remote court has brought substantial time savings and convenience to those who are able to access and use the required technology, but it has also posed hurdles to individuals on the other side of the digital divide, particularly self-represented litigants. The remote court experience has varied substantially depending on the nature of the proceedings, the rules and procedures courts put in place, and the relevant court users’ resources and tech savvy. Critically, the challenges posed by remote court have often been less visible to judges than the efficiency benefits. Drawing on these lessons, this Essay identifies a series of principles that should inform future uses of remote technology. Ultimately, new technology should be embraced when—and only when—it is consistent with fair proceedings and access to justice for all

Spotlight on U.S. EPA Region 5's Food Manufacturing and Processing Industry

In 2015, the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) began a project to analyze public data sets to determine the impact of manufacturing on the economy and environment of the six states in U.S. EPA Region 5. The goal of this project was to use the analyzed results to assist pollution prevention technical assistance programs (P2 TAPs) with targeting their assistance efforts. This white paper summarizes preliminary findings related to the food manufacturing and processing industry (NAICS code 311).This project was funded under U.S. EPA’s Pollution Prevention Information Network grant program (agreement number NP-00E01338).Ope

The Economic and Environmental Impact of Great Lakes Manufacturing: Snapshot of Emissions, Pollution Prevention Practices, and Economic Impact Using Public Data

In this report, the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) has used publicly available environmental data to establish a regional baseline for industrial chemical use and emissions; pollution prevention (P2) techniques; greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; and economic impact data for selected industry sectors in U.S. EPA Region 5. The project team searched, compiled, and analyzed selected data sets from USEPA’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), the GHG emissions database on Envirofacts, and the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns database on American FactFinder.This project was funded under U.S. EPA’s Pollution Prevention Information Network grant program (agreement number NP-00E01338).Ope

Base out visual training and proximal convergence

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Spotlight on Minnesota's Manufacturing Sector

In 2015, the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) began a project to analyze data from U.S. EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Greenhouse Gas databases and the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns Database to determine the impact of manufacturing on the economy and environment of the six states in U.S. EPA Region 5. This fact sheet summarizes findings for Minnesota's manufacturing sector (NAICS 311-337).U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; NP- 00E02048Ope

Spotlight on Indiana's Manufacturing Sector

In 2015, the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) began a project to analyze data from U.S. EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Greenhouse Gas databases and the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns Database to determine the impact of manufacturing on the economy and environment of the six states in U.S. EPA Region 5. This paper summarizes findings for Indiana's manufacturing sector (NAICS 311-337).U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; NP- 00E02048Ope

Spotlight on Ohio's Manufacturing Sector

In 2015, the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) began a project to analyze data from U.S. EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Greenhouse Gas databases and the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns Database to determine the impact of manufacturing on the economy and environment of the six states in U.S. EPA Region 5. This fact sheet summarizes findings for Ohio's manufacturing sector (NAICS 311-337).U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; NP- 00E02048Ope