Colorado State University Offers Environmentally Friendly Course In The Virgin Islands May 20-30
Tuesday, April 28, 1998
FORT COLLINS--Colorado State University students and
interested community members can study environmentally friendly
design, technology and construction at a resort on the island of
St. John May 20-30.
The founder of the resort will speak at 7 p.m. April 29 in
Room 208 Lory Student Center on campus.
Stanley Selengut, founder of the most publicized eco-
tourism destinations in the world, will discuss his resort
development in the U.S. Virgin Islands as well as future plans
for partnering with Colorado State on education and research
projects. The talk is free and open to the public.
Colorado State University's Institute for the Built
Environment partnered with Selengut to develop a course titled
"Sustainable Practices Summer Study Tour." Participants will
receive credit for the course and will participate in daily
lectures, tours and a sustainable design, eco-tourism or resource
project.
"We want to encourage the community to participate," said
Brian Dunbar, director of the Institute for the Built Environment
and associate professor in the department of design,
merchandising and consumer sciences. "We'll study environmentally
friendly practices as they relate to design, construction,
building materials and daily choices. Participants will come away
with the knowledge that anytime you inhabit a place, what you do
can enhance or harm the environment."
Selengut has received national and international recognition
for his resorts because of his experimentation with sustainable
design, construction and innovative use of alternative energy and
recycled materials.
"People who visit leave with a heightened sense of awareness
of how their everyday practices affect the environment," Selengut
said. "Many former visitors contact me to say thanks and to tell
me they have changed their everyday actions to be more
environmentally friendly."
Selengut's resort on St. John recently was named as the
world's most environmentally friendly hotel by 18,000 travel
agent subscribers to the "Official Hotel Guide."
For more information or to register for the course, contact
Dunbar at (970) 491-5041.
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