It's not every day that college students cross paths with a nun. But more than 30 USC students spent Tuesday evening with Sister Paula González, whose environmental evangelism has earned her the moniker “Solar Nun.”

USC’s Environment and Sustainability Program, in partnership with Sustainable Midlands, the City of Columbia and Sustainable Carolina, announces three programs by Sister Paula Gonzalez (also known as “The Solar Nun”) on January 23rd & 24th. Sister Paula, who travels locally by a solar golf cart, is known as a dynamic speaker/motivator and is the recipient of several Creation Care and energy conservation awards.

Dr. Edward Brantmeier will be speaking at the Learning Center for Sustainable Furures on Thursday, November 17 at Noon. The trip has been put together by the Department of Educational Studies and they have given us the opportunity to partner on this event. We are encouraging Dr. Brantmeier to come in and speak about longterm institutional sustainability planning, based on his own experiences on the issue. The event will be held as a brown-bag lunch session, with 30 minutes of presentation and 30 minutes of Q&A.