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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Become part of a growing network of UA employees <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>united by a common interest in "greening" the University. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#77933C;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Join EcoOps today! </span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4F6228;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#4F6228;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>EcoOps is a new project of the Office of Sustainability aimed at building a community for UA employees and alumni who want to make the UA a more environmentally sustainable place to work, study, and play.<br><br>By joining EcoOps you can:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Show your support for sustainability at the UA; </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Receive periodic updates about ways you can make a difference; and </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Play a role in determining UA sustainability priorities </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal>Soon, EcoOps members will nominate and elect two representatives for the at-large University community who will join President Shelton’s Advisory Council for Environmental Sustainability.<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>This summer the Office of Sustainability will be organizing small working groups to develop and pilot new programs for EcoOps to help make UA offices, labs, and events more environmentally sustainable, and to establish certification, recognition, and tracking systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>To join, please create a profile by copying and pasting the following link to your web browser:<br><u><span style='color:blue'><a href="http://portal.environment.arizona.edu/campus-sustainability/webform/eco-ops" target="_blank">http://portal.environment.arizona.edu/campus-sustainability/webform/eco-ops</a><br></span></u><br>For more information, contact:<br><br>Richard Mora<br>Graduate Assistant<br>UA Office of Sustainability<br><u><span style='color:blue'><a href="http://rmora@email.arizona.edu/" target="_blank">rmora@email.arizona.edu</a><br></span></u>621-0028<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>or<br><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>Joe Abraham, Ph.D.<br>Director, UA Office of Sustainability<br>Likins Hall, room A107<br>The University of Arizona<br>Tucson, Arizona<br><u><span style='color:blue'><a href="http://jabraham@email.arizona.edu/" target="_blank">jabraham@email.arizona.edu</a><br></span></u><a href="tel:%28520%29%20621-2711" target="_blank">(520) 621-2711</a><br><u><span style='color:blue'><a href="http://www.sustainability.arizona.edu/" target="_blank">http:www.sustainability.arizona.edu</a></span></u></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><br><br><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>