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<p>Each month, CU-Boulder's Environmental Center provides eco-tips with the goal of promoting sustainable choices. March's topic is green travel.</p>

<p>Want to start your week on the right note? Attend <em>I Love Mondays</em> in the UMC. Sponsored by the <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/involvement/">Center for Student Involvement</a>, the program provides free activities for students every Monday of the academic year.</p>

<p>The natural beauty of the Flatirons has long been revered, and has become a symbol of Boulder both on post cards and in people’s memories, as well as a symbol of Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØitself.</p>

<p>Sabrina Sideris, program director of CU-Boulder's INVST Community Studies, takes great pride in working with Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØstudents to help them learn to become engaged citizens and leaders. In fact, she was once one of those students. Sideris became interested in community-based learning and social justice when she was a CU-Boulder undergraduate (1996-2000).</p>

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ, the City of Boulder and the Boulder Climate Culture Collaborative (C3 Boulder) are sponsoring a climate challenge aimed at engaging Boulder youth in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change.</span></p>

<p>As a CU-Boulder sophomore, Joseph Arehart found himself seeking an avenue through which he could have an impact on the world. The fourth-year student, who is working toward a concurrent Master's and Bachelor's degree in architectural and civil engineering, reflects on his experience working with the student organization Bridges to Prosperity.</p>

<p>Is breakdancing your thing? Or perhaps astronomy or hiking? Learn more about the clubs and organizations that make up the CU-Boulder community during the Spring Student Involvement Fair on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom.</p>

<p><span class="s1">Spectators at home basketball games will be prompted to text a pledge to conserve water a</span>s part of CU-Boulder's new Water for the West campaign. For every pledge received, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØAthletics will restore 1,000 gallons of water to the Colorado River Basin through a partnership with the Change the Course initiative. </p>

<p><span>On Jan. 26, the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØAdvocates program and the University of Colorado’s Office of Government Relations hosted the 2016 Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØAdvocacy Day at the State Capitol. Attendees received updates on the university’s recent educational, research and economic contributions. Lawmakers and Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØofficials also briefed advocates on CU’s legislative priorities, higher education’s funding outlook for this year and Colorado’s budget situation.</span></p>

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