{"id":3936,"date":"2014-04-29T14:35:43","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T14:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=3936"},"modified":"2014-04-29T14:35:43","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T14:35:43","slug":"jackson-state-students-commit-on-earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2014\/04\/29\/jackson-state-students-commit-on-earth-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackson State students \u2018Commit\u2019 on Earth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ryan Deising, a sophomore civil engineering major from Nashville, Tenn., commits to go green. Photo: Taylor Bembery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taylor Bembery
\n<\/strong>Associate Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jackson State University celebrated Earth Day on April 22 in the Heritage Dining Hall sponsored by Sodexo. The event took place in efforts to extend the celebration of planet Earth and to get students to become eco-friendly.<\/p>\n

Sodexo launched a social media campaign throughout the month of April to promote sustainable living and to make a difference in the communities they serve. Sodexo\u2019s Better Tomorrow Commitments program will be showcased as everyone from employees, students, partners, managers, and residents make commitments to make the Earth a better place<\/p>\n

Students shared their personal commitment for sustainability and took pictures that were posted to social media.<\/p>\n

Ryan Deising, a sophomore civil engineering from Nashville, Tenn., made a commitment to pick up litter around campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s great to bring awareness to the environment because it\u2019s something our generation is going to have to deal with later on down the road. We need to be a clean sustainable campus. I don\u2019t like seeing litter around campus or on the side of the street,\u201d said Deising.<\/p>\n

Larry Brown, a freshman emergency management technology major from Memphis, Tenn., said it is always nice to get involved with something that will help all mankind.<\/p>\n

\u201cI commit to making the earth a greener place and a better place for all creatures, whether it is a human or animal. We all live here\u2026we all have to coexist, that\u2019s why I support going green,\u201d said Brown.<\/p>\n

Alana Jackson, Unit Marketing Cooperator with Sodexo, is a part of the nationwide initiative where people from all over the U.S. are posting pictures about their commitment to sustainability.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Earth is what we have in common and if we don\u2019t take the necessary steps to take care of it, it is not going to be a whole lot left for our future. We really want to look at ways that we can live healthier lives and by doing so we can help build our communities to be a better place,\u201d said Jackson.<\/p>\n

If you missed the Sodexo Earth Day Event, you can check out some of the pictures on Instagram, simply search the hashtag: #icommit .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taylor Bembery Associate Editor Jackson State University celebrated Earth Day on April 22 in the Heritage Dining Hall sponsored by Sodexo. The event took place in efforts to extend the celebration of planet Earth and to get students to become eco-friendly. Sodexo launched a social media campaign throughout the month of April to promote sustainable […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3936","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-campus-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}