Southern Environmental Center Director to Speak at UNA

Apr. 14, 2009

FLORENCE, Ala. — Environmentalist and educator Roald Hazelhoff will speak at the University of North Alabama on Tuesday, April 28. Hazelhoff’s presentation entitled “Hug a tree and call me in the morning: the business case for greening the work place” will take place in Wesleyan Auditorium, 12 noon to 1:30 p.m.

Hazelhoff is founder and Executive Director of the Southern Environmental Center, located at Birmingham-Southern College. The Center is dedicated to teaching individuals how to preserve and improve local environments.

This Earth Month activity, sponsored by Tri-Beta Biology Honor Society, UNA Habitat for Humanity, and the Shoals Environmental Alliance, is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Cynthia Burkhead at (256) 765-4790, or email caburkhead@una.edu.