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June 09 Issue - Employee Monthly Magazine
Students challenged to think about
environmental stewardship
Angelica Gurule
hands out give-away
items to promote
reducing environmental
impact at
the Otowi Building
cafeteria. Photo by Sandra Valdez
Changing the way people think about the environment is no easy task. But with support from the Lab,
Angelica Gurule of the Environmental-Risk Reduction Office is doing just that.
Last summer, she created and organized the Student Sustainability Challenge, a competition that
asked students to generate environmentally friendly ideas that could be implemented at the Lab.
Her managers, Dennis Hjeresen and Pat Gallagher, supported her all the way, Gurule said. “I had an
idea, and they helped me build it into something that would benefit the Laboratory as a whole,” she
explained. The competition is on again this summer and will challenge students to implement best
practices to reduce their environmental impact at work.
Gurule, who holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental science from the University of New Mexico, joined the Lab in February 2003 as an undergraduate student. “I heard lots of great things from friends
about the Laboratory’s student program.” said Gurule, who decided to apply. She said she owes much
to her first mentors, Yvonne Wood of Field Services Weapons and Lois McFarland of Field Services Operations.
Gurule said she loves her work at the Lab because it exposes her to a variety of environmental issues,
ranging from energy and fuel conservation to waste minimization, environmentally preferable purchasing,
pollution prevention, and communications. “This includes writing weekly ENVIRO-LINKS,
distributing awareness materials for the Environmental Management System, and giving presentations,”
she said. Recently, Gurule helped inform Otowi Building cafeteria guests about ARAMARK
Corp.’s new menu, which features produce from local farmers’ markets on Thursdays.
For more on the Student Sustainability Challenge, see the events calendar on page 11 or contact
Gurule at 7-6711.
—Tatjana K. Rosev
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