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It’s time for society to consider a new definition of materialism and re-think what constitutes ‘the good life,’ according to a philosophy professor who has written a new book on the subject.

In its standard interpretation, materialism says the only things that truly exist are matter and energy and that our reality is defined by them. Ethically, the term has come to be negatively associated with material greed and a fascination with amassing wealth and commodities.

Forward-thinking municipalities may one day be able to generate revenue from an unavoidable process on which they already spend millions of dollars if a UWindsor scientist can develop a process to create eco-friendly fuel from organic waste.

Subba Rao Chaganti, who works in professor Dan Heath’s lab at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, is examining a microbial battery which can convert solid municipal waste in to ethanol.

Members of the Lancer varsity soccer teams will volunteer as referees for the second annual Smiles 4 Miles four-on-four soccer tournament, May 5 at École Secondaire L’Essor.

The event commemorates Zachary D’Souza, a L’Essor student and athlete who died in November 2010 at the age of 17 from Hodgkin’s lymphoma. In its first year, the tournament raised $35,000 for the SickKids Foundation, which funds children’s health research, education and care.

The next time you’re driving down a gravel road, John Roung wants you to think about the amount of dust that’s flying around.

If there’s not that much of it, there’s a good chance the road may have been sprayed with a new dust control product that was developed for his company in collaboration with a UWindsor chemist.