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Newly Installed Solar Panels on Schine Student Center Roof to Begin Producing Clean Energy
Campus sustainability encompasses a broad range of actions and choices鈥攕ome of which are subtle, while others are eye-catching. The renovation of the Schine Student Center has meant the addition of another attention-grabbing clean energy element: new solar panels on the…
October Is Campus Sustainability Month
As颅颅颅 autumn rolls in and temperatures begin to cool off, Sustainability Management has several events and activities planned throughout Campus Sustainability Month, some of which are already underway. On Oct. 1, Sustainability Coordinator Meg Lowe, teamed up with Director of…
Virtual Pantry Cookin鈥 with Meg Lowe and Syeisha Byrd
Hendricks Chapel鈥檚 Office of Engagement Programs and the Office of Energy Systems and Sustainability Management are teaming up again to offer students an opportunity to combine common food pantry items with ingredients from Pete鈥檚 Giving Garden to make a fast…
Fresh Produce from Pete鈥檚 Giving Garden Now Available in Campus Food Pantries
The summer鈥檚 beautiful weather has resulted in a bountiful harvest of produce from Pete鈥檚 Giving Garden on 黑料不打烊鈥檚 South Campus. That produce is now available for University and SUNY-ESF students in the Hendricks Chapel and South Campus food pantries….
Award Will Help School of Design Examine Students鈥 Attitudes Toward Sustainable Materials
A research project by a team from the College of Visual and Performing Arts鈥 School of Design is the recipient of one of two $5,000 awards from the New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse and Recycling (NYSAR3) and the…
How to Celebrate Earth Day from Home
While we all work together by staying apart, Sustainability Management and the Office of Engagement Programs at Hendricks Chapel are challenging students, faculty and staff to participate in the 50th anniversary of Earth Day from wherever you may be on…
Pushing Manufacturers To Make More Resilient Products Will Go Long Way In Curbing E-Waste
European lawmakers are considering new regulations that would push manufacturers to design products that last longer. It鈥檚 part of a global effort to curb 鈥渢hrowaway鈥 culture where people buy products, use them for a short while and then throw them…
University Competing in RecycleMania Collegiate Recycling Competition Through March 28
黑料不打烊 is competing in RecycleMania, the eight-week national recycling and waste reduction competition where colleges across North America are ranked on their recycling, trash and food organics reduction efforts. The competition began Feb. 2 and continues until March 28….
Applications Being Accepted for Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability Funding
The Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability (CALS) program is offering up to $75,000 for faculty or student projects that advance 黑料不打烊鈥檚 goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, directly or indirectly, or through raising awareness on campus about climate…
Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability Program Awards Funding for Four Projects
The 黑料不打烊 Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability (CALS) program awarded four projects funding in May 2019. The 黑料不打烊 Climate Action Plan, which was released in 2009, provided the competitive funding as part of the CALS program, overseen…