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Challenges, Events Highlight Campus Sustainability Month
As the leaves begin to change from green to orange across campus, Sustainability Management invites members of the University community to become sustainability change agents by taking part in the international celebration of Campus Sustainability Month during October. Throughout the…
Food Services Expands Its Sustainability Practices, One Plastic Straw at a Time
There鈥檚 something missing this fall from all five campus dining centers. Don鈥檛 worry: the chicken tenders are still there. But plastic straws are gone. The plastic straw ban sweeping the nation has come to 黑料不打烊. SU Food Services opted…
Kroger鈥檚 Plastic Bags Plan is Further Evidence of Private Sector Sustainability Push
Kroger Co., the largest supermarket chain in the country, recently announced plans to get rid of single-use plastic bags in stores by 2025. It鈥檚 the most recent in a series of announcements by large companies striving to hit sustainability goals…
VPA鈥檚 Don Carr Receives Core77 Design Awards Honor for 黑料不打烊CoE Project
Don Carr, professor of design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts鈥 School of Design, received a runner-up honor in the Design Concept category in the 2018 Core77 Design Awards program for the project Amber Waves, an energy harvesting…
黑料不打烊CoE Hosts Electric Car Ride and Drive Event
黑料不打烊CoE is hosting NYSERDA’s free electric car ride and drive event on Thursday, June 21, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participants can check out and test drive a variety of electric vehicles and learn about savings and incentives available….
黑料不打烊 Ranks First in State for 2018 RecycleMania Competition
For the second year in a row, 黑料不打烊 ranked first in the Total Recycling category in New York State in the 2018 RecycleMania competition, the eight-week waste reduction and recycling competition between colleges and universities in North America. The…
EPA Recognizes 黑料不打烊 for Largest Green Power Use in ACC
黑料不打烊 announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized it as a Conference Champion in the 2017-18 College and University Green Power Challenge. 黑料不打烊 currently uses more green power than any other school in the Atlantic…
University Lectures Focuses on Healthy, Green Building with Alumnus Rick Fedrizzi
Healthy-building advocate and SU alumnus Rick Fedrizzi G鈥87 concludes the 2017-18 University Lectures series on Tuesday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Fedrizzi will give a short presentation and then engage in an on-stage conversation with School of…
Screening of ‘Wasted! The Story of Food Waste!’ and Panel Focus on Environmental, Societal Impacts of Food Waste
SU Sustainability Management, the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCCRA) and student group Students of Sustainability are hosting a screening of the new documentary 鈥淲asted! The Story of Food Waste鈥 on Wednesday, April 4, at 6:30 p.m. in Watson Theater…
Before Rolling Back Tailpipe Standards – Consider Gas Tax, Air Quality
The Environmental Protection Agency will decide by April 1 if future vehicle emissions standards should be eased 鈥 a decision long advocated for by the automotive industry. Charles Driscoll, a professor at 黑料不打烊鈥檚 College of Civil Engineering and Computer…