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RE: Dining Infrastructure/Capital Improvements

By: Jennifer Pfluger , 6 hours ago

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Please be aware the pulpers are basically giant garbage disposals, and so they must be hooked up to extractors to remove the organic solids for composting to be considered at all sustainable. Also, the wastewater that results will still have a higher ...
Join our Sustainability team at ASU

By: Corey Hawkey , yesterday

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The University Sustainability Practices team is looking to hire a Program Coordinator. The successful candidate will coordinate activities, functions, and projects affiliated primarily with sustainability engagement and will fulfill a variety of administrative ...
RE: Statewide college sustainability requirement?

By: Owen Murphy , 4 days ago

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Thank you, Tanjimul! This list includes two Oregon schools that my students often transfer to, so it's nice to know that there is already a regional precedent among 4yr colleges. At the very least, this is a great resource for sustainability-themed learning ...

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RE: Statewide college sustainability requirement?

By: Tanjimul Alam 5 days ago

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Energy master plan RFP examples? Attachments

By: William Demopoulos 11 days ago

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RE: Solar charging benches or ebike stations

By: William Pickrum 15 days ago

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RE: diesel emissions/anti-idling online training

By: Ellen Vaughan 19 days ago

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Latest Bulletin News

U Wollongong Building Certified as Living Building

(Australia) The university's Sustainable Buildings Research Center recently achieved full marks in all seven performance areas under the Living Building Challenge and is now designated as Living Certified. The research center features 468 solar panels to support net zero energy, an onsite rainwater system to enable net zero water performance, and use of environmentally safe and reused building materials.
Southwestern U Becomes Bee Campus Certified

Now certified as an affiliate of the Bee Campus USA program, the university supports pollinators by caring for pollinator-friendly, drought-resistant plants in the campus community garden, protecting native habitat, minimizing the use of dangerous pesticides and disseminating information to the campus and external communities.
Sonoma State U Bans Glyphosate Products

The university recently banned all glyphosate-based chemicals on campus, including those used in weed-killing products such as Roundup. Instead, the university will primarily use organic-based herbicides on its 269-acre campus.

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