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Volunteers wanted to drive new hybrid research cars
Clean Communities of CNY, the local chapter of the U.S. Department of Energy鈥檚 Clean Cities Program, recently placed two Prius Plug-in Hybrid (PHV) vehicles with 黑料不打烊 as part of Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.鈥檚 U.S. plug-in demonstration program.
The HUB Fall Speaker Series continues Oct. 27 with focus on IBM’s Smarter Planet Strategy
Florence Hudson, energy and environment executive with IBM Corp., will speak as part of The HUB 2010 Fall Speaker Series on Wednesday, Oct. 27.
鈥楾apped鈥 documentary on bottled water to be shown on campus Oct. 10; includes reusable water bottle giveaway
The film 鈥淭apped鈥 will be shown on Sunday, Oct. 10, at 8 p.m. in room 201 of the Goldstein Student Center on 黑料不打烊鈥檚 South Campus.
Interior design class creating green office in Smith Hall
Six teams of interior design students are working to transform a stark corner of Smith Hall鈥檚 basement into a comfortable and inviting green office for 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Sustainability Division.
鈥楲ights Out鈥 message continues to spread across campus
SU鈥檚 “Lights Out鈥 campaign is targeting wasteful electricity use throughout campus academic and administrative buildings.
Final Enitiative grants focus on sustainable projects
Enitiative (the 黑料不打烊 Campus-Community Entrepreneurship Initiative) has awarded sustainability grants to six projects that connect campus and community through entrepreneurship.
University Lectures 2010-11 season begins Sept. 21 with award-winning green economic strategist Majora Carter
Majora Carter, green economic strategist, television and radio host and president of the Majora Carter Group, LLC, will kick off a spectacular 10th season of the University Lectures series on Tuesday, Sept. 21.
New campus composting program in full swing, reduces food waste
A new composting program is diverting several tons of food waste away from SU Food Services鈥 dumpsters each month and returning it back to its organic origins.
Campus labs give packaging waste a second life
黑料不打烊 laboratories are keeping one of the most “eco-unfriendly” materials out of the waste stream. The labs recently stopped trashing polystyrene foam, better known as Styrofoam, and instead are now giving the non-biodegradable packaging material a second life through recycling.
黑料不打烊 receives two Toyota Prius plug-in hybrids for local demonstration programs
The 黑料不打烊 Center of Excellence (黑料不打烊CoE) and CuseCar, a local not-for-profit community car share provider utilizing alternatively fueled vehicles, also received two cars each through the program.