Boston University

Sustainability

Alexa Pisano showing her online store on a laptop

Academics

Selling Apparel to Benefit Ocean Conservation

February 21, 2017

Boston University students file past a "Locally Grown" sign in a BU dining hall. BU Dining Services hit its goal of providing 20% sustainable food three years early.

Science & Technology

Going Green Earns Plaudits for BU

February 13, 2017

Anthony Janetos giving presentation

Climate Change

Climate Task Force Meets Tonight

January 31, 2017

Boston University School of Law tower

Science & Technology

School of Law Project Earns Gold LEED Certification

January 26, 2017

squash soup

Food

A Holiday Recipe from Peter Ungár of Tasting Counter

November 21, 2016

Angela Yuan (CAS’18) looks at a bag of vegetables at BU Farmers Market

Local

BU’s Farmers Market Supports Local Businesses

October 19, 2016

Workers on the job at Red’s Best, a Boston seafood wholesaler

Food

BU Increases Its Target for Sustainable Food Sources

October 14, 2016

Professor Anthony Janetos gives a presentation at the BU ACSRI Forum on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Science & Technology

Trustees Adopt Broad Climate Change Strategy

September 20, 2016

a chef prepares a pizza while students line up to get food

Arts & Culture

Student Feedback Influences Dining Services Changes

September 20, 2016

Matt Thacker holds a blow horn at the Divestment Rally at Marsh Plaza

Earth

Students Rally for Fossil Fuel Divestment

September 15, 2016

Sustainability Ambassador Lena Adams (SAR’19) directs Composting Comes Out during an orientation

Sustainability

Putting Emphasis on Sustainability at Orientation

September 2, 2016

Commuter Rail Train

Sustainability

New MBTA Pass Discount for Employees

August 4, 2016

Sustainability

POV: Beyond the Clean Power Plan

May 10, 2016

U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz

Law

US Secretary of Energy Moniz to Receive Honorary Degree

May 9, 2016

Sustainability@BU

University News

BU Celebrates Earth Day 2016

April 21, 2016

Professor Anthony Janetos gives a presentation at the BU ACSRI Forum on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Trustees

ACSRI Proposes Creation of Broad Climate Plan

April 20, 2016

White House Summit on Cybersecurity

Faculty

BU Researchers Welcome Obama’s Final Budget Proposals

February 25, 2016

Gas Leak California

Sustainability

CAS Prof Investigates “the Mother of All Gas Leaks”

January 25, 2016

Nathan Phillips poses for a photo in front of the Earth House on Friday, January 15, 2016. It is a residential education program at 7 Buswell St., where accepted environmental studies students will live and study the house itself, among other things, as part of a two year program of seminars and "experiential projects." Photo By Jackie Ricciardi

University News

Earth House Doubles as Environmental Classroom

January 22, 2016

Boston University Sustainability Fest

Earth

BU Talks Climate Action at the White House

November 20, 2015

BU Talks Climate Action at the White House