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Sustainability

Dining Services' 2015 Sustainability Report

In the City

BU Dining Services Reaches a Big Goal, Ahead of Schedule

October 27, 2015

BU’s third dorm energy savings contest requires unneeded lights off and computers on for participating in the contest’s social media aspect. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky

University News

Dorms Compete in October Energy Challenge

October 8, 2015

farmer in malawi

Sustainability

POV: Foreign Land Grabs Aren’t Reducing Poverty

April 23, 2015

cyclists waiting in line for a free bicycle tune-up at the Boston University Sustainability Festival

University News

Get Your Green On

April 22, 2015

Richard Murray, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, Ryuji Tada, University of Tokyo, JOIDES Resolution, sediment core drilling, sedimentology, climate science

Science & Technology

The Future, Buried in the Deep

October 14, 2014

Boston University faculty fossil fuel divestment petition

Sustainability

BU Faculty Petition Urges Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies

September 10, 2014

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Visual Arts

New Exhibit Showcases Energy Innovations

July 15, 2014

Dennis Carlberg, Boston University director of sustainability, Sustainability@BU, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Carbon Cup, Greenovate Boston, climate change, carbon dioxide emissions reduction target

Earth

Boston Awards BU a Carbon Cup

June 11, 2014

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Sustainability

Got (Local) Fish?

April 24, 2014

self-cleaning solar panels, self cleaning solar panels

Science & Technology

Self-Cleaning System Boosts Efficiency of Solar Panels

March 24, 2014

Boston University BU, Alternative Spring Break ASB, community service, Flagstaff Arizona, Kane Ranch

Ecology

Alternative Spring Breaks: Flagstaff, Arizona

March 20, 2014

Nepal, Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness, ECCA, community suported agriculture, community supported farming, sustainability, natural resources, third-world countries, Helen Petty, opinion, op-ed

Volunteer

POV: What We Can Learn from a Poor Nation

December 18, 2013

Boston University BU, Mass Audobon, Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Valerie Pasquarella, Sam Toabe,

Sustainability

GRS Students Create Exhibition at Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary

December 12, 2013

Boston University BU, Cambodia, ecology research, Les Kaufman, College of Arts and Sciences CAS

Faculty

Ecosystems and Us

December 9, 2013

philippines typhoon 2013, climate change, richard murray, boston university college of arts and sciences, CAS

Earth

POV: Is Philippines Typhoon the New Normal?

December 3, 2013

Boston University, Sustainable Neighborhood Lab, SNL, energy conservation, Madison Park Village, Roxbury, MA, Massachusetts, sustainability programs in Boston

Climate Change

BU Profs Take Energy Conservation from Lecture Hall to Real Life

November 5, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG professor of electrical and computer, Division of Systems Engineering, Christos Cassandras, building smarter cities, traffic light, parking meter, security camera, solar panel, photovoltaic units

Engineering

If Boston Were Smart

October 28, 2013

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University News

Bike Safety Focus of BU’s Sustainability Festival

September 12, 2013

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Schools and Colleges

Summer Construction on the Charles River Campus

June 26, 2013

Greenovate Boston Awards, Boston University, Sustainability at BU

University News

BU Earns Greenovate Boston Award

June 18, 2013

BU Earns Greenovate Boston Award