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Moving Out of Campus: Sustainable Ways to Reduce Waste by Universities
The average college student discards 640 pounds of waste annually, with the bulk of the waste generated in May and June when students move out of campus at the end of a school year. Instead of taking their belongings — clothes, books, foods and even furniture — back with them, many students simply throw away… Read More
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Sustainability Week at Ithaca College
These days, sustainability has become one the most popular terms in the professional world, spanning many different industries. There has never been a more appropriate time for great minds to create new ways of taking care of our planet and help us live as green a lifestyle as possible. This mindset has spread to colleges… Read More
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RecycleMania: The Other March Madness
While March Madness, College Basketball’s biggest tournament, is still about a week away, another competition is already heating up at many colleges across North America. “Recycle Mania” is a green movement, started in 2001, where colleges compete against each other in an effort to promote recycling and waste reduction. The friendly annual competition starts in the… Read More
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Tires Made From Trees – UMN’s Green Breakthrough!
Research teams at universities across the country are working day and night to help our planet in any way that they can. A team from the University of Minnesota may have just stumbled upon a breakthrough, though. This team has engineered a way to create automotive tires from trees and grass. Such a breakthrough could… Read More
