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Sustainability News and Events

News & Events at SCU related to Sustainability. For more events, visit the Sustainability Calendar.

• Sustainability Update, November 2009

  Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

  Program Highlight
  Garden Design Party Gets Big Turnout

  Sustainability Profile
  Betsy Purner, SCU '10

  News & Events
  Walk on the Earth, Live with the Sky
  Campus Sustainability Day
  Environmental Ethics Fellow Selected
  Sustainable Data Center Award,
  Art About Water
  Waste Characterization
  SF Green Festival
  Compost Theme Song Contest
  Santa Clara County Master Composter Program

  Did You Know?
  Leavey Event Center's Lighting Project

  What Can I Do?
  inspired by Santa Clara University's Solar Decathlon Team, whose Refract House recently won third place in the 2009 competition in Washington D.C.
  Reduce: water use
  Reuse: dining ware
  Recycle: aluminum
  Respect: sustainability

  Read the Sustainability Update for November 2009

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• Composting at SCU!

  Monday, Nov. 2, 2009

  

  Wondering what items can be placed in the new green compost containers around campus*?

  *Compost collection container descriptions and locations

  • bright green bins in Benson's Market Square
  • green 2-wheeled containers at every residence hall's exterior waste collection area
  • green 2-wheeled containers at outdoor campus events

  More compost collection containers will appear around campus throughout the year! More information about waste diversion at SCU.

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• EPA Ranks SCU as a Leading Green Power Purchaser

  Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

  SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 26, 2009 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized Santa Clara University as one of the top universities to reduce its carbon footprint. SCU ranked No. 16 on the EPA’s Top 20 College & University List of green power purchasers.

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