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Know the facts inside bottled water

Photo of one single-serve bottled water with a reddish tint due to an artistic lighting effect. Did you know that producing the 29 billion single-serve bottles of water consumed in the U.S. each year is a highly resource-intensive process that negatively impacts the environment? MORE...


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Campus News

Global weirding... and you!


No, it's not weird to take action against global warming. If we all take some simple steps to do things differently, they will add up to big changes for the better. Check out this video by Syracuse University students from the Soling 300: SU Sustainability class, and get started today. You can do it!


SU Sustainability Division, Bird Library collaborate on new e-waste program

Pictured are three of the five figures constructed of empty water bottles displayed on the lawn between Schine Student Center and Newhouse April 23-24, 2012.
A new e-waste recycling program is now in place on campus so students can conveniently and responsibly dispose of their non-working laptops, cell phones, digital music players, cameras and other small electronics. Through this Sustainability Division and Bird Library joint venture, collection bins are located in the library's first floor recycling room for students to drop-off their e-waste. MORE...


Giving students a new perspective on food waste

Pictured are piles of food collected from students' trays during a tray waste audit conducted at Ernie Davis Hall's dining center.
During Paul Roberts' SU Showcase keynote presentation on April 18, he made many simple and powerful observations about moving society toward a more sustainable future. Said Roberts: "Just because something is cheap doesn't mean you have permission to waste it." Yet, in every Syracuse University dining center, hundreds of pounds of uneaten and partially eaten food gets left on dining trays each day throughout the academic year. MORE...


Syracuse University Partnerships

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Syracuse University Sustainability

SU Showcase celebrates Earth Week with events focused on the green economy
SU Showcase 2012 keynote speaker Paul Roberts talks about the realities of a sustainable future.
SU Showcase 2012 keynote speaker Paul Roberts talks about the realities of a sustainable future. Check out highlights of the April 18 event as well as coverage on The Daily Orange website.


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