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Innovative Industries 1: Writing (WLP)
Read more: Innovative Industries 1: Writing (WLP)By: Sustainability Research Fellow, Katie Koenig Introduction So much of environmental advocacy and innovation relies on the idea of “the future.” What will the future look like on our current path, ravaged by more climate disasters than ever before? What future do we want for our planet? One where greenhouse gas emissions are eliminated and…
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Colleges, Now 9: Finding Information
Read more: Colleges, Now 9: Finding InformationBy: Katie Koenig Finding Information Data dashboards are incredibly helpful to check out what institutions are doing when it comes to energy efficiency, renewable energy, and waste diversion. Still, not every institution offers these convenient web pages, like Emerson (yet). If the institution doesn’t publish that data, there’s very little you can do to find…
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Weigh the Waste: a Year in Review
Read more: Weigh the Waste: a Year in ReviewBy: Sustainability Coordinator, Jacqui Moy Throughout the year, Emerson sustainability has weighed diners’ waste in the Dining Center during a dinner period on a monthly basis. We do this to collect data, increase awareness about food waste, assist with waste sorting, and gain feedback from diners about the causes of food waste. Since 2022, we…
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Colleges, Now 8: Visualizing BU’s Climate Action
Read more: Colleges, Now 8: Visualizing BU’s Climate ActionBy: Katie Koenig Data Dashboards If you’ve scrolled through college websites, you’ve probably encountered a dashboard before. The most common is probably a breakdown of student demographics. Arizona State University, which I covered in my last post, created a Campus Metabolism dashboard to present live data on their buildings’ energy and pollution outputs. Although that…
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Colleges, Now 7: ASU’s Campus Metabolism
Read more: Colleges, Now 7: ASU’s Campus MetabolismBy Katie Koenig While researching college sustainability efforts, I generally look for the most eye-catching, unique initiatives I can find. Something like a “big ticket item” to add to this series every once in a while. “Sustainability” is such a broad term that I want to find efforts that really push the limits of what…