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Emerson Dining Center Donates to Food for Free
Read more: Emerson Dining Center Donates to Food for FreeBy: Ava Tribe Ever wonder where the excess food from the Dining Center ends up? Wonder no more! Rather than being discarded, unused food from the Emerson Dining Center is donated to Food for Free, a non-profit based in Massachusetts. This spring, we are thrilled to share that we’ve donated a remarkable 724 lbs of…
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Griff Gives Spring 2024 Results!
Read more: Griff Gives Spring 2024 Results!By Ava Tribe Last month, students moving out from the Emerson College Boston campus had the opportunity to donate items they no longer wanted through our sustainable move-out program Griff Gives. In total, the program generated a total of nearly 20,000 pounds of donations! Over the span of two weeks, students dropped unwanted clothing, housewares,…
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Day in the Life 4: My Research on Carbon Offset Projects
Read more: Day in the Life 4: My Research on Carbon Offset ProjectsBy: Katie Koenig I’ve been working for the past couple semesters on a large research project to provide data on other universities’ carbon offsetting strategies to guide Emerson’s strategy to achieve carbon neutrality. I’ve mentioned this in prior posts, but I’ve officially reached the final stage of this project, no longer researching but rather summating…
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Weigh the Waste Results Show decreases in Dining Hall Food Waste!
Read more: Weigh the Waste Results Show decreases in Dining Hall Food Waste!By Sustainability Coordinator, Jacqui Moy Now that another academic year has come to an end, so has another year of Weigh the Waste events. By now, you might know what’s to come when you see our Emerson sustainability staff tabling up and downstairs in the dining hall during dinner time. Every month, staff help diners…
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Emerson increases waste diversion by over 20%
Read more: Emerson increases waste diversion by over 20%By Sustainability Coordinator Jacqui Moy Our Spring 2024 Campus Race to Zero Waste (CR2ZW) programming has officially come to an end! CR2ZW is an eight-week waste reduction and diversion competition between colleges and universities in North America. We have been tracking Emerson’s waste data, hosting a wide variety of waste-related events, and launching our internal…