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Interviews at Emerson 5: Lauren Sadowski
By Katie Koenig Introducing Lauren Sadowski Lauren Sadowski is an affiliated faculty member at Emerson in the Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies. Her classes focus on ecology and conservation from an interdisciplinary perspective. She works to engage her students in her classroom, both indoors and outdoors. She herself is a social scientist,…
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Interviews at Emerson 4: Nancy Howell
By Katie Koenig Introducing Nancy Howell Nancy Howell is the Senior Marketing Content Strategist at Emerson, and has worked here for sixteen years. She’s an Emerson alum from 2003, too. She also got involved with sustainability efforts on campus around a decade ago, when she joined the Sustainability Committee. President Jackie Liebergott formed the Committee…
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Interviews at Emerson 2: Amy Rinaldo
By Katie Koenig Introducing Amy Rinaldo Amy Rinaldo is the Associate Director of English Language Learning (ELL) in International Student Affairs at Emerson. She supports English language skills and skill development for multilingual students, especially for multilingual international students. Even if they aren’t international students, Amy works to provide support for those that may struggle…
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Interviews at Emerson: Michael Tucker
By Katie Koenig Nowadays, we toss the word ‘sustainability’ around a lot without defining exactly what we’re talking about. It’s an incredibly broad term, which I suppose is one of the reasons we use it so often. Still, it can be hard to figure out what sustainability is and how to practice it on a…
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Day in the Life 3: What Are LEED Certifications?
Emerson is LEED certified—yay! Wonderful! We love accreditations! …But what does that actually mean? The U.S. Green Building Council can certify any building with a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification. It’s a “globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement,” ensuring that the building is cost-saving, energy efficient, and offers additional environmental benefits. There are…
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Day in the Life 2: Voluntary Carbon Market
By: Katie Koenig In my last post, I mentioned doing research on other universities’ carbon offset strategies for Emerson to create its own. What I didn’t explain was the background for why so many universities have turned to offsetting their emissions in the first place. Starting in the ‘90s, the voluntary carbon market (VCM) began…
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Insights from a Waste Audit
By Sustainability Coordinator Jacqui Moy Waste Diversion Fellow, Ria Wipperfurth suited up for our waste audit. On February 26th, the Emerson sustainability team dug deep into bags of compost, recycling, and trash from campus buildings to audit our waste. I know- yuck! But, in this gross yet enlightening process, we aimed to identify missed waste…
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Day in the Life 1: What Does Carbon Neutrality Actually Mean?
By: Katie Koenig Officially, I’m the Research Sustainability Fellow at Emerson College. Functionally, that means I spend a lot of time on my computer, figuring out the most efficient way to word google queries to find the exact internet pages and websites I need for my current projects. Not a lot of my work is…
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A Sustainable Take on New Year’s Resolutions
By Sustainability Coordinator, Jacqui Moy Happy New Year, Emerson community! With the new year comes much reflection and many resolutions. Here are some resolutions—actions you can take— from Sustainability at Emerson to create a greener 2024. Also find information on upcoming programming at the end of the article. Committing to one of these simple sustainable…
