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Fall Swap and Shop donation drive — starting Wednesday!
By Eco Ambassador Ava Tribe Have any items you want to donate before winter break? Campus Services is organizing a fall semester donation drive for students to donate the following items: Clothing and accessories (please clean beforehand) Dorm items, including cleaning and laundry supplies Unopened non-perishable food Donation bins will be out from December 7th […]
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November Update: Sustainability Action Plan
Dear community, The Sustainability Action Plan process is officially underway! Over the past two weeks, each of our six working groups met for the first time. In these 90-minute meetings, the teams got to know each other, reviewed baseline information about where we stand on various sustainability metrics, and began brainstorming ideas for how to […]
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Preventing food waste on and off campus
By Eco Ambassador Anna Arriaga Food waste is no joke. While it may not seem like the most thrilling topic to discuss, it’s an issue that every single one of us contributes to, whether we intend to or not. Having a “zero waste lifestyle,” a way of living where an individual aims to produce zero […]
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Green Film School Alliance more than doubles in size
The Green Film School Alliance (GFSA), of which Emerson is a founding member, recently added sixteen new member institutions, bringing total membership to 27 schools. The group, which is now comprised of institutions from seven U.S. states and four countries, is dedicated to reducing the environmental impact of film production. GFSA members are committed to […]
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Where does Emerson’s organic waste go?
By Eco Ambassador Katie Koenig Emerson’s Eco Ambassadors took a field trip to the Waste Management plant in Charlestown, Massachusetts on October 28. We visited their CORe facility and learned about their process for turning food waste into an organic slurry that is transported to the Greater Lawrence Sanitary District in North Andover. The wastewater […]
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Fall, 2022 Clean Out Your Office day recap
Last week, faculty and staff from across Emerson brought office supplies, electronics, books, and more to the fall, 2022 Clean Out Your Office (COYO) days. Held over two days in the Bordy Theater to accommodate hybrid work schedules, the event diverted an estimated 200 pounds of supplies from the trash stream. Archives staff were also […]
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New sustainable detergent sheets now available for Emerson students
By Eco Ambassador Ava Tribe A new sustainable system for washing your laundry has just been installed in the Little Building! Instead of using pods or liquid detergent, you can now use laundry detergent sheets from a dispenser in the building’s lobby. Using these laundry sheets from this system is both environmentally friendly and cost-efficient. […]
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Emerson students attend the annual Sustainable Student Leadership Symposium
By Eco Ambassador Ava Tribe On November 5th, Eco Ambassadors Ava Tribe and Katie Koenig represented Emerson at the annual Sustainable Student Leadership Symposium. The Eco Ambassadors traveled to the symposium at UMass Dartmouth with Boston University students. The all-day event included sustainability representatives and leaders from Boston University, UMass Dartmouth, UMass Lowell, UMass Amherst, […]
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Local food at Emerson
By Eco Ambassador Anna Arriaga Sometimes, eating at a college dining hall can be weird: not watching your food be cooked, not knowing where the ingredients are sourced from, and not even being able to serve yourself can make it feel like you’re constantly eating at a restaurant. Fortunately, as an Emerson student, you can […]
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Sustainability at the Emerson- Blanquerna Global Communication Pre-Summit
By Eco Ambassador Ava Tribe This past week, Emerson College’s School of Communication hosted the 8th Annual Emerson-Blanquerna Global Communication Pre-Summit. On November 1 and 2, faculty, staff, and students presented their work and research related to the theme of “Building Bridges in Uncertain Times: Finding Commonalities Through Communication.” The theme connects closely with the […]
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