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Clean Out Your Office day: November 9-10
Have a stapler you’re about to throw out? Thinking of placing an order for sticky notes? Join this semester’s Clean Out Your Office day instead! Staff from Campus Services and Archives are partnering to provide a space for sharing supplies across campus. Bring your unwanted office essentials, books, and electronics to the Bordy on Wednesday, […]
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Emerson’s climate commitments
Emerson has made two public commitments related to mitigating and adapting to climate change. Are you familiar with them? If not, here is a brief overview. Carbon neutral by 2030 In 2007, then College President Lee Pelton signed what was then known as the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). In signing the […]
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Emerson earns STARS Gold status for the second time
Emerson has received a Gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (AASHE STARS) program for the second time. This rating is truly a College-wide achievement given the STARS framework’s holistic definition of sustainability. AASHE STARS is a global standard for sustainability practices in […]
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October Update: Sustainability Action Plan
Dear Emerson community, Jen (Campus Sustainability Manager) here! As promised, here is an update on the Sustainability Action Plan process so far. Over the past couple of months, about 40 members of the community have come together to form six working groups to develop plans for the future of sustainability at Emerson. Each working group […]
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Esplanade cleanup recap
By Eco Ambassador Ava Tribe On September 16, Emerson Sustainability (housed in Campus Services), Emerson Green Collective, and Emerson’s Democratic Socialists of America chapter joined with the Esplanade Association to clean up Boston’s Charles River Esplanade. Students and faculty met in the 2 Boylston Place Alley and walked over to the Esplanade to meet Esplanade […]
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Introducing our new Eco Ambassadors
Campus Services has hired four passionate students to serve as Eco Ambassadors for the academic year! These student employees will focus on peer education about sustainability and will be planning events, writing blog posts here, posting on the Sustainable Emerson instagram, and more. Keep an eye out for them around campus. Meet our new Eco […]
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Listening sessions for Sustainability Action Plan
As you may know, Emerson is developing a Sustainability Action Plan this year to help us set and achieve our 2030 goals as a community. (Hearing about this for the first time? Check out this blog post, consider applying to join a working group, and/or reach out to sustainability@emerson.edu with any questions). During the week […]
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Take advantage of the new OZZI to-go program!
Hoping to take some food to go from the Dining Center? Take advantage of our reusable clamshell program! Who can take out a clamshell? Every residential student with a meal plan has access to up to two clamshell containers at a time. Everyone else can buy into the program for just $5 per semester. How […]
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Upcoming event: Esplanade Cleanup
All students, faculty, and staff are welcome to join Emerson Green Collective, Emerson’s Democratic Socialists of America chapter, and the Office of Sustainability in cleaning up the Esplanade next Friday, September 16 from 9 am to noon. This event is a partnership with the Esplanade Association, which will determine our cleanup location and provide supplies. […]
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Welcome, new students!
Dear new students, Welcome to Emerson College! I hope you are enjoying getting to know your new peers and are settling in nicely. You’ve probably found the Emerson Sustainability travel mug in your welcome packet by now. Using your new mug at campus locations will give you a 20 percent discount on coffee, tea, and […]
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