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Sustainability

Nathan Phillips poses for a photo in front of the Earth House on Friday, January 15, 2016. It is a residential education program at 7 Buswell St., where accepted environmental studies students will live and study the house itself, among other things, as part of a two year program of seminars and "experiential projects." Photo By Jackie Ricciardi

Residence Life

Earth House Doubles as Environmental Classroom

January 22, 2016

Boston University Sustainability Fest

Sustainability

BU Talks Climate Action at the White House

November 20, 2015

Dining Services' 2015 Sustainability Report

Food & Dining

BU Dining Services Reaches a Big Goal, Ahead of Schedule

October 27, 2015

BU’s third dorm energy savings contest requires unneeded lights off and computers on for participating in the contest’s social media aspect. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky

Sustainability

Dorms Compete in October Energy Challenge

October 8, 2015

farmer in malawi

Business

POV: Foreign Land Grabs Aren’t Reducing Poverty

April 23, 2015

cyclists waiting in line for a free bicycle tune-up at the Boston University Sustainability Festival

University News

Get Your Green On

April 22, 2015

Richard Murray, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, Ryuji Tada, University of Tokyo, JOIDES Resolution, sediment core drilling, sedimentology, climate science

Science & Technology

The Future, Buried in the Deep

October 14, 2014

Boston University faculty fossil fuel divestment petition

Sustainability

BU Faculty Petition Urges Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies

September 10, 2014

Joulia shower, energy efficiency, innovations, Watt d’Or—Swiss Energy Excellence, Northeastern University exhibition, things to do near Boston University BU

Sustainability

New Exhibit Showcases Energy Innovations

July 15, 2014

Dennis Carlberg, Boston University director of sustainability, Sustainability@BU, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Carbon Cup, Greenovate Boston, climate change, carbon dioxide emissions reduction target

Climate Change

Boston Awards BU a Carbon Cup

June 11, 2014

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Boston

Got (Local) Fish?

April 24, 2014

self-cleaning solar panels, self cleaning solar panels

Earth

Self-Cleaning System Boosts Efficiency of Solar Panels

March 24, 2014

Boston University BU, Alternative Spring Break ASB, community service, Flagstaff Arizona, Kane Ranch

Community Service

Alternative Spring Breaks: Flagstaff, Arizona

March 20, 2014

Nepal, Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness, ECCA, community suported agriculture, community supported farming, sustainability, natural resources, third-world countries, Helen Petty, opinion, op-ed

Community Service

POV: What We Can Learn from a Poor Nation

December 18, 2013

Boston University BU, Mass Audobon, Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Valerie Pasquarella, Sam Toabe,

Sustainability

GRS Students Create Exhibition at Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary

December 12, 2013

Boston University BU, Cambodia, ecology research, Les Kaufman, College of Arts and Sciences CAS

Earth

Ecosystems and Us

December 9, 2013

philippines typhoon 2013, climate change, richard murray, boston university college of arts and sciences, CAS

Climate Change

POV: Is Philippines Typhoon the New Normal?

December 3, 2013

Boston University, Sustainable Neighborhood Lab, SNL, energy conservation, Madison Park Village, Roxbury, MA, Massachusetts, sustainability programs in Boston

Faculty

BU Profs Take Energy Conservation from Lecture Hall to Real Life

November 5, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG professor of electrical and computer, Division of Systems Engineering, Christos Cassandras, building smarter cities, traffic light, parking meter, security camera, solar panel, photovoltaic units

Engineering

If Boston Were Smart

October 28, 2013

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Recreation

Bike Safety Focus of BU’s Sustainability Festival

September 12, 2013

Bike Safety Focus of BU’s Sustainability Festival