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November 13, 2009

Green Bwog:There Could Be Worms In Your Room

http://www.bwog.net/articles/greenbwog_there_could_be_worms_in_your_room

OCTOBER 29, 2009

How Does Your Rooftop Grow?

http://www.livescience.com/researchinaction/ria-091029.html

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Columbia Green Market Expands, Adds New Products

The Greenmarket is greener than ever this fall.

Hudson Valley duck, Long Island lavender and Finger Lakes grapes are just a few new selections available each week because of a Greenmarket expansion coinciding with the opening of the new academic year.

Are you concerned about the climate crisis? Want to know what's really going on while still having a blast on a Saturday afternoon?

Come check out Green Umbrella's 350 Event on October 24th, as part of the Global Wake-Up Call organized by 350.org! What is 350? 350 parts per million is what scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Where are we now? Close to 390 and climbing... As the December 12th Copenhagen meetings get closer, the world is sending a message that failure is not an option. Join thousands of other organizations in hundreds of countries world-wide as well as some of your favorite campus groups as we unite for education, action and fun!

A taste of who will be there: CU Raas, Bhakti, Kingsmen, CUNUFF, EcoReps, FeelGood Grilled Cheese, Postcrypt Art Gallery, SEEJ, Project Label, Columbia Classical Performers, CU Dems, MSA, Lion Dance, Alfred Musical Improv, Lions in the Grass, and many more!

Where: Low Plaza
When: Saturday, October 24th; Wake-Up call at 11 am (Join fellow students and percussions groups kicking the campus out of bed as they create a wall of noise! Bring something to make a ruckus with) -- Events until 5 pm

Contact Greg Tulchin git2103@columbia.edu or Green Umbrella at cugreenumbrella@gmail.com with any questions. See you there!

October 14, 2009

NEW TO JOHN JAY: COLUMBIA'S OWN JAM AND SALSA

Follow the footsteps of Columbia's private-label strawberry jam and tomato salsa to John Jay Dining Hall tables. You'll find them green every step of the way.

October 13, 2009

Green Roofs Cool the City

Columbia's Green Roof featured in the National Science Foundation's Current Newsletter

http://www.nsf.gov/news/newsletter/oct_09/index.jsp

October 6, 2009

FACULTY HOUSE REOPENS - GREEN INSIDE AND OUT

The restored, renovated Faculty House exudes the graciousness and beauty befitting its 1920s McKim, Mead & White design and the hospitality befitting its role as community gathering place.

September 24, 2009

Sustainable Deconstruction and Recycling at Columbia University's Reality House

Video: "Green Salvage Program Provides Training for Local Workers"

August 26,2009

COLUMBIA TEAMS UP WITH NEW YORK CITY PARKS IN COMPUTER REUSE EFFORT

Finding suitable new homes for unneeded Columbia computers depends on finding a great partnership.

August 26, 2009

COLUMBIA , LOCAL 32BJ FORGE NEW GREEN WORKING RELATIONSHIP

Bring together an institution that’s passionate about the environment with another organization that’s equally committed, and “greening” for both groups rises yet another level.

August 11, 2009

Columbia University is a member of AASHE (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education)- a growing network of colleges and universities, businesses, and organizations working to advance sustainability in higher education. Institutional membership covers everyone on campus and includes access to members-only resources, discounts to AASHE-sponsored workshops and events, and opportunities for professional development and networking.

June 30, 2009

Summer 2009 Update on the University’s Environmental Stewardship

Although the academic year has ended, Columbia continues to move forward with sustainable initiatives, including many efforts that bring the University closer to achieving the commitment we made as part of Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC to reduce our carbon footprint by 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2017.

May 28, 2009

EDUCATION IS KEY TO PLATE-SCRAPING EFFORTS FOR NEXT YEAR

On four Thursday evenings in March and April at John Jay Dining Hall, Columbia EcoReps scraped fellow students' dinner plates, then weighed the food, liquids and paper products they'd collected.

April 27, 2009

Garden Update/CSA

With the arrival of spring and the planting season, its time to begin thinking about the wonderful fall harvest. We are pleased to announce that the Morningside Heights CSA (it stands for "Community Supported Agriculture," if you don't know what it is read here: http://www.localharvest.org/csa/) run by the Columbia University Food Sustainability Project will continue for Fall 2009. This is a 10-week CSA with Norwich Meadows Farm that starts in early September. The farm, located in upstate New York, is certified organic. If you would like to participate in the CSA, an individual share (1 - 2 people) costs $140 and a family share (4 people) costs $280. If you are interested or have any questions, please email morningsideheightscsa@gmail.com to obtain a sign-up sheet and learn about other available products. You can learn more about Norwich Meadows Farm at the following link: http://www.norwichmeadowsfarm.com/

Help support local farmers! Please spread the word

April 23,2009

New Columbia Alumni Center Sets A Gold Standard

Walk down the south side of 113^th St., between Broadway and Riverside Drive. Mid-block you'll see a building whose external grandeur testifies to its hundred-year history and whose internal renovation and dedicated space are history-making in their own right.

April 21,2009

Engineers Without Borders Win Prestigious Competition

Columbia University's Engineers Without Borders Uganda Program has won one of the Environmental Protection Agency's most prestigious student awards after a weekend of poster presentations and meetings with judges in Washington, D.C.

APRIL 20, 2009

COME FALL, A NEW GREENHOUSE ON CAMPUS - THIS ONE FOR STUDENTS

brendan cline and liz allocco

Their goal is to take practicing what they preach about green living to a brand new level on the Morningside campus. Come next fall, 13 students - all CC '11 or '12 - will reside together in GreenBorough, special-interest housing in a brownstone at 604 114^th St.

April 8, 2009

What's going on at Columbia during Earth Week?

http://www.cugreenspiration.com/

April 1, 2009

New Columbia Climate Center Mobilizes University's Expertise

http://news.columbia.edu/climate/1484

Winter/Spring 2009 Update on the University's Environmental Stewardship

Columbia continues to make strides in our mission to become more sustainable in how we live and work. This is a long-term effort that involves the entire University community: Our faculty, peers and students are in many ways putting their commitment to environmental stewardship into measurable action. This edition of the Sustainable Columbia E-news update is filled with milestones from this past winter and new activities this coming spring.

Wearable Collections: Bi-Weekly Clothing Donation and Recycling

Bring all your wearable and un-wearable clothes, coats, bedding, towels every other Thursday!

College Walk- Morningside near W. 116th St.

beginning this Thursday, March 12 from 12:00pm – 4:00pm, head to College Walk to donate all of your unwanted or un-wearable textiles!

Drop off your unwanted clothing and textiles to Wearable Collections. They will accept any used clean clothing, including shoes, hats, handbags, belts and household items such as curtains, linens, and towels. Bring your un-wearable clothes too - recycle those ripped and stained jeans into new pillows!

For more information about Wearable Collections: http://wearablecollections.com/

Look for the big white tent on College Walk every other Thursday to drop off your clothes!

Clothing Drop-off Dates:

March 12
March 26
April 9
April 23
May 7

COLUMBIA AND CITY REUSE AGENCY FORGE NEW COLLABORATION

A recent partnership between Columbia and a New York City agency has managed to keep about 30 tons of office furniture out of landfills, help 15 not-for-profit agencies stretch their limited resources, and save the University about $20,000 in disposal costs.

SANDWICH CONTAINERS GO ECO-FRIENDLY Eco-Friendly Sandwich Container

The next time you buy a sandwich on the Morningside campus, take a close look at its attractive cardboard container. Yes, Columbia's efforts to become increasingly environmentally friendly have reached even the packaging of carryout food.

Mayor's Press Conference 10.23.08 Release of Unviersities GHG Inventory

More than a year after Columbia committed to reducing its carbon footprint 30 percent by the year 2017, the University is well on its way toward achieving this important goal. President Lee C. Bollinger today joined with NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other university presidents to show their ongoing commitment to PlaNYC, the City's roadmap for achieving sustainability.

Recently, Columbia earned the highest grade—the only school to receive an A- in all of New York State and among only 15 nationwide—for its environmental stewardship efforts from the Sustainable Endowment Institute on its 2009 Sustainability Report Card. The University has been working to mobilize faculty, students and staff from across its campuses to join together to help make both Columbia and its home, New York City, more sustainable, and will continue to do so in the years ahead.

To learn about how Columbia University plans to reduce its carbon footprint, please read the

Summary Baseline Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory 2005-06 and Action Plan (PDF)

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FOOD SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT - GENERAL GRANT RESIDENTS SHARE HARVEST MEAL

They gathered on Saturday, November 15, around tables at the General Grant Houses Community Center - Grant Houses residents and Columbia students - to celebrate many months of collaboration.

GREEN SCENE: PROMOTING GREEN INITIATIVES ON CAMPUS

Have an idea on how to create an arts-related marketing campaign for one of Columbia's green initiatives? The Gatsby Charitable Foundation Student Arts Support Fund can help out.

Your awareness campaign could be a play, a visual arts exhibition, song, dance, short film, or anything artistic that would encourage Columbians to be greener. Read more <http://www.cuarts.com/gatsby> about the guidelines and application.

COLUMBIA ACES SUSTAINABILITY REPORT CARD

Columbia University has received an A- on its 2009 College Sustainability Report Card, making it one of just 15 schools to receive the top grade.

Community Garden Produces Bountiful Harvest

You may have noticed it on College Walk, twice in fact – Columbia’s very own fall harvest – reaped from the Community Garden near Pupin and Uris Halls.

THE POLITICS OF FOOD

http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/special_events/politics_of_food/

REMARKS FROM PRESIDENT LEE C. BOLLINGER ON THE POLITICS OF FOOD

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/president/docs/communications/2008-2009/081118-PoliticsofFood.html

Cool Columbia, a programmatic partnership between Columbia University and the Sierra Club to create a culture of energy conservation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the University if you live in a University apartment.

Recycling information on campus:

Lerner Hall Recycling Center (pdf)

Columbia University Recycling Tip Sheet (pdf)

Light bulb Recycling and Mercury Fact Sheet