Campus Sustainability News
News on campus sustainability initiatives, emerging programs, rankings, awards, student initiatives, green teams, and more from across the Cornell University campus.
Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | Fall 2018
Sustainability Life Recipe Series
Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | Fall 2018
Sustainability Life Recipe Series
Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | Fall 2018
Sustainability Life Recipe Series
Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | Fall 2018
Sustainability Life Recipe Series
Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | Summer 2018
Sustainability Life Recipe Series
Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | Winter 2018
Sustainability Life Recipe Series
Cornell University | May 10, 2017
Cornell’s Lake Source Cooling facility has been in operation for over 15 years, providing the campus with low-carbon, clean cooling, direct from Cayuga Lake. Learn how the LSC project has remained one of the most significant environmental initiatives ever undertaken by an American university to promote a sustainable future.
Cornell Chronicle | Stephen D'Angelo, April 19, 2017
A multidisciplinary Cornell design and research team, assembled to tackle the environmental problem of post-consumer textile waste, has developed a unique fabric-shredding machine in hopes of a zero-waste solution for the textile industry.
Cornell Chronicle | Sherrie Negrea, March 2, 2017
A new smartphone app, Humble Bee, will engage and motivate students to change their behavior to improve sustainability on campus. “The problem hasn’t been engaging staff – it’s been engaging students,” said Casey Franklin, a doctoral student in human behavior and design. “How do we reach a new generation that would rather play Pokémon Go than look at our sustainability website?”
Pawprint | January 26, 2017
Staff commended and provided with new tools to act as the front-line eyes and ears of creating a welcoming campus.