Apr 25, 2013
This week, the chilly weather was no impediment to the flowering of the Kwanzan cherry trees and the tulips underneath. Virginia Bluebells, Daffodils, Epimedium, and Camellias are joining the party to welcome in spring!
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NYU Garden Shop, Sustainability |
Article
Apr 18, 2013
As a PlaNYC Mayor’s Carbon Climate Challenge Partner, NYU has Achieved a 30% GHG Reduction Years Ahead of Schedule
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Sustainability |
Press Release
Apr 16, 2013
Dicentra cucullaria in Native Woodland Garden April 16, 2013
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NYU Garden Shop, Sustainability |
Article
Apr 8, 2013
New York University’s residence hall energy reduction challenge, NYUnplugged, is taking place beginning Monday, April 15, 2013 and ends on Monday April, 22, 2013, in conjunction with NYU’s celebration of “Earth Week 2013. Established through a Sustainability Task Force Green Grant in 2008, “NYUnplugged” was conceived of by Adam Brock, a student at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study.
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Sustainability, Resident, Events, Office of Student Life |
Press Release
Apr 8, 2013
New York University will participate in the 43rd annual Earth Day festivities with a week-long celebration of eco-friendly events including a sprout growing workshop, a food festival, film & lectures, green projects, and an environmentally friendly clothing swap. All events are free and open to the public. Some events require a RSVP. For the complete schedule of Earth Day/Week related events, please see Sustainability at NYU.
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NYUToday-feature, Events, Sustainability |
Article
Mar 27, 2013
New York University (NYU) is a Tree Campus USA for the first time, the Arbor Day Foundation announced today. NYU achieved the title by meeting Tree Campus USA’s five standards, which include maintaining a tree advisory committee, a campus tree-care plan, dedicated annual expenditures toward trees, an Arbor Day observance and student service-learning projects. NYU will be honored in an awards ceremony, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Albany, NY.
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NYUToday-feature, Sustainability, All University |
Press Release
Feb 19, 2013
Jonathan Foley is the director of the Institute on the Environment (IonE) at the University of the Minnesota, where he is a professor and McKnight Presidential Chair in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. He also leads the IonE’s Global Landscapes Initiative.
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Sustainability, Events |
Press Release
Dec 6, 2012
Panel presenters will share and discuss perspectives on NYU and NYC’s disaster response, adaptation and mitigation efforts in the context of sustainability. The discussion to follow will help us explore how we can strengthen these efforts, adapt and even thrive under the “new normal.”
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Events, Sustainability, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development |
Press Release
Oct 15, 2012
The NYU Green Grants program has streamlined its application process; proposals will be considered for funding on a monthly basis from October 2012 through April 2013
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Sustainability, All University |
Press Release
Oct 3, 2012
In her public lecture, “Our Energy Efficiency Paradox: Psychological Barriers to ‘No-Brainer’ Solutions,” Weber, the Jerome A. Chazen Professor of International Business at Columbia Business School and a professor of psychology at Columbia University’s Earth Institute Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, will place the psychological dimension of climate change within the broader context of human dimensions of climate change.
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Sustainability |
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