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Tufts Eco-Ambassadors Take on Styrofoam Mountain
Styrofoam seems to be a perpetual nightmare for environmentalists. A petroleum-based plastic foam consisting mostly of air, it can’t be composted or thrown in with most municipal recycling programs,...
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Zero Waste Week Is Over!
It’s mid-October, which means that the leaves are changing, apples are everywhere, and Zero Waste Week has now come and gone! Thank you to all of the students, faculty, and staff that took part in the...
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65 Jumbos Did Not Get Wasted for ZWW!
Zero Waste Week finished this past Wednesday! Over 200 bags were distributed, and 65 brave and wonderful jumbos (and professors) did a fantastic job at keeping their waste at a minimum and brought...
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The View from Blakeley Hall
This is Andrew, the Fletcher School’s Eco-Representative. For this week’s post I’ll give you an idea of what it is like to be the Eco-Rep for Blakeley Hall, Fletcher’s graduate student dormitory....
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The Forgotten Eco-Rep Update!
Sorry everyone! Kevin here, to apologize for dropping the ball on last week’s Eco-Rep update. Unfortunately, midterm season is now upon us, and things have been getting hectic. But what have the...
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Tufts Eco-Reps Keep Busy This Week!
We don’t know how we did it, but the Tufts Eco-Reps managed to survive another week of environmental overload! In a good way, of course! We kicked off the week on Tuesday with a Hodgdon-Bush movie...
View ArticleThe Office of Sustainability is looking for a Communications Intern
Come work with us! The Tufts Office of Sustainability is currently seeking a new communications intern, to begin in spring 2014. Tufts students eligible to apply. Find the job posting and apply through...
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Eco Reps Update: Welcome Back to Tufts!
Hello fellow Jumbos! The Eco-Reps are so excited for a new semester of being green. We are pleased to welcome some new Eco-Reps to our team: Savannah Christiansen, a sophomore majoring in Environmental...
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Lunch and Learn Recap: Alicia Hunt
This week’s Lunch and Learn, an initiative of the Environmental Studies Department, featured Alicia Hunt, director of Energy and the Environment for the city of Medford. Ms. Hunt spoke to a packed...
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Eco-Rep Update: The Key Out of Keystone XL
by Danthanh Trinh (Courtesy Tufts Divest.) Imagine that out of every 94 people surveyed in your hometown community, every 22 had cancer. Imagine having to choose between living on your native land, and...
View ArticleApply to Live in the Tufts Green House Today!
Do you love our beautiful blue-green planet? Do you have a passion for the outdoors or a hankering for increased efficiency indoors? Do you enjoy windowsill gardens and casual kitchen conversations? If...
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Eco-Reps Update: SoHa Really is SoHawt
by Murvi Babalola There’s a crazy rumor going around that South Hall is one of the hottest dorms (if not the hottest dorm) on campus. In the past few months that Jesse and I have been Eco-Reps here,...
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The Latest From the Eco-Reps!
by Ellen Osborn Hey there Tufts greenies! The Eco-reps have been busy this week, just as I’m sure you have been! The semester is in full swing, especially with the Kick-off of RECYCLEMANIA!!! The...
View ArticleEco-Rep Update: Living a Green Life
by Arshiya Goel This week the Eco-reps had Dr. Jack Barbash as a guest speaker. A research chemist for the U.S. Geological Survey, he spoke to us about his job and his views on the green movement. I...
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Eco-Reps Update: Green Campus!
-by Angie Bell If you’ve mastered composting and are looking for more ways to show your sustainability spirit, now is a great time to start! There are some really awesome events coming up soon that are...
View ArticleUnwrapping Building 574- History and Redesign
My meeting with Ray Santangelo and David Kadish occurred on a Friday afternoon at the Tufts University Facility Services Department in Medford. As an intern for the Office of Sustainability, I had...
View ArticleBlog Update: “Unwrapping Building 574″ is Now Available!
The Office of Sustainability is proud to present Part 1 of Unwrapping Building 574, a three part blog on Tufts’ current building project. Building 574 represents the future of sustainability on Tufts...
View ArticleUnwrapping Building 574, Part 2: Stormwater
I asked Ray Santangelo and David Kadish if stormwater drainage was a factor in the design of building 574. “It was actually required,” Kadish said. “The age of the building resulted in a system that...
View ArticlePart 2 of “Unwrapping Building 574″ is Here!
Our ongoing coverage of building 574 continues with Part 2- Stormwater. The interview details some fascinating mechanics of the building design, including how water and runoff is handled. Read it here!
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Eco Rep Update: Recyclemania!
The weather this past weekend was just GORGEOUS and we hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did! We have some exciting news to share… the first round of Recyclemania grades have been released! Woo!...
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