Sustainability News

Transforming a Princeton Icon: The Firestone Library Renovation Project
Posted July 31, 2018
by Jared Flesher and the Library Communications staff The once dimly lit, labyrinth-like corridors of Firestone Library—known for sending new visitors on Odyssean...
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Food Choices: Using some of the latest ideas in behavioral science, a Princeton senior studies how subtle signals during meal time can lead to more sustainable eating
Posted July 31, 2018
by Jared Flesher The choices that people collectively make at dinner time—more burger, or more broccoli?—will impact the future of our warming planet. That’s because red...
Princeton Vertical Farming Project Reunions Tours May 29-June 2
Posted May 29, 2018
Tour the Princeton Vertical Farming Project during Reunions! Tours last 25 minutes and start by the Dinosaur in Guyot Hall. Please try to arrive 5 min before the tour...
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EcoReps Launch Sustainable Clothing Initiatives
Posted May 1, 2018
by Ezra Austin '19 This semester, Princeton's EcoReps launched “Mend Monday,” a bi-weekly clothing repair initiative in Frist Campus Center. Cecilia Shang '18 and Nico...
Graduating Students: Recycle Your Cap and Gown!
Posted April 30, 2018
The cap, gown, and tassel for bachelor’s degree candidates and the standard cap, gown, and tassel regalia for graduate degree candidates are made from 100% recycled...
Cecilia Shang
Student Profile: Cecilia Shang '18
Posted April 30, 2018
Major? Woodrow Wilson School, with certificates in Cognitive Science, Environmental Studies, and Dance How do you define sustainability?...
Greening Move Out
Posted April 26, 2018
If you can't keep it or sell it, donate it during the EcoReps Move Out Donation Drive and Graduate Student Furniture Drive. Every spring, the EcoReps Move Out team...
Exploring new research paths: Dean for Research awards emphasize innovation
Posted April 23, 2018
By Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research. This article originally appeared on the Princeton University Homepage. Several new research projects...
University's Campus Dining make food disposal changes to address sustainability
Posted March 14, 2018
Article by Talitha Wilsner '20 originally appeared in the Daily Princetonian. Campus Dining upgraded food disposal areas in the residential college dining halls during...
Tiger Challenge Applications Now Open for Sustainable Food Design Team!
Posted March 14, 2018
Tiger Challenge is now accepting applications to join a team designing innovative ways to reduce waste stream contamination in Princeton, NJ, and beyond. The team will...
Amanda Stevens
Staff Profile: Amanda Stevens
Posted March 2, 2018
What is your role and how long have you been at the University? My role on campus is Commute Options Manager, which really means I aim to be the go-to...
Applied Sustainability: High Meadows Foundation supports campus-based projects that yield real-world results
Posted February 2, 2018
by Jared Flesher On a warm fall day, the sound of a brassy fight song floats across campus as much of the university prepares for a football game. But just a shout away...
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Mountains of Food. Piles of Plastic. A Princeton senior documents a culture of leftovers
Posted February 1, 2018
by Jared Flesher While on campus, Patrick Rooney ‘18 thinks of himself as a sort of hunter-gatherer. He belongs to no eating club, subscribes to no dining plan. Rather,...

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