Category: Office of Sustainability

NYU Moves Up to #29 on Top 50 Green Colleges List

#43 to #29NYU ranked #29 on the Princeton Review’s 2022 Top 50 Green Colleges list!

The Top 50 Green Colleges ranks schools that have strong sustainability practices, academic opportunities, and a healthy quality of life for students. 

Our commitment to sustainability is deeply valued by members of the NYU community. Our administrators are committed to incorporating sustainability policies and practices into their office operations; faculty are leading sustainability research and instructing related courses; and students are engaged in peer-to-peer efforts through student government and clubs. Prospective students are also concerned with our sustainability efforts. In fact, according to the Princeton Review’s College Hopes & Worries Survey, seventy-five percent of college-bound individuals and their families said that knowing a college’s commitment to the environment would affect their decision to apply to or attend a school.  Read more

Waste Week 2021

NYU Waste Week 2021

Join us for Waste Week: November 15-19, 2021!

This week will feature waste-related programs from tabling to social media; from a panel discussion to a repair workshop. Do you ever think about waste? What happens to what you dispose? Where does it go? And how can you reduce your own waste amidst a culture of consumerism? This Waste Week, we’ll explore the nuances of waste, with events and activities related to personal waste generation (home composting, anyone?) and waste inequity and politics in NYC.

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