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Building a Sustainable Future

Building A Sustainable Future: How To Bring Impact To Any Career

April 11, 2019 | 6-9PM | NYU GCASL Grand Hall

NYU students are invited to hear directly from industry leaders about why a sustainability lens is critical for any career path. Open to all students. Learn from representatives from HBO, PwC, Eileen Fisher, Bloomberg, Peace Corps, JPMorgan Chase, IBM, PayPal and more. RSVP for Building a Sustainable Future today to reserve your seat with the company of your interest.

 

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The NYUGREeN Room Pledge: Actions to Reduce your Carbon Footprint at Home

This year, over 800 NYU students living on campus completed the Green Room Pledge organized by the NYU EcoReps. Below are the actions they pledged to or already take to live more sustainably in on-campus housing. Even those who don’t live in an NYU residence hall can lower their carbon footprint and live more sustainably through these actions.

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Building Resiliency: A Recap of Urban Green Council’s Weathering the Storm Conference

by Cecil Scheib
 
After Superstorm Sandy, when most of lower Manhattan was dark, NYU stayed warm and lighted from its cogeneration plant. We learned then the value of building resilience. Combining sustainability with resiliency brings in many more benefits. Insulating and air sealing buildings keeps them warm longer if a power outage occurs in freezing weather. Energy efficient lighting and appliances extend the runtime of generators’ fuel tanks. And reducing our carbon footprint helps mitigate global climate change that makes natural disasters more common to begin with.

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EarthMatters Attends PLAN’s Students for Zero Waste Conference

For the second year in a row, me and some of my fellow EarthMatters executive board members attended the fifth annual Post-Landfill Action Network (PLAN)’s Students for Zero Waste Conference at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. PLAN’s mission is to supply college students with resources to help their campuses go zero waste. Environmental and climate justice were major themes at this years conference with a specific emphasis on points of interventionRead more