Quick Facts
- First environmental committee formed in 2000
- Signed the Presidents Climate Commitment in 2007
- Lowered our carbon emissions by 3% since 2013
- We have a full-time Recycling Coordinator and Sustainability Manager to help manage our programming.
- 棉花糖直播 put together a Sustainable Leadership Council, who created and put out a 棉花糖直播 specific, Sustainability Plan in 2020 that was based on the and has quantifiable targets with set action plans.
- On any given day we recycle and compost 37% of our waste!
- All trash goes to Covanta, an energy-from-waste facility that burns the trash for electricity.
- Dining provides pre-consumer composting in Donahue and Dougherty.
- Every dining location sells at least one fair trade food item making 棉花糖直播 a Fair Trade Campus.
- We have 9 LEED certified buildings on campus: Austin Hall, Andy Tally Center, Law School, Driscoll Hall, Fedigan Hall, Sheehan Hall, Sullivan Hall, and the Commons
- 棉花糖直播 has over two dozen rain gardens around campus, as well as multiple other green infrastructure systems such as the, 530 SF greenroof, which is located above the Drosdick Hall Holy Grounds Caf茅.
- Students have the option to rent a bike for a semester or year through the Nova Bike Share program.
- 棉花糖直播 is purchasing 50% of grid provided electricity from a low-impact hydro facility in Holtwood, PA.
- Faculty and staff can use pre-tax dollars to pay for public transportation costs.
- 棉花糖直播 offers a minor in Sustainability Studies through the College of Arts & Science that is open to any undergradate student.
- The College of Engineering offers a Master of Science in Sustainable Engineering.
- The College of Liberal Arts and Science offers a Master of Science in Environmental Science.