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Mobile Lab Ambassador Application Open
Nov. 29, 2016—Do you enjoy teaching others about sustainability? Are you looking to get some experience in education? Do you want to work with Nashville students in the coolest Mobile Laboratory around? If you answered yes to any of these, we need you! We are looking for two paid VU student ambassadors for the Mobile Lab for...
Where would you want to see additional outdoor recycling containers?
Nov. 10, 2016—Vanderbilt’s Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) would like your input on where additional outdoor recycling should be located across campus! When you are walking around our beautiful campus, where would you like to be able to recycle your bottles or cans? Stop by one of the locations below to mark your idea(s) on a...
Zeppos invites Vanderbilt community to join transportation working groups
Nov. 1, 2016—Read the Vanderbilt News story here. A series of working groups comprising students, faculty and staff is launching at the Wond’ry, the university’s new innovation center, to generate recommendations about the future of transportation on the Vanderbilt campus. Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos announced the working groups Oct. 28 at a town hall meeting held as...
Slay Energy Vampires this Halloween
Oct. 26, 2016—As little ghosts and ghouls prepare to come out in search of Halloween treats, be sure you don’t have any silent menaces lurking around your office or home tricking you into using more energy! Energy vampires are electronic devices that slowly suck energy when they are turned off but still plugged in. They provide no...
Remember to power down before Winter Break
Oct. 26, 2016—Vanderbilt community members who are going to be away from their residence hall, office or home for an extended period of time over Winter break should remember to power down before they leave. Doing so is a great way to reduce energy consumption and its impact on the environment. Take some simple steps to help conserve...
Vanderbilt greenhouse gas emissions down 11 percent in one year
Oct. 26, 2016—To celebrate Campus Sustainability Month in October, Vanderbilt’s Facilities organization has released an updated inventory of the university’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the past decade, 2005 to 2015. GHG emissions dropped 11 percent in one year and 27 percent from the 2008 peak. When Vanderbilt’s significant growth in square footage, students, patient care, and...
Vanderbilt Green Fund Applications Now Open
Oct. 26, 2016—Have a sustainability project that needs funding? Applications for The Vanderbilt Green Fund are now open! The Vanderbilt Green Fund, established in 2011 by members of SPEAR and VSG, is a fund set aside for sustainability projects proposed by students. This student-run process allocates $150,000 to innovative and educational ideas that make Vanderbilt more environmentally...
Chancellor’s Town Hall discussing campus, Nashville transportation set for Oct. 28
Oct. 21, 2016—Read the MyVU story here. Internal and external forces shaping the future of transportation on the Vanderbilt campus and in the larger Nashville community will be the focus of a town hall discussion hosted by Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos on Friday, Oct. 28, from 2:10-4:10 p.m. in Flynn Auditorium at Vanderbilt Law School. All students, faculty...
Don’t forget to power down before fall break
Oct. 10, 2016—Read the MyVU story here. Vanderbilt community members who are going to be away from their residence hall, office or home for an extended period of time over fall break should remember to power down before they leave. Doing so is a great way to reduce energy consumption and its impact on the environment. October...
Cardboard Recycling during Move-In breaks records once again!
Oct. 3, 2016—Did you know that Move-In results in tons of cardboard each year and that Vanderbilt recycles all of it with the help of Cardboard Crew? See the impacts from Move-In 2016 in the infographic below!