The 2014 Freshmen Arrival Weekend and Back to School (FAW/BTS) weekend and the week to follow were challenging, busy and successful. By the numbers: the Emory College Class of 2018 numbers 1389 and Oxford College’s 1st year class totals 461. There are students from 45 countries and 48 states are represented; we’ll look for Montana […]
True confession…I’m a trash diver…and have been ever since I was signed up to be a charter member of the Sustainability Building Rep Committee (okay, probably before that). I promised to be a loyal supporter of all things recycled and composted both here, at home and at events I organize, support or attend. Yes, I’m […]
It was the 169th Commencement with no capricious weather in sight – just full sun! It was a fine day, particularly in all the ways we work together to pull off a singularly successful event for an audience of over 14,000. Many of us in LITS participate as volunteers; we are hosts to the Corpus […]
June has arrived and so has the bright summer sun, bringing hot temps to help heat up your compost bin! Interestingly, I realized that I’ll have to move my bin this year because a neighboring tree has now leafed out a branch that shades it. Shade cools your compost and slows the process of breaking […]
There are a number of major projects that will begin immediately following Commencement, Harris Hall and Alabama Hall most notably. Other projects have been and will continue to be underway: these include Candler School of Theology, the Chemistry addition, Raoul Hall and the Emory Healthcare Hospital addition. There are also several minor projects, ones that […]
Greetings Green ITers! April’s last week continues to celebrate Earth Day, Earth Week and yes Earth Month! Here’s the latest: Recycling for electronics and document shredding services that were offered by Emory Recycles throughout the month of April were a huge success. Go to BriarcliffRecycling for more info! Don’t Dump It – DONATE IT! Emory Recycles said […]
Emory’s Office of Sustainability Initiatives has much planned for April, but it starts in March with Earth Hour, 3/29 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. What’s Earth Hour? Go to earthhour.org for details, but to summarize, it’s Lights Out all over the world for one hour! Millions of people, multiple countries, whole continents are getting […]