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We’re building on our past progress in reducing emissions with goals to be fossil fuel-free by 2050 and fossil fuel-neutral by 2026.
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Recycling Challenge Quiz

Take our quiz to test your recycling knowledge and earn participation points for your House or Dorm.

REP Recycling Challenge

Green Tip

Currier House Rep Rachel Hampton, College '17, shares her favorite films to inspire students to take action on climate change.

Best films to inspire sustainability

Case Study

LEED Rating System: LEED-NC

LEED Rating: GOLD

Date Completed: May, 2006

Hamilton Hall is a 48,000 square foot dormitory for MBA students at the Harvard Business School (HBS). The building was originally constructed in 1926 and a full gut renovation began in 2005....

HBS Hamilton Hall

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Living Lab: Student Peer-to-Peer Programs

In this video we explore the undergraduate and graduate peer-to-peer programs that educate and engage students in environmental issues.

Student Peer-to-Peer Programs

Case Study

LEED Rating System: LEED-CI

LEED Rating: SILVER

Date Completed: August, 2005

Mather Dunster became the nation’s first LEED-CI kitchen when it achieved a LEED Silver rating in 2006. All thirty of the LEED points attempted were accepted by the USGBC.

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HUDS Mather/Dunster House Kitchen

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Want Greenhouse Gases with that?

Every time you choose a meal with less or no meat you have a positive effect on the environment!

Want Greenhouse Gases with that?

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  • 31 Jan

    HLC Green Team EcoOpportunity Meeting

    1–1:45 pm
  • 31 Jan

    Radcliffe Institute Chilean Constitutional Reform: Mother Nature, Mapuche Women, and Decolonial Perspectives

    4 pm
  • 7 Feb

    HKS Dinner Film Screening: "There's Something in the Water" environmental racism documentary

    5:30–8 pm
  • 8 Feb

    Radcliffe Institute Wiring Gaia in the Anthropocene: “Smart Earth” Digital Technologies and Environmental Futures

    12 pm
  • 8 Feb

    HFSI Scraps: The Environmental & Societal Implications of Reducing Food Waste

    4:30–5:30 pm
  • 13 Feb

    HBS Home Weatherization & Energy Lunch and Learn

    11 am–12 pm
  • 14 Feb

    Harvard Freecycle

    11 am–2 pm
  • 16 Feb

    HGSE Green Team Meeting

    12–12:45 pm
  • 16 Mar

    HGSE Green Team Meeting

    12–12:45 pm
  • 18 Apr

    Harvard Freecycle

    11 am–2 pm
  • 20 Apr

    HGSE Green Team Meeting

    12–12:45 pm

Events

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31 Jan

HLC Green Team EcoOpportunity Meeting

1–1:45 pm
31 Jan

Radcliffe Institute Chilean Constitutional Reform: Mother Nature, Mapuche Women, and Decolonial Perspectives

4 pm
7 Feb

HKS Dinner Film Screening: "There's Something in the Water" environmental racism documentary

5:30–8 pm

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  • January 26, 2023

    Listening to air, water

  • January 12, 2023

    Exxon disputed climate findings for years. Its scientists knew better

  • January 3, 2023

    With an eye on climate, a helping hand for health care’s front lines

  • December 6, 2022

    You believe in climate change but drive a gas-guzzler, don’t recycle. Why?

  • November 30, 2022

    Tackling climate change with ‘sleeves rolled up’

  • November 28, 2022

    Raising health care’s climate voice

  • November 23, 2022

    Glimmers of movement, hope at COP27

  • November 16, 2022

    Climate change in urban America, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Calif. reservation

  • November 15, 2022

    How inflation act may help rescue greenhouse-gas goals of repealed Clean Power Plan

  • November 7, 2022

    PFAS levels lower in buildings with healthier furnishings

  • October 27, 2022

    A global beacon on climate change

  • October 25, 2022

    Launching Salata Institute to marshal Harvard resources to fight climate crisis

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