Category: Greening CCNY

From City to the World’s Sustainability Spotlight

by Katherine Gloede Silverman

At CCNY, research and scholarship advance every day on issues of crucial importance to people throughout New York City and across the world. In this series hosted by City College President Vincent Boudreau, meet faculty, hear firsthand about their research and, in conversation with outside experts, discover how that research is forging new solutions to real-world issues like poverty, homelessness, mental health challenges, affordable housing and disparities in health care. -Description via From City to the World’s Website. Recent episodes have featured just some of the exciting sustainability work and research happening on our CCNY campus. See details and embedded podcast …

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Digging Through the Data: Waste Audit of the Science Building at CCNY

by Katherine Gloede Silverman

By Jake Weinberger, CCNY Sustainability Coordinator This spring, our team rolled up our sleeves and got our hands dirty—literally—for an important cause. As part of our commitment to sustainability at The City College of New York (CCNY), the Environmental Health and Occupational Safety and CCNY Sustainability Team conducted a waste audit of the Marshak Science Building to better understand what we’re throwing away and how we can improve waste diversion on campus. Over the course of the audit, we collected and sorted a total of 78 pounds of waste. After careful categorization, here’s what we found: This audit was part …

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