Updated: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 8:06pm
A small exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art explored sustainability beyond its traditional realm in science. As a part of the Yale Sustainability Summit, the Yale Center for British Art showcased the works of seven artists who use nature as their subject or medium Thursday afternoon. The special exhibit, “Modern British Art and the Environment,” was a...
People packed into the President’s Room in Woolsey Hall on Wednesday for a sustainability bazaar. The Better Buying Bazaar brought in more than 30 local vendors, businesses and University departments offering cutting-edge, practical ways for the Yale community to become more sustainable. The bazaar, which attracted hundreds of University staff, students and faculty, is...
Despite the current economic crisis, its seems Americans are willing to spend green to go green. A study conducted by Yale and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change and Communication published last week found that Americans are taking an extremely proactive stance on global warming prevention — that they are willing, for instance, to boycott companies...
Giving up their Valentine’s Day was not the only sacrifice STEP volunteers made for their newest video. The students also had to clear their set — the Sigma Phi Epsilon house — of empty beer cans. The Student Taskforce for Environmental Partnership will release the second video in its three-part series, “Take the Pledge,” on Wednesday. The humorous and...
A large homemade fountain in the Commons rotunda, featuring a network of tubing and PVC spigots, brought water — and facts about water issues — directly to students on Monday. Developed by the Yale chapter of Engineers Without Borders, the fountain is a part of the Yale Student Environmental Coalition’s week-long effort to raise awareness on issues surrounding...
Carbon emissions may be the last thing on most peoples’ minds when they board an airplane. But not for the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability, FES has purchased “carbon offsets” — projects that directly remove atmospheric greenhouse gases or reduce their emission — to compensate for the 977,200 air...
The Knights of Columbus, the New Haven Catholic charity stronghold for over 125 years old, has sued New Haven for $1 million for building damage caused by the 18-second demolition of the former Veterans Memorial Coliseum two years ago, WTNH reported late Monday night. KOC officials told WTNH the city owes them reparations for shattered windows of the group’s...
Students concerned about the environmental sustainability of the two new residential colleges now have a forum for discussion, although University administrators said they were previously unaware of the committee’s formation. The Yale College Council Executive Board and the Yale Student Environmental Coalition unveiled plans to organize a New Residential Colleges...
Yale’s sustainability initiatives received national recognition once again this week when KIWI Magazine named the University one of the top 75 sustainable schools in the country. The accolade came in the family-lifestyle magazine’s “Green College Report,” which was launched online Wednesday. The issue of KIWI announcing the report hit newsstands Tuesday. Yale...
The new residents of McClellan Hall found a surprise waiting for them when they got back to campus for move-in week: instructions for using the toilets in their bathrooms. As part of a campuswide effort to conserve water, the University this summer installed “green” toilets in McClellan, the annex for juniors in Trumbull and Jonathan Edwards colleges. The UPPERCUT™...
As legislation providing for a federal cap on greenhouse-gas emissions died in the U.S. Senate on Friday, University President Richard Levin warned that Congress’ failure to tackle the issue of climate change sends the wrong message to other global powers. Democratic leaders pulled the landmark measure, which would have aimed to reduce carbon emission about 70 percent...
With his smooth, friendly Southern drawl and South Carolina childhood, James Gustave Speth ’64 LAW ’69 doesn’t cut the figure of a typical environmentalist. But Speth, the dean of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, has made a career as an activist, government lawyer and international diplomat on behalf of the environment. And now, with the publication...
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