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Tag: Colin Durrant
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Arts & Culture
‘Weathering Change’
Twenty-one Harvard students, faculty, staff, and alumni address climate change through poetry and art in “Weathering Change.”
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Campus & Community
Students take the lead on new climate program
A new program, led by students, will help interested professional students at Harvard engage to address climate change.
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Science & Tech
New grants for climate solutions
Seven new research projects have been awarded funding in the fourth round of grants from Harvard’s Climate Change Solutions Fund.
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Science & Tech
Students help groups to pursue climate action
Harvard living lab course works to find practical alternatives to carbon use.
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Science & Tech
Curbing carbon on campus
Harvard University achieves ambitious climate goal set in 2008.
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Science & Tech
Harvard strengthens ‘living laboratory’ to help mitigate climate impact
A reinvigorated “campus as a living laboratory” initiative includes two new, fully funded projects for that will tackle real-world challenges on campus or in the community, and lead to the practical application of emerging technologies or strategies regarding climate change.
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Science & Tech
Biodiesel one slick solution, but more to come
By turning waste fryer oil into biodiesel, Harvard undergraduates turned a chemistry class into a living lab for understanding the multifaceted problems posed by global climate change and sustainable development.
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Campus & Community
Greening starts at home
In myriad ways, Harvard is working across its campus to reduce energy use, curb climate change.
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Campus & Community
Harvard breaks LEED record
This fall Harvard reached a major milestone in its commitment to sustainability with its 100th LEED certified space. Harvard now has more certified building projects than any other higher education institution in the world, according to the U.S. Green Building Council.
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Campus & Community
A greener day
At Harvard, the commitment to a healthier, more sustainable campus is ingrained in the culture, how people learn, work, and live. Initiatives across the University’s Schools and departments bring faculty, students, and staff together in creating solutions with the ultimate goal of enhancing the well-being of everyone in the Harvard community.
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Science & Tech
Focus on food
Twenty-two faculty members presented seven-minute lightning lectures on research and realities involving food.
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Campus & Community
A sustainable 363rd Commencement
Harvard’s efforts in sustainability are reflected during its 363rd Commencement.
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Science & Tech
Progress on sustainability
Harvard University has made significant progress in reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report released by President Drew Faust, who announced the next steps that the institution will take to meet its goal of cutting emissions 30 percent by 2016.
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Science & Tech
Warmth from the woods
At the 3,700-acre Harvard Forest, three wood-fired boilers are providing scientists with a new tool to expand their understanding of climate change, while generating sustainable energy as well.
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Science & Tech
Bright lights, big impact
Harvard’s facility managers are working to improve energy systems and performance in their buildings. Their efforts, which include installing better equipment, are focused on ensuring that buildings operate as efficiently as possible.
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Campus & Community
An award for bike-friendly Harvard
The national advocacy organization League of American Bicyclists has recognized Harvard’s progress in supporting bicycle use by naming it a silver-level Bicycle Friendly University.
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Campus & Community
Conservation’s siren song
The Harvard University Police Department rolled out six new patrol cars last month. But it wasn’t the flashing lights or fresh paint jobs that were turning heads. It was the 47 mpg, gas-electric hybrid motor under the hoods.
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Campus & Community
In MAC Quad, a cardboard castle
Arriving Harvard students helped to build the world’s largest cardboard box fort in the MAC Quad.
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Campus & Community
The sharing of the green
At orientation sessions, Harvard’s Schools provide students with information on how to live more sustainably and help the University to reduce its environmental footprint.
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Campus & Community
On bicycles built for 1,000
The popular Hubway regional bike-share program, up and running in Boston, is expanding into the nearby communities of Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline, with Harvard playing a key role.
