Tag: HGCI

  • Nation & World

    ‘Green’ University celebration commences

    If you flew over Harvard University in a small plane, you would see only a few outward and obvious signs of sustainability. You would see a glittering solar array on Shad Hall at Harvard Business School, a landscaped green roof on Gund Hall, home of Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, and you would see a…

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    University recycles half its trash for first time

    Harvard’s University-wide recycling rate topped 50 percent for the first time ever in October, the latest in a series of recycling gains that University Operations Services Supervisor of Waste Management Rob Gogan said are not over.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    In brief

    Community Gifts kicks off season of giving Vendor fair to explore the ease of being green HILR’s new Green Committee spotlights transportation Upcoming Goethe-Institut concert to feature Harvard composer Safra Foundation seeks fellowship applicants Holyoke group art show seeks submissions Arboretum seeks T-shirt designs for Lilac Sunday

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Conservation progress the fruit of many Harvard hands

    Seven years into the new millennium, Harvard has taken steps to lessen its impact on the environment. These are already bearing fruit, putting the University at the forefront of the national move to create environmentally friendly practices, buildings, and institutions.

    13 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Greener building a ‘model of restoration’

    The occasion was the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new headquarters of University Operations Services (UOS) on Blackstone Street, Cambridge.

    4 minutes