EcoAction

01/29/2015

The local environmental non-profit Bethesda Green is hosting it's sixth annual Fields of Green Internship Fair on Saturday, January 31, 2015 from 10:00am - 2:00pm. This event is designed to help area college and grad students connect with local green jobs. Over the past few years, Bethesda Green has connected students with hundreds of paid and unpaid internships and jobs in the environmental sector. Come check it out!

12/03/2014

Board Election Meeting TONIGHT! ICC 202, usual room! See you all there!

11/29/2014

Note from GEL:

GREAT NEWS! Georgetown won second place in the impact division of the kill the cup challenge!!! In October, our reusable cup rate was 5.1% which was above Starbuck's rate of 5.0%.

More than that, during the month of October, we increased our reusable cup rate by 65% compared to our baseline data.

Thank you so so much for all your help! This is a huge win for Georgetown sustainability. For all of you who submitted selfies with reusable cups, keep an eye out for an email about winning the grand prize, an iPad which should be announced in the coming weeks.

Keep using those reusable cups, especially needed during finals!

11/19/2014

Want to support waste reduction on campus, learn more about the Office of Sustainability and get free bagels and pizza this weekend? Sign up to volunteer with a recycling and donation initiative on campus this Saturday! We are looking for volunteers to help sort recycable, reusable and donatable items for a few hours Saturday morning. Your support means a lot! Please sign up here:

https://docs.google.com/a/georgetown.edu/forms/d/1nEwvJvh5eo-FrcRb9X5mmRW_hoXonNT2mBT8ueNAv10/viewform

Want to support waste reduction on campus, learn more about the Office of Sustainability and get free bagels and pizza this weekend? Sign up to volunteer! We are seeking student volunteers this weekend to help separate and recycle an assortment of recyclable, re-usable and donatable household materi…

11/05/2014

Don't forget to take the pledge!

10/27/2014

We have ONE more week of the competition left and Georgetown needs YOUR help!

Georgetown is a little further behind some of the other schools in the competition and we want to make one last push to win that $2,000!

Step 1: Bring a reusable cup to coffee shops
Step 2: Take a picture with that cup
Step 3: Send it in to killthecup.com.

This could be a really great chance for Georgetown to be recognized as a leader in environmental issues. Remember that you can win $50 and an iPad as well!

In good Halloween spirit, KILL THE CUP!

10/27/2014

Come to our meeting this Tuesday for talk and tastes of Chipotle! First come, first serve!

12/16/2013

Really interesting read

"It is a paradox that although we often remind ourselves that “money can’t buy you happiness”, we behave as if it does."

http://sustainabilitymyths.blogspot.se/p/myths.html

09/24/2013

http://www.youcaring.com/other/georgetown-power-shift-fundraiser/89411

Support strong Georgetown at Power Shift by donating today to defray the cost of attendance!

Where: Pittsburgh When: Oct 18-21 What: Power Shift; a conference focused on climate change issues. Attendees will bring the training they gain back to their communities to enact grassroots change.

09/07/2013

2/3 of the world's population is expected to experience some degree of water stress by 2025.

a nuanced perspective on the complexity and connectedness of food, energy, and water shortages (the FEW problem) provided by Gtown professor Madison Powers:

http://www.fewresources.org/the-few-problem.html

FEW Resources.org