Summer may be coming to an end, but Yale’s campus keeps getting greener — and people are taking notice.The University recently made The Princeton Review’s Green Honor Roll, was named one of the top 20 “coolest schools” for its sustainability efforts by...
As the “green”-conscious know, using less energy and biking and walking more are two ways to help fight climate change. But what if you could combine the two and actually use the energy created through exercise to produce a cleaner form of electricity?...
Climate change doesn’t just pose a scientific challenge; it also creates an ethical obligation for those of us in the developed world, according to Rajendra Pachauri, who gave the inaugural talk in the Yale Climate and Energy Institute’s (YCEI) weekly...
Yale alumni will discuss what they are doing to help corporations develop sustainable strategies even in the midst of an economic crisis in a special program being held on Friday, Oct 9, at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES...
The Online News Association has honored Yale Environment 360 with its best “specialty site journalism” award at its annual Online Journalism Awards ceremony, citing content that is “taking debate to a higher level and is so needed in the journalism...
Traffic and parking experts Tom Vanderbilt and Donald Shoup will speak at Yale on “Traffic, Parking and our Green Future” on January 19 at 7 p.m. in Sudler Hall at 100 Wall St. The forum is free and open the public.Their talk is being presented by Yale...
Monitors that will provide students with real-time information about energy consumed have been installed in Yale’s Pierson and Silliman residential colleges, the Yale Office of Sustainability has announced.Accompanied by an educational campaign about...
A series of public events will examine the environmentally destructive practice of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia and envision a coal-free future for the region.The series, titled “Appalachia in Transition: Beyond Mountaintop Removal Mining,” is...
The Yale Transportation Options program will remind University parkers of the advantages of using more sustainable modes of travel to campus in an up-close-and-personal way via a communication being launched at the beginning of April.Anyone who pays to...
It’s going to be a green April on campus — and not just thanks to the springtime weather. Students, staff and faculty will have the chance to embrace all things green during the Yale Sustainability Summit, which takes place Monday-Friday, April 5-9.Now in...