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Tisch Library receives the first Green Office Gold Certification

Carol Ellis accepts the certificate for Tisch Library

This spring, the Office of Sustainability finally  launched a new program to recognize, support and promote offices that are engaging in sustainable practices.

The Green Office Certification program has four levels of certification allowing offices to be recognized for their current conservation actions, while still providing a goal to work towards (Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum). On Tuesday, May 8th, at the annual luncheon for Eco-Ambassadors, four offices were awarded a certificate that will be displayed in their office to reflect ongoing efforts in energy reduction, waste conservation and sustainable purchasing.

Congratulations to the Tisch Library for being the first office to achieve Gold level Green Office Certification, and to the Department of Environmental and Population Health, Ginn Library at the Fletcher School and Tufts Renewable Energy & Applied Photonics (REAP) Labs for achieving the Bronze level of office sustainability!

If your office or deparment would like to participate and begin the process of Green Office Certification, just follow this link! Any office or department on all three campuses can participate. Every year, your office can resubmit the survey to evaluate improvements made in the workplace and help Tufts University become a more sustainable campus!

Good luck! We cannot wait to award more Green Office certificates.

Mar 26: “The Arctic: A New Model for Global Cooperation”

When: Monday, March 26 at 3:30 PM 

Where: ASEAN Auditorium, The Fletcher School

YES, the Arctic is warming……………

YES, the Arctic holds 30% of the world’s untapped mineral resources………

NO, there is not an imminent race to riches among northern nations to exploit these untapped resources………..

 

OLAFUR RAGNAR GRIMSSON
President of Iceland

The ARCTIC: A NEW MODEL FOR GLOBAL COOPERATION
With responses – maybe challenges – from:

  • Diplomat Pontus Melander of Sweden
  • Economist Alexander Pilyasov of Russia
  • Politician Mead Treadwell, Lt. Governor of Alaska

The wrap-up session of a two-day dialogue among government, business and media leaders from among the eight Arctic Council countries organized by the Murrow Center of the Fletcher School with cooperation from the Institute of the North in Anchorage, the Rasmuson Foundation, the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy of the Fletcher School and the government of Norway.

More information here.

Feb 9: Climate Change & Sustainable Development Diplomacy: The Ongoing Process

When: Thursday, Feb 9th from 3:20pm-5:20pm

Where: Mugar 200, The Fletcher School

Climate Change & Sustainable Development Diplomacy: The Ongoing Process is an upcoming lecture featuring presenter Andrew Steer,  who is part of the Special Envoy for Climate Change within the World Bank.

Hosted by CIERP’s Sustainable Development Diplomacy & Governance Program.

Feb 8: Rumble in the Jungle: Everett vs. Moomaw

When: Wednesday, Feb 8th from 6:30pm-8:00pm

Where: ASEAN Auditorium, The Fletcher School

Ever wanted to watch two professors go head to head in a heated debate? Every year, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy gives students that chance by hosting their annual Everett-Moomaw Debate, where Bruce Everett, Adjunct Associate Professor of International Business, and Bill Moomaw, Professor of International Environmental Policy and CIERP Director, tackle issues like climate change and environmental policy for the education and entertainment of Tufts students.

“Many students find their own perspectives challenged during the debate,” Elke Jans, a doctoral candidate at the Fletcher School, said. “Plus it’s a fun format. We don’t often get to see our professors disagree and pick on each other.”

This year’s event, titled Everett-Moomaw Debate on Climate Change, Energy, and the Environment,” will be hosted by the Fletcher Energy Consortium (FLEC).

Don’t miss the environmental duel of the year as these two Fletcher experts are pitted against each other once again!

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