Month: September 2011 (Page 5 of 8)

Sep 23: Massachusetts Car-Free Week Reception at the Office of Sustainability

September 16, 2011 / / 24 Comments

Next week is Massachusetts Car-Free Week, a great opportunity to promote healthier modes of transportation for both yourself and the environment! Starting Sunday, Sept. 18th through Sept 24th, you can track your car-free and car-light trips and be eligible to win prizes. Pledge your commitment to be Car-Free for next week and start tracking your trips on Sunday.

To celebrate everyone’s involvement in this event, the Office of Sustainability is holding a reception on Friday, September 23rd at 11 am. The Office is located in Miller Hall (around the back on the parking lot side facing Hillel Hall) on the Medford campus. If you made an effort to reduce the number of single-occupancy trips in your car (even if it’s just one less day than usual), come join us for some refreshments!

Please pass this information along to your colleagues so that we can get as many people as possible traveling car-free next week! There is a flyer that you can print out and post in your department to help raise awareness.

President Monaco to chair Sustainability Council

September 16, 2011 / / 0 Comments

Tufts’ new president is off to a great start and he is making sustainability a priority.

In a letter to the Tufts community last Monday, President Tony Monaco announced plans to launch and personally chair two university-wide councils in the next few weeks: one for sustainability and one for diversity.

“The new Presidential council on sustainability will assess strategic directions to ensure that our campus operations reflect the commitment to the environment that informs our extraordinary academic work in this arena,” he wrote. “While taking a broad view, the council will look particularly closely at carbon management, waste and water.”

This exciting news fulfills early indications that our new leader is personally engaged in issues of sustainability. Back in June, he asked on Twitter, “Alright Jumbos, in my listening tour so far it seems that sustainability and the green agenda on #Tufts campus are essential. Thoughts?”

In an article on Earth Week last April, Monaco was also quoted as having “a longstanding interest and involvement in sustainability issues”. As Oxford’s pro-vice-chancellor for planning and resources, Monaco had been chosen to lead the university’s Sustainability Steering Group in 2008.

On recent news that Tufts earned a Silver rating in STARS, Monaco noted that “the rating provides strong recognition of our institutional achievements in sustainability” and added that “this is a priority for me personally… in light of the clear support across the university for intensifying our commitment, I am certain that we will accomplish even more in the years ahead.”

(Photo: President Monaco received an orchid on his first day at work from John DiBaggio, who was president of Tufts in 1999 when the university made a commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 7% below 1990 levels. Source: Kelvin Ma/Tufts University)

Oct. 1 Reducing Energy Bills in Older Buildings with Limited Budgets Workshop

September 15, 2011 / / 20 Comments

When: Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011

Where: First Church at 11 Garden St., Cambridge MA

Marc Rosenbaum, Award-winning Building Systems Analyst, will be speaking at this hands-on case study, which will teach participants how to develop realistic long-term plans to bring older buildings into the 21st century while considering limited budgets, mixed uses, moisture, ventilation, and preservation. Energy efficiency incentives and innovative fundraising/financing options will be explained.  This workshop is set within historic First Church of Cambridge for hands-on learning and team-work, not just lecture.

The instructor, Marc Rosenbaum, is widely respected as a great presenter who really knows how to make buildings work better. It’s common for over 100 people to pay $225 or more for single-day workshop to learn from Marc; at $75 this is a great deal for a great cause.

For more info please go to HEETma.com (and scroll down) for more information and to register.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Sep 20: Fletcher’s Center for International Environment and Resource Policy Meet & Greet

September 15, 2011 / / 27 Comments

When: Tuesday, September 20, 5:30pm

Where: Cabot 7th Floor

Enjoy food and drink while learning about the Center’s activities and opportunities, including:

·         Ongoing research and projects

·         Upcoming events

·         Tufts environmental programs and centers

·         Internship and job opportunities

Please see attached flyer. For more information, contact Miranda Fasulo:

617-627-2778 or miranda.fasulo@tufts.edu

Sep 28: Environmental Community Brunch

September 13, 2011 / / 25 Comments

When: Friday, September 28, 11:oo am – 1:00 pm

Where: Tufts Institute of the Environment/ The Office of Sustainability

210 Packard Avenue, Miller Hall-East Rear Door

On behalf of the Environmental Studies Program, I would like to invite you to the Tufts Environmental Brunch. Feel free to stop in to meet the Tufts Institute of the Environment and Office of Sustainability staff, our ENVS Director, Colin Orians and executive committee members, and environmentally focused students and faculty.

After a long Summer of construction, the TIE/Miller Hall renovation is nearly complete. The offices in Miller Hall now house the Environmental Studies Program Office, Office of Sustainability, Water: Systems, Science, and Society Program, Water Diplomacy IGERT, Dow Sustainability Challenge, and acts as the Medford host of the Masters of Conservation Medicine Program out of Grafton.

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