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Sustainability office provides update on 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Climate Action Plan

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In January of 2009, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø committed to carbon neutrality by signing the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). On a 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Day in 2011, President Jeffrey Herbst reinforced the university’s commitment by approving the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan identifying .

Since then, the sustainability office has led the charge to reduce the campus’s carbon footprint. Efforts have included everything from educating students on how to , to coordinating a , to installing an online  that allows students to see real-time data about the environmental impact of their residence halls.

Sustainability intern Jack Eiel ’15 and sustainability director John Pumilio recently published an update on the sustainability blog about the and the progress being made.