Sustainability at Harvard

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Read the HLS Green Living Blog!

Green Living Blog

The HLS Green Living Program is now blogging about its activities, and much more: administrative changes, eco-minded local businesses, university wide environment happenings, environment FAQs and myths... read our posts and make a comment! 

http://harvardgreenliving.blogspot.com/

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Recent Stories

Valentine's Freecycle at HLS

On Friday, February 12th Law School staff, students, and faculty swapped items from home in a Valentine's Freecycle sponsored by the HLS Green Team. Between 10am and 12pm, individuals dropped by a classroom in Pound Hall with bags and boxes of books, movies, housewares, office and arts supplies, clothes, toys, electronics, and more.

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Sustained! Recent Green Living Blog Posts

The HLS Green Living Blog, "Sustained!" continues to expand: check out recent posts about double sided printing in Langdell, yummy vegan cupcakes, organic farm shares, and an upcoming film screening. Reps are also soliciting feedback as planning for the HLS Earth Day fair gets underway- be sure to leave a comment!

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'Tis the Season for Green Gifting...

Looking for ways to reduce and reuse during the holiday gift giving season?

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Have you taken the Pledge?

Green Living Reps Jenny Lee and Nitya Shekar tabling in the Hark

It takes less than two minutes to become one of the thousands of Harvard community members who commit each year to reducing their environmental impacts in small yet meaningful ways: http://green.harvard.edu/pledge/

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A Greener Law Library

Langdell Library

Even considered individually, the conservation measures recently adopted at the Law School's Langdell Library would be noteworthy; together they form a concerted effort by the Library to reduce its resource consumption.  New for the 2009-2010 school year: expanded double-sided printing, automatic computer shut-downs, nightly printer shut-downs, and energy saving smart strips.  These c

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Food, Inc. at HLS

Where does our food come from and how sustainable is it?

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Introducing the NEW Law School Sustainability Web Site!

The Law School's sustainability website

Members of the HLS Community, you now have a new resource for sustainability and environment related initiatives at HLS!  Consider "Energy and Sustainability at Harvard Law School" your one stop shop for HLS-specific resource conservation tips, recycling guidelines, sustainability program details, an

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A call to conserve

"Air conditioners"

The University banded together during the August heat wave to significantly reduce energy consumption.

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HLS Commencement Luncheon Achieves 65% Recycling Rate

HLS Recycling Tent in Holmes Field

Harvard Law School’s 2009 Commencement Luncheon was its greenest yet, with over 65% of meal leftovers, by volume, reclaimed for recycling or composting.  Three key components led to this recycling victory: a central “Recycling Tent,” effective communication among various event planners, and invaluable on-site help from event staff and volunteers.

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Greener Offices at Harvard Law School

Media Services at Harvard Law displays their Green Office certificate

Two groups at Harvard Law School have set the pace for the Green Office Program, an online University resource which provides offices with tools and information to help them reduce their environmental impacts.

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