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Hey students, this Fall you can take reusable mugs and CFLs off your back-to-school shopping list!  Harvard is making it easier than ever to start the new school year off on a green note.

THE COOKING DEMO HAS BEEN CANCELED. APOLOGIES FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.  The Garden welcomes helping hands every Wednesday  from 4-6pm.

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Mac-Gray, the laundry company that services Vanderbilt Hall, replaced all ten of the old washing machines in Vanderbilt with new, energy efficient front-loaders.

On April 23^rd, 2010, Harvard University celebrated the first annual Harvard Green Carpet Awards - an event to acknowledge the individuals and teams across the University who have contributed to reducing our environmental impact.

For the third year in a row, HGSE had the highest participation rate at the University! The green team took the cue from the level of participation this past fall and has geared their campaigns and monthly green tips to help reinforce some of the key points on the pledge, as well as other important sustainable efforts.

This article was a 2010 April Fools joke from the FAS Green Program and Harvard College Libraries, with couplets written by Rob Gogan of Harvard Recycling. Look forward to seeing John Harvard's Couplets showing up at future events!

HBS Green Living invites you to a movie screening of the award winning documentary about the bottled water industry, "Tapped," on Thursday, April 1 @ 3:30pm in Aldrich 208 on the Harvard Business School campus. Movie snacks and drinks provided! No RSVP required.

Many residents of Peabody Terrace did something unusual as they prepared to leave their apartment on the morning of March 6, 2010 – they unscrewed their incandescent light bulbs.

Did you know that 41 pounds of junk mail are sent to the average American adult each year? And almost half of this mail is sent to the landfill unopened (source: 41pounds.org).

Our inaugural key recycling campaign was a huge success, with departments from all across campus sending us keys. We ended up with over 2,000 keys which were brought to Whole Foods for recycling. The $75 made from recycling & selling the scrap metal will be donated to local food pantries.