Harvard School of Public Health - Green Program

The HSPH EcoOpportunity Team and Sebastian's Cafe at HSPH won the "Team Project Award" in the "Waste or Water Reduction" category at the first annual Harvard-wide Green Carpet Awards Ceremony on April 23.

Under the leadership of Heather Foley, Staff Assistant, the Center for Health & the Global Environment (CHGE) was the first office to achieve Leaf 4 Green Office Certification at Harvard Medical School.

Harvard University honored and recognized Harvard faculty, students, and staff who have made significant contributions to green house gas reduction and sustainability efforts at Harvard at the first annual Green Carpet Awards on Friday, April 23rd, a day after the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day.

Harvard Medical School received an Award of Environmental Excellence from Stericycle® for its use of reusable sharps containers in the HIM & NRB buildings. Since HMS began using the reusable sharps containers in May 2009, 6,774 lbs of plastic have been diverted landfills as a result of this initiative.

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. We hear this mantra time and again. When it comes to carbon—the “most wanted” element in terms of climate change—nature has got reuse and recycle covered. But it’s up to us to reduce.

There are some key opportunities for lab occupants (including PIs, lab managers, post-docs, and student researchers) to become engaged in lab sustainability efforts. Harvard’s Office for Sustainability recommends the following...

Ensuring adequate space for waste disposal facilities and signage is incredibly important both for new lab move-ins and during the ongoing operation of the lab. Ideally, labs will have one or more ‘waste stations’ that include the following:

Harvard Medical School now has two new hybrid Zipcars, the Prius “Pirrello” and Altima “Alley.” They are located in the Palace Parking lot between 180 and 164 Longwood Avenue. Harvard faculty, staff, students, post-docs and others working in the Longwood area are eligible to receive a discount on Zipcar memberships by signing up at zipcar.com/masco.

EcoChampions Crystal Stone, David Havelick, and Erin Beasley are school-wide leaders in greening the office practices at Harvard School of Public Health.

Did you know that Harvard School of Public Health has an EcoOpportunity Team that meets monthly in order to identify environmental sustainability-related issues and improve resource conservations practices? Do you know if your department is represented?