Green
Students Launch Fund for Green Projects
A student-run website launched last week will connect sustainability projects on Harvard’s campus to potential donors, paving the way for green improvements to University facilities, including LED lights in the Quad and a new dishwasher for Cabot Cafe.
HUDS Teams Up with Petsie Pies, Swiss Bakers
Harvard University Dining Services has partnered with Cambridge staple Petsi Pies and recent Allston arrival Swiss Bakers to offer products from these local bakeries in all their retail locations, including the Greenhouse Café.
Study: Wind Farm Generative Capacity May Be Limited
Wind power and wind farms may not be capable of producing as much energy as previously believed, according to a paper co-authored by Harvard scientist David W. Keith.
NRC Chair Talks Nuclear Regulation
Allison Macfarlane, chairman of the Nuclear Regulator Commission, argued that NRC oversight of U.S. nuclear technology is important for ensuring the adequate protection of public health and safety.
FreeCycle Encourages Reuse
Hundreds of students, faculty, staff, and other members of the Cambridge community flocked to the Science Center on Friday to drop off their unwanted items in exchange for the latest finds at Harvard’s FreeCycle.
University Leaders To Meet With Divestment Advocates
University leaders will sit down with student advocates of fossil fuel divestment and explore the possibility of creating a social choice fund, senior University officials told The Crimson this week.
As Other Colleges Discuss Divestment, Harvard Stays Mum
While a number of colleges have expressed enthusiasm at the overwhelming Harvard student support for the divestment of the University’s endowment from the fossil fuel industry, many student leaders also voiced concern at the Harvard administration’s silence on the issue.
Events Highlights Global Warming Challenge in Maldives
Former president of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed speaks without equivocation in the film “The Island President,” screened at Harvard Law School early Monday evening. Climate change is “the most important fight is the fight for our survival,” he says in the film.
University 'Not Considering' Divestment
A week after about 2,600 undergraduates voted in support of a referendum calling for Harvard to divest its endowment from the fossil fuel industry, a Harvard spokesperson said on Wednesday that the University has no plans to adjust its investment portfolio in response to the student plebiscite.
Tipsters Explain a Very Green John Harvard
Thanks to our readers, the mystery of the green John Harvard has been solved (kind of). While one tipster wondered, ...
John Harvard Has Been Painted Green!
Something clearly went down last night (or early this morning), because the John Harvard staute is covered in copious amounts ...
University Outlines Green Initiatives
The University has substantially reduced greenhouse gas emissions, food waste, trash, water use, and the number of commuters who drive solo to campus, according to a University-wide Sustainability Impact Report released by the Office for Sustainability on Monday.
Solar Geoengineering Holds Promise for Addressing Climate Change
Stopping or reversing climate change can be achieved with significantly reduced side effects if solar radiation management efforts are optimized for the different seasons and latitudes, according to a new study by a team of researchers at Harvard University, the California Institute of Technology, and the Carnegie Institution for Science.
HUDS Supports Small Farms With Farmers' Market
Despite being forced to change locations due to construction, the Famers' Market at Harvard has become an opportunity for Harvard University Dining Services to reach out to smaller farms.
Freshmen Beautify Courtyard Alongside Dean, Yard Ops
Spades in one hand and bulbs in the other, freshmen volunteers worked alongside Harvard Yard Operations, Landscape Services, and Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67 to beautify the Lionel and Mower courtyard on Friday afternoon.
Sheila Jasanoff
William Clark, Rebecca Henderson, John Spengler, Bill McKibben, Frances Beinecke, Andrew Revkin, Sheila Jasanoff, and James McCarthy field questions at the Science & Advocacy discussion.
Group Calls for Greener Fund
This fall student activists launched the Harvard chapter of Divest for Our Future, a campaign intended to pressure Harvard Management Company, the body that oversees Harvard’s endowment, to divest from any companies involved in the fossil fuel industry and to move its investments into socially and environmentally responsible funds.
Harvard Thinks Green 2
Professor Daniel P. Schrag, Director of Harvard University's Center for the Environment, opens the second annual Harvard Thinks Green by presenting his views on Harvard's role in environmental education.
New Fuel Cell Stores Energy
In the world of clean energy, solid oxide fuel cells are a key research area in developing ways to produce energy cheaply and efficiently. Recent research from a group of materials scientists at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has gone one step further with the development of a cell that stores energy as it converts hydrogen into electricity.
Green Is the Not-So-New Crimson
In 2008, University President Drew G. Faust announced that Harvard would attempt to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2016. Halfway into its commitment, Harvard has only logged a 7 percent reduction in GHG emissions.
Green is the New Crimson
Harvard eyes its four-year-old goal as it aims to reduce its carbon footprint.