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Office of sustainability

President's message

Published Winter 2024

Johns Hopkins University's reinforces its longstanding commitment to combating climate change with a new climate action and sustainability plan / Johns Hopkins Magazine

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Sustainability

Inaugural Campus as a Living Lab grants awarded to 10 projects

Published Oct 25, 2024

Grant recipients will use JHU's campuses to explore solutions for the university's new sustainability goals

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Sustainability

EPA recognizes JHU as a leader in green power

Published Oct 23, 2024

University purchases 60% of its total power needs from green sources, No. 4 among U.S. colleges that are part of the EPA's Green Power Partnership

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Sustainability

First electric buses will hit the road in 2025

Published Oct 11, 2024

The first wave of five all-electric, fully accessible buses will operate on the Homewood-Peabody-JHMI shuttle route beginning early next year, with help from a $1.5M state grant

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Sustainability

Johns Hopkins releases new Climate Action and Sustainability Plan

Published Oct 11, 2024

The university's comprehensive, decadelong strategy will cut single use plastics, introduce a fully electric bus fleet, and prepare its campuses and neighbors for a warmer future

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Impact Maryland

Hopkins leaders highlight JHU's impact

Published Oct 6, 2024

Artificial intelligence, sustainability, health care—Johns Hopkins speakers weighed in on a variety of topics at this year's iMPACT MARYLAND conference