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Sustainability
New dashboard tracks environmental impact of travel across the university
Published May 20, 2025
The Travel Emissions Dashboard will guide better decision-making to help consolidate trips, choose more efficient airlines, avoid stopovers, and opt for lower-emission modes of transit where possible
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Sustainability
Earth Fest, Sustainability Symposium highlight JHU's Earth Month activities
Published April 17, 2025
April 2 symposium brings together more than 300 participants from across the university for dialogue on climate and sustainability research, practice, and education
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
A group of 11 people stand in two rows while smiling for a group photo. Behind them, a projection on a screen reads "Campus as a Living Lab: Levering Our Campuses for Sustainability Research & Innovation."
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 Video
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 Video
Artificial intelligence, sustainability, health care—Johns Hopkins speakers weighed in on a variety of topics at this year's iMPACT MARYLAND conference
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Sustainability
Campus as a Living Lab program brings sustainability research close to home
Published March 4, 2024
Researchers can receive grants of up to $50,000 for work utilizing the university's campuses
Solar panels
Sustainability
Input sought on sustainability plan
Published Sept 27, 2023
Draft document outlines a new set of sustainability goals for the university, details forthcoming actions