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sustainability

Plastic straws
Sip, sip hooray
Say so long to plastic straws
Published June 21, 2018
Fresh Food Café, Nolan's have already eliminated plastic straws, with others at Homewood to follow suit
Green Blue Jay Award presentation
Earth week
Champions of sustainability honored
Published June 21, 2018 Photos
Office of Sustainability's Green Blue Awards celebrates efforts to create sustainability-related dialogue and action
Sustainability
JHU to divest holdings in thermal coal
Published June 21, 2018
Board votes to eliminate investments in fossil fuel that contributes more climate-changing greenhouse gases per unit of electricity than any other
Going green
Malone Hall receives LEED gold rating
Published June 21, 2018
Engineering building recognized for sustainable, energy-efficient design and operations
Winona LaDuke
Race in America
'Time to move on' from exploiting nature
Published June 21, 2018
Activist Winona LaDuke says it's time to move toward multicultural democracies and sustainable economies
Al Gore stands in a small wooden building and speaks to two people
Al Gore: Students can play 'huge part' in today's climate movement
Published June 21, 2018
Students watch follow-up to 'An Inconvenient Truth,' participate in live Q&A with former vice president
TOUR
Behind the scenes with the Office of Sustainability
Published June 21, 2018
Green Team members get an up-close look at sustainable infrastructure on two campuses
Multiple rows of solar panels line a roof while a small tour group walks
Continued progress toward sustainability goals
Published June 21, 2018
Annual report shows Johns Hopkins has reduced environmental impact, even while growing operations
Anna Scott holds one of the sensor cubes, a white box with black grates for air intake
Climate science
Breathing easier
Published June 21, 2018
Project launched by JHU grad student records Baltimore air quality data for use by researchers, policymakers
Climate change
Hopkins reaffirms commitment to tenets of Paris accord
Published June 21, 2018
In statement, JHU's Daniels and 11 other university presidents say 'concerted action' needed on climate change