Laundry has traditionally been neglected when people consider energy and water conservation. However, 81,000 gigawatt hours of electricity and 2.4 trillion gallons of water are consumed each year in the U.S. by laundry, and this generates 13 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. At Harvard, we also incur high consumption of electricity and water… Continue reading Show Love for the Environment When Doing Your Laundry
Tag: Green Living Representatives
Introducing the Green Living Reps
It’s likely that if you live in the dormitories, Soldiers Field Park, One Western or Peabody Terrace you have seen posters of your Green Living Representatives. These representatives are part of the Graduate Green Living Program, a peer to peer educational program. Representatives educate and promote sustainable behaviors to their colleagues throughout the year with… Continue reading Introducing the Green Living Reps
Green Living – Make the Light Switch
Switching to CFL bulbs make both economic and environmental sense. Who would have thought that the humble light bulb can make such a difference to the world? From the beginnings of its invention under Thomas Edison in 1878, the light bulb has undergone many improvements and seen many innovations. Today, we are presented with various… Continue reading Green Living – Make the Light Switch
Waste Audit Results Indicate Over a Third of Trash is Recyclable
Green Living Representatives sort through 63 bags of trash to access recycling habits at HBS. On the sunny afternoon of Friday, October 27, approximately 20 Green Living representatives, administrators, and volunteers sorted through trash from the Harvard Business School dormitories, Spangler and Aldrich common areas, Soldiers Field Park/One Western Avenue (SFP/OWA), and Peabody Terrace to… Continue reading Waste Audit Results Indicate Over a Third of Trash is Recyclable
Oscar the Grouch Wants His Trash Back! Green Living Program Conducts Waste Audit
The Graduate Green Living Program at Harvard Business School conducted a Waste Audit on October 21 to get an idea of what the current recycling habits of the HBS Community are like. Fourteen Green Living Representatives, half of which attend HBS with the remainder attending the Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Law School, collected… Continue reading Oscar the Grouch Wants His Trash Back! Green Living Program Conducts Waste Audit
