Twenty-five UChicago students recently attended the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference—better known as COP29, traveling to Baku, Azerbaijan to hear panel discussions, explore topics with their peers, and network with leaders from government, industry and NGOs.
Students in EFCampus highlight contest standings, updates, and green labs resources related to the energy savings behavioral campaign to shut sashes on chemical fume hoods in laboratories. Learn how campus data can enhance aspects of environmental sustainability on campus.
Got Hume? A new project in the Main Reading Room promotes sustainability by welcoming students to donate and take books from the Harper Free Student Book Corner.
This Giving Tuesday support Botany Pond by donating to the Office of Sustainability.
Two residence halls have won the Battle of the Buildings. Burton-Judson Courts achieved an impressive 18.5% reduction in water usage relative to their own baseline average over the two weeks of the competition. The other winner, Renee Granville-Grossman, led the reduction of energy usage with an 8% decrease relative to their own baseline average.
Students, faculty, and staff of the University of Chicago on Oct. 20 united to clean up Jackson Park.