Sustainability – The Quad

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From Taste to Waste: How Much Food is BU Throwing Away?

November 15, 2016November 15, 2016 Hallie Smith 0 Comment Campus, Food waste, Sustainability, sustainability@bu

Being wasteful is distasteful – are you throwing away more than you’re consuming?

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Being Green Can Win You Ice Cream

October 2, 2015November 5, 2015 Hallie Smith 0 Comment Campus, dorm energy challenge, student government, Sustainability, sustainability@bu

For the month of October, Boston University Student Government is challenging students to use social media to show they are

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Frosting-like honey from the Hawaiian Kiawe forests by Madeline Keyes-Levine.

It’s Not Easy Being Green

April 22, 2015April 22, 2015 Kylie Obermeier 0 Comment cambridge, follow the honey, Food, ivy ross, organic, sean cash, Sustainability

Any honey lover walking into Follow the Honey will undoubtedly be dazzled by the diverse and unique honeys they carry. There’s

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Whole Foods Market in Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, Mass. displays an assortment of sustainable fish, including whole lane snapper, arctic char, mackerel and wild littleneck clams. | Photo by Michelle Marino

Moving Up the Food Chain: How “Trash Fish” Became the Main Course

October 17, 2014October 25, 2014 The Quad 1 Comment environment, michelle marino, New England Aquarium, seafood, Sustainability, whole foods

By Michelle Marino With the sustainability of world fisheries under threat and heightened attention being paid to what and how

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Kill the Cup, Save the Earth

October 13, 2014October 25, 2014 Beth St. John 0 Comment coffee, environment, green, kill the cup challenge, killthecup, net impact undergrad, Sustainability, sustainability@bu

We’ve all heard the “because it’s bad for the environment” answer to our questions about landfills, excessive electricity and Styrofoam–but

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