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Georgetown Community Celebrates Car Free Day

A total of 279 Georgetown students, faculty and staff pledged to use public transportation, carpooling or bicycles on Car Free Day, celebrated internationally every year on Sept.โ€ฆ

September 23, 2011

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Student Creating Shelter in Haiti With Recyclables

A Georgetown student will return over the summer to earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to continue work on the solar-powered structures he oversaw using recycled materialsโ€ฆ

June 8, 2011

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Princeโ€™s Food Sustainability Talk Resonates with Students

Georgetown students said they were glad to hear the Prince of Wales advocate for keeping food production secure for future generations during his May 4 speech at.โ€ฆ

May 4, 2011

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Prince Charles to Attend Food Sustainability Conference

The discussion on May 4 will focus on how to make the world's food system more resilient, reduce its harmful impact on the environment and ensure that healthy food becomesโ€ฆ

May 2, 2011

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Students Bring Farmers Market to Georgetown

A Seasonal Farmers Market was founded to improve access and availability of healthy, fresh foods on Georgetown's.โ€ฆ

April 29, 2011

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GU Improves in National Sustainability Competition

Georgetown rose 10 spots to No. 27 in the annual rankings of the RecycleMania national sustainability.โ€ฆ

April 29, 2011

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Georgetown Wins Northeast Green Power Challenge

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized the university as this year's largest collegiate purchaser of green power in the Big Eastโ€ฆ

April 18, 2011

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Cousteau Begins Earth Month Events

Georgetown celebrates sustainability throughout the month with more than a dozen environmental education and service events, including a lecture by environmentalist Alexandraโ€ฆ

April 4, 2011

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President Obama Gives Energy Address at Georgetown

President Barack Obama announced a goal of cutting a third of oil imports by 2020 in a speech at Georgetown on energy security March.โ€ฆ

March 30, 2011

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RecycleMania 2011 Kicks Off at Georgetown

RecycleMania 2011, a national competition among colleges and universities to collect the largest amount of recyclables and meet other goals, kicked off over this past weekend andโ€ฆ

February 8, 2011