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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.โฆ
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 materialsโฆ
June 8, 2011
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Princeโs 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.โฆ
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 becomesโฆ
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.โฆ
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.โฆ
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 Eastโฆ
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 Alexandraโฆ
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.โฆ
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 andโฆ
February 8, 2011