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Prince’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 Georgetown.
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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 becomes available to everyone.
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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 campus.
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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 competition.
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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 East Conference
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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 Alexandra Cousteau (C’98).
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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 30.
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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 and runs through April 2.
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Bikeshare a Hit With Georgetown’s ‘Green’ Community
The regional bicycle program sets up stations near campus as the university continues sustainability efforts.
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Georgetown Helps Test Prius Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Georgetown launches a year-long initiative to test drive two Prius plug-in hybrid electric vehicles as part of an international electric vehicle research initiative.
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