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Framework for Green Buildings Taking Shape
With construction of the new Hariri Building meeting environmental certification requirements, the university puts other sustainability efforts in practice.
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Solar Compactors, Extra Bins Add to Green Efforts
Georgetown steps up more measures toward becoming a zero-waste campus.
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Goodall Lecture Promotes Conservation and Peace
After a career spent saving species from the brink of distinction, Jane Goodall asks: why is mankind destroying the planet?
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Bananas May Be Yellow, but Campus Sees Green
Students try cutting down on paper promotion of Jane Goodall lecture by using something a bit more friendly to environment.
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Earth Day Talk Focuses On Population, Consumption
National Geographic’s president and chief executive officer, John Fahey, speaks during Earth Day at Georgetown.
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The Effort to Keep Biodiversity Out of Crisis
Biology professor Ed Barrows sees biodiversity as everything around us that is related to life, and he wants to make sure those resources stay out of harm’s way.
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Georgetown Sees Gains in Recycling Competition
After a 10-week international recycling contest, Georgetown collects 158,371 pounds of recycled materials, and efforts continue to green the university.
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Going Green a Collaborative Effort on Campus
The university community kicks off the month of April with a Green Day event, leading up to Earth Day on April 22.
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No Time for Waste
The university gears up for another year of competing in RecycleMania.
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Georgetown Joins Regional University Partnership
Georgetown recently joined a new initiative with six other leading research universities from across Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
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