By Lauren Maloney, Special to The Hoya
• October 25, 2024
Georgetown University’s Earth Commons Institute, an organization dedicated to campus sustainability and environmental research, gathered over 10 student groups and university organizations in its annual...
Georgetown University ranks first among the nation’s colleges and universities in renewable electricity use, according to an Aug. 19 report published by the national environmental advocacy group Environment...
LEO MKT transitioned to reusable dishes and cutlery this semester as part of a broader campus pivot toward more sustainable dining practices.
Previously, the food stalls on the main floor of...
Eleven projects, including at least two Georgetown student-led initiatives, will receive a total of $300,000 in university grants to aid their work addressing local and global sustainability problems for...
Because of high levels of contamination, student volunteers have begun monitoring a composting pilot program in O’Donovan Hall.
Beginning this past fall, post-consumer composting, an initiative led...
Recycling at Georgetown University is needlessly confusing. The university’s failure to explain recycling procedures has muddled student understanding of what should be a simple process, leaving a vacuum...
A new university fund will provide $300,000 in grants to student, faculty and staff-proposed projects that seek to combat local and global sustainability challenges, Georgetown announced Jan. 29.
The...
For years, Georgetown University was among the leading universities for recycling in the nation. Recently, however, recycling at Georgetown has been marred by rumors and clouded by widespread confusion...
With the participation of more than 500 members of the community, Georgetown won the Car Free Day College Campus Challenge, a competition between five universities in the Washington, D.C. region designed...
The Center for Student Engagement, Outdoor Education and the Office of Sustainability collaborated to create HoyaCycle, a bicycle rental pilot program, that launched Sept. 25.
The program will enter...
TerraCycle, a collection program that recycles complex materials, has expanded its presence to all freshman dorms and the Healey Family Student Center since it was established by the Georgetown University...
The Switch It Off Challenge, a five-week-long competition between the four freshman dorms to increase sustainability efforts, announced Harbin Hall as its winner on Thursday at an award ceremony in...
