Upcoming Events
Eco-Rep Symposium
Saturday November 7, 2009 • 12:30 PM - 6:30 PM
The Tufts University Office of Sustainability and the Tufts Institute for the Environment are hosting a half-day conference for college students region wide to share best practices in peer-to-peer education. Eco-Reps are students who promote environmental stewardship among residential students by raising awareness about ecological issues and encouraging environmentally conscious behavior.
Mass Climate Action Network Conference
Sunday, November 15th from 9:00-5:00
Join climate activists from across the state at the 8th Annual Mass Climate Action Network Conference. Speakers include Gina McCarthy; the EPA Assistant Administrator who leads the EPA's climate efforts.
There will be fifteen panels on issues ranging from saving energy in your own home to building a climate movement in your town to the future of energy and the Copenhagen talks.
For more information, and to register, visit MCAN's conference page at: http://massclimateaction.net/conference/2009-conference.html.
At the MIT Strata Center, Cambridge
Volunteer for the MCAN conference, and attend for free
Volunteers are needed on Sunday, November 15 (some as early as 7:00 am) to help set up, greet, register, organize, monitor workshops, recycle, and clean up. In return for 4 hours of work, you attend the conference for free. To volunteer, email Susan Altman.Deep Energy Retrofit Pilot Workshop
This workshop will be open to residential gas and electric customers in MA and RI as well as contractors, architects and other energy professionals who are interested in being involved in residential deep energy retrofits and interested in learning about the National Grid's Deep Energy Retrofit Pilot program.
November 18, 2009
from 8:30am to 4pm in Medford, MA
Other environmentally related events at Tufts can be found here.
Past Events
Global Day of Climate Action
This Saturday, October 24, 2009, 4,000+ events will take place in over 164 countries around the world to mark the Global Day of Climate Action. Join the rest of the world in calling for a binding, comprehensive, fair and equitable international treaty on climate change at the December UN summit in Copenhagen.
Come be a part of history!
Join us this Saturday from 11am to 1pm on the upper patio at the Mayer Campus Center in Medford for local food, music, speakers, information on how to get involved, and a special treat! After the rally, a group will head to Davis to take the T to the Boston Under Water Festival.
For more information or to get involved, please contact elizabeth.mahaffy@tufts.edu
Sponsored by:
Tufts Institute of the Environment
Office of Sustainability
Fletcher Green
ECO
and others...
AUTHOR TALK WITH FRANK ACKERMAN
Friday, October 16, 2009, 3:30-5:00 P.M.Tisch Library, The Hirsh Reading Room, Medford Campus
Frank Ackerman, an economist at the Stockholm Environment Institute's U.S. Center will discuss his new book, Can We Afford the Future? The Economics of a Warming World.
Green Tour of Campus
Meet at the Office of Sustainability (back of Miller Hall – across the parking lot from the entrance to Hillel).
Tour will depart promptly at 12:30. Rain or shine.
Bring comfortable walking shoes and dress for being outside.
Please RSVP.
Sarah Hammond Creighton directs the Tufts Office of Sustainability. She has twenty years of experience in campus greening, campus sustainability, climate change action, green buildings, energy efficiency, and renewable energy at Tufts and with Massachusetts state government. She is author of Greening the Ivory Tower: Improving the Environmental Track Record of Universities, Colleges and Other Institutions, and co-author of Degrees that Matter: Climate Change and the University.
Ms. Creighton holds a B.S. in Physics from Bates College and an M.S. in Environmental Policy and Civil and Environmental Engineering from Tufts.Kickball and the Ecolympics!
and meet other folks interested in the environment, being outdoors and living 'green'. - Environmental Consciousness Outreach (ECO)
- Tufts Mountain Club (TMC)
- Tufts Wilderness Orientation (TWO)
- Tufts Institute of the Environment (TIE)
- Tufts Recycles!
- Tufts Office of Sustainability
- Environmental Studies
- Tufts Green Roof Collaborative
Sign up to Become an Eco-Ambassador!
April 20 - May 30th, 2009
Express your interest and let us know what day of the week works best for you by taking this survey.
About the Eco-Ambassador program.NATIONAL BIKE TO WORK WEEK - May 11 - 15
Bike commuters should stop by the Fletcher School lobby (Cabot Intercultural Center) for some free bike goodie bags from MassRides and treats from the Danish Pastry House.
Vet School community members can join a bike rally at the Agnes Varis Campus Center with MassRides.
What can you win*?
- $100 REI Gift Certificate
- Timbuk2 Laptop Messenger Bag
- Cat Eye Wireless CC-MC100W Bike Computer
- MassBike Membership (1 year)
- 3M Reflective Ankle Bands
- $25 Landry's Bicycle Gift Certificate
- MassBike employee bike clinic
- MassRIDES cycling prize pack
Composting in the Campus Center
March 30 - April 28, 2009
 | What CAN be composted?ALL food waste, including:
What CANNOT be composted?Non-food items such as:
WHY are we composting?Composting reduces the amount of solid waste sent to landfills by 62% and allows organic materials to break down naturally. |
EARTH DAY- OPEN FORUM on redefining Green Grafton
Wednesday April 22nd: Noon to 1 pm
Varis Lecture Hall, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
- Featuring Tina Woolston from the Tufts Office of Sustainability
- Find out how you can get involved in greening the Grafton campus
- Bring your ideas
