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The Effects of Palm Oil Production
Palm oil, an edible oil derived from the fruit of the African oil palm, has become a major contributor to ...
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How is Coronavirus impacting climate change?
With many countries, states, and cities around the world releasing "stay at home" orders to promote social distancing and try ...
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ISC Tours EDCO!
A few weeks ago, members of the Inter-Sustainability Council along with other sustainability minded UC San Diego students had the ...
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Last Mile Delivery Initiative
To learn more about this new campus initiative, I conversed with Robbie Jacob, the Associate Director of Logistics here at ...
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Pay-by-Plate Expansion for Parking Pay Stations
Beginning November 25, 2019, UC San Diego Transportation Services has expanded their new pay-by-plate program, using the app Parkmobile as ...
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Repurposing Old Shoes?
Textiles such as clothes and shoes make up a large part of landfill mass. Did you know that these items ...
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Farmer’s Market Homecoming Takeover!
Have fun kicking off Homecoming Weekend with live music, Triton spirit, and much more during regular Farmer's Market hours on ...
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Celebrate Ride Share Week TODAY!!!
Try carpooling, vanpooling or taking transit to support National Rideshare Week. Free Ride Day, Wednesday, Oct. 2 (TODAY): Ride free ...
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2019 Plastic Free July Exhibit at Geisel Library
This month, in honor of Plastic Free July, the Library's Sustainability Committee has created a single-use plastic exhibit in Geisel ...
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Food For Fines!
Rather than simply paying off your overdue book fines from Spring Quarter, donate food items to Geisel Library or the ...
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Confetti = Litter
The past few weeks, Giesel has been surrounded by graduating seniors trying to snap an iconic portrait - we've all ...
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UC president recognizes students for outstanding leadership!
UC San Diego student, Enid Partika (pictured left), was recently honored with the annual President’s Award for Outstanding Student Leadership ...
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UC San Diego averts 1.4 Million Pounds of Greenhouse Gas Emissions during the Cool Campus Challenge
By Sara McKinstry, Campus Sustainability Manager UC San Diego announced its top point-earning individual, team and residential college for the ...
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UC San Diego Ranks Among America’s Top Colleges for Renewable Energy!
Environment America, a partner organization to CALPIRG here at UC San Diego, recently released a report detailing how college campuses ...
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UC San Diego’s 4th Annual Wellness Fair!
On Wednesday, March 27th 2019, UC San Diego Housing • Dining • Hospitality in partnership with UC San Diego Center ...
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UC San Diego’s LEED v4 EBOM Master Site, a 4 year endeavor
By Leanne Kao After multiple years of correspondence between different departments on campus and of multiple students’ efforts, and under ...
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The End of Recycling as We Know It
Where does recycling go once it leaves your hand?  Since 2001, China has been one of the largest purchasers of ...
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Free Food Notifications Now Available on the UCSD App!
UPDATE: Departments can now register to send notifications to students when they have leftover food from events here! Recently, it ...
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UC San Diego wins Smart Energy Decision Innovation Award
In recognition of its outstanding achievement in supporting the energy transformation currently taking place throughout the country, it was recently ...
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HDH Eco-Container Pilot Program
UC San Diego Housing•Dining•Hospitality (HDH) is currently piloting a reusable to-go container program available at two on-campus dining locations, Roots ...
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