-
Recent Posts
- Summer 2021 NSF Fellowships: Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
- Graduate Program Info Sessions this Month @RooseveltU
- RU Green Sponsors “Climate Warriors” Film & Discussion on 12/7
- Register Now for SUST 370 – Mapping for Sustainability (Spring 2021)
- Summer 2021 Course Preview for SUST 361 Urban Ecology
Blogroll
Categories
- activities
- agriculture
- alumni
- architecture
- arts
- awards
- biking
- biodiversity
- business
- cities
- climate change
- community
- conferences
- conservation
- courses
- degrees
- ecology
- economics
- education
- energy
- ethics
- events
- exhibits
- faculty
- FAQ
- fellowships
- field trips
- food
- green design
- green jobs
- health
- history
- humanities
- Illinois
- internships
- museums
- news
- parks and public land
- planning
- policy
- pollution
- presentations
- publications
- recycling
- research
- resources
- restoration
- Roosevelt
- science
- service
- social justice
- students
- suburbs
- transportation
- uncategorized
- waste
- water
- wildlife
Top Posts
- Chicago Plans to Switch from Ward-Based to Grid-Based Garbage Collection. Is Privatization Next?
- Summer 2021 NSF Fellowships: Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
- Chicago's City Buildings to be Powered by 100% Renewable Energy by 2025
- How To Find Internships: Tips from a SUST Major
- SUST Major Allison Breeding Studies Agroecology this Summer in Southern IL
Archives
Meta
Category Archives: recycling
You’re Doing it Wrong
By Samantha Schultz, President of RU Green As easy as recycling and composting seems, it can actually be very confusing for some. Often we experience “aspirational recycling” where we hold a holy piece of trash in the palm of our … Continue reading
Join Us at the Annual SUST Symposium this Wed 5/1 @RooseveltU
Celebrate #EarthMonth2019 @RooseveltU by attending this week’s Spring 2019 SUST Symposium, which will be held on Wednesday, May 1st, from 2-5pm in Roosevelt University’s Wabash Building in Chicago (425 S. Wabash Ave.) and videoconferenced live via Zoom. Symposium 6.1 (Spring … Continue reading
Posted in activities, cities, courses, ecology, education, events, field trips, food, internships, presentations, recycling, research, Roosevelt, service, social justice, students, waste, water
1 Comment
Today & Tomorrow @RooseveltU: Learn about Compost, Explore a Farmers Market, & More!
This April is #RUEarthMonth2019, and there are lots of ways to go green at Roosevelt as part of our campus sustainability efforts — from recycling and composting promotional events to fun urban ag field trips to our annual sustainability symposium. … Continue reading
Posted in activities, agriculture, cities, courses, ecology, education, events, field trips, food, green jobs, internships, policy, presentations, recycling, research, Roosevelt, social justice, students, waste, water
1 Comment
Celebrate Earth Day Today, & Go Green @RooseveltU this Week!
Earth Day is here! Get outside today if you can, rain or shine. Feel the sunshine on your face; or, the weather forecast holds up, bask in the overcast. (At least it won’t be snowing or sleeting.) Then, when you … Continue reading
Posted in activities, agriculture, cities, courses, ecology, education, events, field trips, food, green jobs, internships, policy, presentations, recycling, research, Roosevelt, social justice, students, waste, water
1 Comment
SUST Symposium 2019 on May 1st @RooseveltU
Celebrate #EarthMonth2019 @RooseveltU by attending the upcoming Spring 2019 SUST Symposium, which will be held on Wednesday, May 1st, from 2-5pm in Roosevelt University’s Wabash Building in Chicago (425 S. Wabash Ave.) and videoconferenced live via Zoom. Symposium 6.1 (Spring … Continue reading
Posted in activities, agriculture, cities, courses, ecology, education, events, field trips, food, green jobs, internships, policy, presentations, recycling, research, Roosevelt, social justice, students, waste, water
1 Comment
Zero Waste Schools Initiative: Getting into the Garbage
By Bria Jerome As another part of my Sustainability Studies internship this semester at Seven Generations Ahead, I get the opportunity to participate in the Zero Waste Schools program. The program works with CPS schools and those in the greater … Continue reading
Posted in education, food, internships, recycling, Roosevelt, students, waste
4 Comments
Go Green During Earth Month 2019 @RooseveltU!
This April is #RUEarthMonth2019, and there are lots of ways to go green at Roosevelt as part of our campus sustainability efforts — from recycling and composting promotional events to fun urban ag field trips to our annual sustainability symposium. … Continue reading
A Petition to Fight Environmental Classism on Chicago’s Southeast Side
By Jake Hanahan, SUST Student Associate Recently, the Southeast Environmental Task Force started a petition to stop the relocation of a major polluter to Chicago’s Southeast Side in a blatant case of environmental classism. The polluter in question, open-air scrap … Continue reading
Posted in cities, community, economics, ethics, policy, pollution, recycling, social justice, waste
4 Comments
Campus-Wide Composting @RooseveltU is Officially Live!
by Margaret Allen If you haven’t noticed already, here at Roosevelt we have launched a new system for composting food scraps and biodegradable waste. Just in time for spring and the advent of Earth Month, magical green bins have appeared … Continue reading
Compost Collection @RooseveltU: Back in Action this Fall 2018!
We know . . . you’ve been waiting and wondering, sometimes breathlessly, for the big reveal. When will those irresistible green composting bins reappear in Roosevelt’s historic and ever-charming Auditorium Building, with clever signs exhorting you to deposit your snack … Continue reading