Category Archives: recycling

You’re Doing it Wrong

Posted on December 5, 2019 by grahampickren

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 →

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Join Us at the Annual SUST Symposium this Wed 5/1 @RooseveltU

Posted on April 29, 2019 by SUSTatRU

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 →

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Today & Tomorrow @RooseveltU: Learn about Compost, Explore a Farmers Market, & More!

Posted on April 25, 2019 by SUSTatRU

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 →

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Celebrate Earth Day Today, & Go Green @RooseveltU this Week!

Posted on April 22, 2019 by SUSTatRU

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 →

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SUST Symposium 2019 on May 1st @RooseveltU

Posted on April 21, 2019 by SUSTatRU

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 →

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Zero Waste Schools Initiative: Getting into the Garbage

Posted on April 15, 2019 by SUSTatRU

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 →

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Go Green During Earth Month 2019 @RooseveltU!

Posted on April 13, 2019 by SUSTatRU

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 →

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A Petition to Fight Environmental Classism on Chicago’s Southeast Side

Posted on April 9, 2019 by SUSTatRU

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 →

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Campus-Wide Composting @RooseveltU is Officially Live!

Posted on March 29, 2019 by SUSTatRU

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 →

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Compost Collection @RooseveltU: Back in Action this Fall 2018!

Posted on October 4, 2018 by SUSTatRU

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 →

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