Calling all on-campus residents! The Residential Composting Program is now live and open for enrollment at no cost to participants. Composting is a waste diversion method that repurposes food waste and turns it back into soil, rather than going to waste. When organic materials go to a landfill, they anaerobically decompose, emitting methane; a greenhouse… Read more »
Welcome back to IUPUI for Fall 2021! Isn’t it great to see people in your building and walking around the campus? We’ve all experienced changes in how we do our everyday work and have had to make adjustments in this “new normal” environment we’ve had to create to stay safe. With these safeguards in place,… Read more »
In March, the IUPUI Staff Council passed a Carbon Neutrality Resolution that calls for Indiana University to become carbon neutral by no later than 2040. To achieve this monumental feat, the resolution urges the university to: Develop a system-wide sustainability action plan by 2025. Include and prioritize sustainability and the sustainability action plan in all… Read more »
My name is Aspen Grieshaber and I am currently a second-year student at IUPUI studying Sustainable Management and Policy. When I started in the fall of 2020, I had no intentions of doing any internships or work. However, in my Principles of Sustainability class, Miranda Frausto, the teacher’s assistant at the time, approached me and… Read more »
Greetings Jags – IUPUI Sustainability is thrilled to launch our long-awaited blog! With the help of our IUPUI community, we crowd sourced name ideas and put them up for a public vote, landing on a title we felt was truly very fitting – The Green Jag. The Green Jag will be a source for all… Read more »