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University Sustainability

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As part of the Citizenship Project, students in Sindee Kerker's class picked up trash on Delray beach. Check out these facts about litter. 

    
Vision: A sustainable campus environment to benefit students, faculty, staff and community
Mission: The Sustainability Committee seeks to enhance the university's mission by creating a sustainable campus environment with focus on conservation, commitment, community and education.
Core Values: Conservation, Commitment, Community, Environment and Education
Discipline Focuses: The commitee has 5 discipline areas: Community and Education, Energy and Transportation, Landscape and Ecology, Water, Waste and Materials.

Community and Education

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Students participate in sustainability projects
Fri, January 6 2017   2:35 PM

Students are participating in five on-campus J-term citizenship sustainability projects, including a Butterfly Garden revitalization, a preserve cleanup and preserve trail improvement project and two campus trash cleanups (at Potomac and Military) and a c...

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Landscape and Ecology

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Students plant trees in preserve for Tu B'Shevat
Tue, July 12 2016   10:59 AM

Hillel@Lynn celebrated the Jewish holiday Tu B'Shevat, "The New Year of the Trees," by planting trees in the preserve on campus Feb. 4. Tu B'Shevat is the day that marks the beginning of a "new year" for trees. The day sends a good message that we are the...

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Green News

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Perper Residence Hall LEED Certification scores big
Wed, March 15 2017   3:38 PM

Perper Residence Hall earned LEED points on 5 out of 6 possible areas on water efficiency, which is a difficult task to complete. On the overall score card, the building is on track for the silver status on the LEED scoring system.

As construction continue...

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Water

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Lynn takes action to preserve water on campus
Thu, February 14 2013   2:58 PM

The National Intelligence Council Global Trends: 2030 projects a 40% increase in demand for food and water by 2030 and nearly 50% of the world's population will live in areas with limited access to food and water.  These scarcities will wor...

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Materials and Waste

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Facts about litter: Did you know?
Fri, January 6 2017   2:36 PM

• Last year, taxpayers spent nearly $11 billion cleaning up litter across the U.S., 10 times more than the cost of trash disposal. (North Carolina alone spent $15 million and removed 7.5 million pounds of just roadside litter. That’s equivalent...

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Think before throwing away
Mon, May 9 2016   11:24 AM

As the end of the semester approaches, so does move-out day for resident students which means large amounts of disposed items accumulate when students leave the residence halls. Lynn is committed to the sustainability of both the campus and the community,...

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Energy and Transportation

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UCarShare vehicles rack up the miles
Thu, April 6 2017   4:10 PM
In May 2017, Lynn's Uhaul CarShare had 55 reservations and 215 hours scheduled. 

In March 2017, Lynn's Uhaul CarShare had 80 reservations and 220.5 hours scheduled. 
 
In February 2017, Lynn's Uhaul CarShare had 48 reservations and 2...


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