St. Lawrence Joins College Presidents Climate Commitment
St. Lawrence University has joined with over 600 American colleges and universities in committing to "carbon neutrality" in its campus operations, with President Daniel F. Sullivan signing the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment.
2009 Spring Fest Sustainability Themed
Spring Fest is a tradition at St. Lawrence that allows students one last formal opportunity to enjoy the sunny weather and their peers' company before hitting the library and their books for finals. Starting in 2008 Spring Fest went beyond bands and beer and added a socially conscious educational message, one addressing Human Rights. Spring Fest 2009 aims to address environmental sustainability. The week, Monday, April 20th through Sunday, April 26th is packed with events from lectures, to art exhibits to great food.
Students share how they live sustainably at SLU
Q: What do Outing Club, townhouse and Priest residents and library staff have in common?
A: They all live more sustainable lives by recycling.
That's what Kelsey Frasar, a senior psychology major, found when she made a short film asking students across campus how they live sustainability at SLU. Other answers included keeping windows shut, turning off lights and not brining a car to campus.
Monitoring: First Phase of Printing Reduction Plan
In accordance with the University's environmental commitments we have taken the first steps to reduce the impact printing has at St. Lawrence. Starting February 15, 2009 students will receive monthly e-mail updates detailing the number of pages they've printed. Data collected in the spring semester will assist the committees addressing this issue determine the current average number of pages printed per student as well as the number of free pages each student should receive in the future. If you would like to provide input on this process please contact infotech@stlawu.edu
We anticipate having printing quotas in place by Fall 2009.
Have questions? Check out 'Pay for Print FAQs'
St. Lawrence Launches Campus-Wide Energy Conservation Campaign
On December 3, 2008, President Sullivan announced to the campus community the start of our Energy Conservation Campaign, a very important component in changing our energy consumption behavior.
Good news! We have retained the services of Les Power, Consultant, PhD, to help us in this endeavor. Meet Les and find out what we can do as a campus community to achieve a reduction in energy consumption.
Information Technology Partners with the Campus to “GO GREEN”
Information Technology Division Sustainability Initiatives
Information Technology has been working toward a more sustainable environment for many years. This might be most visible by the savings on electric bills; however, IT takes sustainability seriously across the division. Team IT has been responsible for greatly reducing the number of production servers by utilizing new virtual technology to accomplish the same tasks. We've also been purchasing networked projectors to enable automatic shut down and monitor maintenance more carefully, which helps improve equipment efficiency. Most recently, we've participated in a program whereby blown projector bulbs are returned for relamping and proper handling of the mercury contained in each bulb.
