Energy and Water Conservation Update

By Amelia Williamson

Even with the addition of thousands of students and hundreds of faculty and new teaching and research facilities to support them, Texas A&M University has managed drastic drops in water and energy consumption, making the nation’s sixth-largest university a campus conservation leader. Learn More

Rain garden will help water quality and landscaping

By Daniel Howley Staff Writer

In an effort to clean up local waterways, the Monmouth University chapter of New Jersey Community Water Watch is expected to begin construction on a natural water filtration system this month.  The filtration system, known as a rain garden, "is a simple garden that is dug deep into the earth in order to filter out pollutants from the water and soil," Monmouth University student Jamie Kinard explained. Learn More

In 2005 the University launched Green U, a program coordinated by the Office of Environmental Health and Safety aimed at making UM a community leader in the acquisition of environmentally responsible products and the practice of ecologically sound maintenance and operations procedures. Learn More

Miami residence halls go green clean

03/20/2008

Last summer, as part of Miami's commitment to using environmentally friendly products on campus, building staff started using "green" cleaning products at McKee Hall, tying into McKee's environmental living-learning community. Learn More