Yesterday, more than 125 local practitioners working to bring regionally-produced food to schools, colleges, hospitals, food pantries and other venues, and educate their eaters about nutrition programs, cooking and gardening, gathered at SUNY New […]
Read moreNEW PALTZ – President Donald Christian of the State University of New York at New Paltz has officially submitted the Campus Sustainability Plan to the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). To support the plan, the College has hired a full-time sustainability coordinator and a part-time energy coordinator who…
Read moreNEW PALTZ – The Princeton Review has selected the State University of New York at New Paltz for inclusion in its 2013 Guide to 322 Green Colleges. The guide, produced in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council, profiles 320 institutions of higher education in the United States and two…
Read moreNEW PALTZ – Julie Suarez, Director of Policy at the New York State Farm Bureau, will deliver the luncheon keynote address at the “Mid-Hudson Agriculture: Growing our Economy and our Communities” conference to be held on March 1, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Student Union on the State…
Read moreNEW PALTZ – SUNY New Paltz’s latest renewable energy project came on line this month with the installation of a 5kilowatt solar array that are now being used to power a garage and to recharge the batteries of the fleet of electric vehicles that were acquired in an earlier environmental initiative….
Read moreNEW PALTZ – Crispell Hall, a student residence building at the State University of New York at New Paltz, was recently awarded LEED Gold Certification for New Construction and Major Renovations, making it the first-ever LEED Gold building on the campus. The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating…
Read moreNEW PALTZ – The Center for Research, Regional Education, and Outreach (CRREO) at the State University of New York at New Paltz is one of 10 members of the Mid-Hudson Sustainability Planning Consortium, a group that recently received an $800,000 grant from the <a href="http://www.nyserda.ny.gov/Cleaner-Greener">New York State Energy Research and…
Read moreNEW PALTZ – The State University of New York at New Paltz will hold its first Environmental Awareness and Sustainability Day on May 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the campus. The purpose of the event is to celebrate the Earth and how we can alter our lifestyles to…
Read moreNEW PALTZ – The Princeton Review has selected the State University of New York at New Paltz for inclusion in its 2012 Guide to 322 Green Colleges. The guide, produced in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council, profiles 320 institutions of higher education in the United States and two…
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The State University of New York at New Paltz has been selected for inclusion in The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges: 2012 Edition. New Paltz was also featured in the previous two editions of the guide, which was first published in 2010. New Paltz’s strong commitment to environmental sustainability and…
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