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UNH Honored By Environmental Business Council Of New England UNH Report: New Fuel Economy Standards Economic Boon For Northeast

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Contacts

 

Beth Potier

UNH Media Relations

603.862.1566

beth[dot]potier[at]unh[dot]edu

Sara Cleaves

UNH University Office of Sustainability

603.862.0172

sara[dot]cleaves[at]unh[dot]edu

To schedule an interview with Tom Kelly, UNH's Chief Sustainability Officer:

Alaina Pritchard, Administrative Assistant

UNH University Office of Sustainability

603.862.8564

alaina[dot]pritchard[at]unh[dot]edu

 

Talking Points

"Sustainability is now recognized as one of UNH’s core identities and strengths with faculty, staff, and students from many disciplines working together in new and innovative ways to advance a common goal. Our impact on campus ripples out into the state and even the nation as our graduates take their knowledge and experience with them—helping to guide and educate their new communities in the ways of sustainability."
-- UNH President Mark Huddleston

Sustainability at UNH

UNH launched its University Office of Sustainability in 1997, making it the nation's first endowed office of sustainability in higher education. Today, UNH is a leader in sustainability -- integrating sustainability throughout its curricula, operations, research, and engagement efforts through four initiatives in biodiversity, climate, food and culture. Committed to being a model sustainable learning community that prepares students to advance sustainability in their civic and professional lives, UNH has earned several awards for its sustainability initiatives, which range from innovative academic programs and research in fields like ecogastronomy and marine science to the largest transit system in the state of New Hampshire (run mainly on alternative fuels) to sustainable food in the dining halls. Discover the sustainable learning community at UNH at sustainableunh.unh.edu and discoversustainability.org.

 

Latest News

 

UNH Honored By Environmental Business Council Of New England

The University of New Hampshire recently received the Environmental Merit Award from the Environmental Business Council of New England (EBC) in recognition of its sustainability leadership and programs. UNH's award, given at a reception in Boston June 18, 2009, was for leadership by a nonprofit organization. (06-22-09) Story >>>

 

UNH Researcher Receives Presidential Environmental Award

University of New Hampshire professor Frederick Short was co-recipient of the prestigious Coastal America Partnership Award - the only environmental award of its kind given by the U.S. president - for his contributions to a project that restored eelgrass to coastal salt ponds in Rhode Island. The highest level award for partnership efforts, this award from the p resident recognizes outstanding collaborative, multi-agency and multi-stakeholder efforts to accomplish coastal restoration, preservation, protection, and education projects. (06-17-09) Story >>>

 

UNH Report: New Fuel Economy Standards Economic Boon For Northeast

A study released today by the University of New Hampshire's Carbon Solutions New England (CSNE) shows that the New England region would see a net economic benefit of $10 billion by 2025 under the new fuel economy standards announced by President Barack Obama in May. The money would come from fuel savings and reinvestment back into the local and regional economy. (06-08-09) Story >>>

 

 

 

Sustainability Initiatives

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Awards & Accolades

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Cogeneration plant

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Caption: UNH was an early signer of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. A campus-wide Energy Task Force is developing a climate action plan to steer the university towards climate neutrality or better, and operational efforts like the on-campus combined heat and power plant will help the campus meet the goals of this plan as part if its Climate Education Initiative.

Local Harvest Feast

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Caption: Students and community members line up in droves to attend UNH's annual Local Harvest Feast of gourmet menu items made from local and sustainble foods. The feast is part of UNH's Local Harvest Initiative, the goals of which are to increase procurement of locally, regionally, and sustainably grown and produced items (including organic and Fair Trade), conserve water and energy, reduce waste (including through composting), and educate students, staff, faculty and community members about our local agricultural landscape and its role in sustaining our physical and economical health and well-being, now and in the future.

Organic Dairy Research Farm

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Caption: UNH’s Organic Dairy Research Farm, the first at a land-grant university in the country and made possible by the generosity of donors like Stonyfield Farm, provides research to New England farmers and training to UNH students as part of UNH's Food & Society Initiative. "UNH is a recognized leader in sustainability, in large part because of the innovative work we do to advance sustainable agriculture, food, and nutrition in our state and region," says UNH President Mark Huddleston."Our impact on campus ripples out into the state, nation and world as our graduates take their knowledge and experience with them-helping to guide and educate their new communities in the ways of sustainability."

Organic Garden Club

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Caption: Founded in 2003, the student-run UNH Organic Garden Club (OGC) maintains a two-acre site on a 30-acre, USDA certified organic parcel of land on the UNH Durham campus -- the first certified organic land on campus. They supply their own on-campus farmer’s market, UNH dining halls, and dinners for local shelters and the larger community with the variety of produce they grow, including heirloom varieties.

Student Energy Waste Watch Challenge

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Caption: As part of its Climate Education Initiative, every fall UNH students compete in the Energy Waste Watch Challenge to see which residence hall or apartment can use the least amount of energy. In 2007, students saved $40,000 and reduced 189 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.

UNH student biking on campus

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Caption: University of New Hampshire students are embedded in a culture of sustainability. A “day in the life” of a UNH student could include waking up in Energy Star rated residence hall, biking or taking a biodiesel or compressed natural gas shuttle bus to get around campus, dining on local food and Fair Trade coffee, working at the on-side student organic garden club site, taking classes in everything from alternative energy to food and society, interning or conducting research in areas of sustainability, and attending a speaker, film, discussion, or performance on campus.

Wildcat Sculpture

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Caption: Sustainability is about thriving, not just surviving, so UNH includes social and cultural issues in sustainability. Its University Office of Sustainability has co-sponsored Human Rights Watch films and a Fair Trade Fair, offered cultural excursions to museums and the performing arts, collaborated in making a documentary about the late Ed and Mary Scheier, former UNH faculty who were celebrated potters, and worked with administrators, faculty, staff and students to develop campus aesthetic guidelines under which the first piece of public art arrived on campus – the Wildcat sculpture in front of the Whittemore Center.

Wildcat Transit

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Caption: In 2007, UNH Wildcat Transit – the largest public transportation provider in the state—provided more than 1 million passenger trips, a new record. UNH transit buses and shuttles run mostly on alternative fuels like biodiesel and compressed natural gas. Named an EPA and DOT “Best Workplace for Commuters” since 2004, UNH's transportation demand mangement efforts also include an on-campus Amtrak rail station, dedicated walking and bicycling paths and solar-powered lit shelters, ridesharing, carpooling, and an ever-growing suite of alternative fueled and clean technology transit and non-transit vehicles called “Eco-Cat.”

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