Sustainability Initiative

News Briefs


Mobile Recycling

The students of Oneida and Onondaga halls have become accustom to a new sight roaming the halls. The mobile recycling cart is the new phenomenon that has captured their interest as well as their recyclables. “the best part about the mobile cart is that I don’t have to walk down the stairs” says freshman Onieda resident Kristen Daubenbis "because when the cart come's to my room, I actually try”


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Teaching Tomorrow’s Energy Alternatives Today

"Why should every graduating high school senior have a basic literacy in energy?” Tom Kubicki, professor of technology education at SUNY Oswego expects all his students answer this question before the completion of his class.

 


COM 240 students

Green In the Classroom

Nola Heidlebaugh's class encourages students to think green. In her COM 240 class, students have to come up with solutions to make Oswego an environmental-friendly campus.

 


Alok Kumar- Teaching Environmental Science

A Passion for Environmental Science

Alok Kumar passionately believes environmental science education is essential for those who do not know about the dangers to the environment, and those who want to help.

 


Craig Traub , Director of Resident Dining

Greenware

Resident dining has incorporated ecotainer cups and greenware products as a part of our Sustainability Initiative. Director of Resident Dining Craig Traub says, "Student and faculty feedback to the steps taken by dining halls has been positive."

 


SUNY Oswego Steam Station

Central Heating Plant Boiler Replacement

New heating boilers on-campus are smaller, automatic and more efficient. The new boilers were installed last summer to replace the old ones that were built in the 1960s. "The boilers were running out of their life, so we decided to go with brand new ones," said John Moore, the Director of Facilities Design and Construction.