Sustainability
Celebrate Climate Week with the Get There Green 2021! Campaign
Lace up those sneakers, grease those gears, get those smartphone ticketing apps out, unplug the electric vehicle, or dust off the car cushions for a (vaccinated) friend because Get There Green! is coming up and you can pledge your green trip(s) online. Get There Green! is a week to promote and celebrate more sustainable modes of transportation. This year it is taking place September 20 through 26 during Climate Week NYC. During this week everyone is encouraged to join in a week of climate action by pledging to use a more sustainable mode of transportation for as many trips as they can. These include:
- Walking
- Biking
- Taking Transit
- Carpooling (with vaccinated passengers)
- Driving an electric vehicle; or
- Any other mode of transportation that is not driving alone in a fossil fuel powered vehicle
You can find a counter of emissions reductions pledged to date, along with resources on how to green your trips, on the Get There Green! webpage on the GreenNY Website.
Sustainable CUNY 2020 Year in Review
Sustainable CUNY is a strategic program that focuses on sustainability and energy conservation at America’s largest urban public university as well as supporting the integration of safe distributed resources such as solar and energy storage into NYC’s infrastructure. Sustainable CUNY continues to work with our many partners throughout this difficult year and look forward to a healthy 2021. Learn more on the Sustainable CUNY website.
Brooklyn College Farm Share (Farm2Campus)
Corbin Hill Food Project and Brooklyn College: Flexible, Affordable, Convenient
Check out Corbin Hill Food Project's new Rotating Add-Ons, each week new items are for sale at select sites. At this time, campus distributions are cancelled.
Please visit the Corbin hill Food Project website and this space for updates. Read our feature in The Brooklyn College Vanguard.
The mission of Brooklyn College's sustainability initiative is to create an overarching culture of sustainability throughout the entire campus community by raising awareness of, engagement in and commitment to reducing our carbon footprint through campus-based education, research, operations, community-based collaboration, and service. Our sustainability planning will take special recognition of the constraints, opportunities, and responsibilities attendant with our urban location in one of the most densely populated cities in the United States.
To advance this mission, in 2010 the college convened the Brooklyn College Sustainability Council and the Provost's Task Force on City-Based and Sustainability Education to evaluate sustainability on campus and make recommendations for improvements in seven pillar areas:
- Waste Management and Recycling
- Water
- Energy
- Procurement
- Food and Nutrition
- Transportation
- Outreach and Education
Goals for advancement in each of these areas are included in Brooklyn College's 10-Year Sustainability Plan.
This plan guides the college's green initiatives, in conjunction with the CUNY Sustainability Initiative and PlaNYC and in partnership with businesses, government, regional and citywide organizations.
Conferences, Workshops and Webinars
- September 14, 2021: Sustainable Finance
- September 15, 2021: Toxic Chemicals in Children's Products
- September 15, 2021: Leveraging Social Media for Sustainability Campus Engagement [During & Beyond COVID-19]
- September 22, 2021: Heath of Consensus & Other Lakes from Space
- September 22, 2021: Using Lean Feedback-Loops to Build a Sustainable 0 Waste Program
- September 28, 2021: NYS Food Donation & Food Scraps Recycling Law Update
- September 29, 2021: Academics, Equity, & Resilience
- September 30, 2021: Backyard Invasives: Tips for you Fall Garden
- September 30, & October 7, 2021: Free Fishing Clinics - Kissena Park, Flushing Queens
- October 12, 2021: Sustainable Forest Products
- October 12-14, 2021: Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education #GCSHE
- October 12-14, 2021: NERC Conference - On the Horizon: Reuse, Solar, Soil & Justice
- October 21, 2021: Free Fishing Clinics - Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx
- November 3-4, 2021: National Recycling Congress
- November 9-10, 2021: NYSAR3 Annual Recycling Conference
- November 10, 2021: Climate Solution 101
- November 17, 2021: Introducing a Climate Anxiety Toolkit & Generating Insights from a Co-Evaluatation Process
The Princeton Review’s Green Colleges
Brooklyn College makes the list of The Princeton Review’s Green Colleges: 2021 Edition. Brooklyn College is also recognized in the Princeton Review’s 2021 Best Colleges: Region by Region website as one of the 224 best colleges in the Northeast.
The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges present information on each school's use of renewable energy, its recycling and conservation programs, the availability of environmental studies in academic offerings, and career guidance for green jobs. The Princeton Review is an education services company known for its tutoring, test-prep, books, and other student resources. Headquartered in New York City, it is not affiliated with Princeton University.
REV Campus Challenge
We are recognized as an Achiever member for the college's initiatives and efforts to improve energy efficiency and conservation by NYSERDA's REV Campus Challenge program.
