Discover(ing) Sustainability

Perhaps you’ve read the headlines: Food Bank Inventories at an All-time Low Demand is up – Donations are Down at NH Food Banks Unfortunately, these are not from last week’s papers but illustrate an issue that has been ongoing for the last two years here in NH. Increased cost of heating and transportation leave many [...]

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This year, as in 2006, a delegation of UNH faculty and staff made the journey to the huge international gathering of food communities in Torino, Italy known as Terra Madre. Over 7,000 people including farmers and fishers, chefs, academics and youth hailing from all parts of the globe—from Peru to Senegal to Japan to Australia—gathered [...]

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Rachel Forrest of the Portsmouth Herald/Seacoast Online gives the UNH Dairy Bar a glowing review in today’s paper, giving it three and a half stars for “good wholesome sandwiches and light fare with our health and universe in mind.” Forrest appreciates not just the food (which she calls “fresh, tasty and very reasonably priced”) but [...]

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These days, it seems every college dining hall is dishing up local food — a great thing, given the meal plans’ ability to serve a side dish of locavore education along with the grub of the day. But here at UNH, the butternut squash on the menu in Philbrick, Stillings and Holloway is local with [...]

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Last night, the Real Food Forum gathered about 50 students, staff, and faculty to talk about how we can work together to create a more sustainable food system at UNH. Our fabulous intern, Juliet Bluemling, kicked off the night with an overview of the national Real Food Challenge, which is just launching this fall. Then [...]

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Here in New Hampshire we are fond of saying, “If you don’t like the weather, just wait a minute.” Although meant to be humorous, it’s not so far from the truth, and no one knows this better than your local farmer. Each year brings a different challenge – too wet, too hot, too dry – [...]

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Hey UNH, Not to get all 1970s crying Indian on you, but what’s up with all the litter? I mean, UNH is leading the way on reducing our carbon footprint, studying climate change with Arctic ice cores, serving local food in our dining halls … and we still have to talk about beer cans and [...]

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Net-positive living. Sustainable land use in Amazonia. Urban development and climate change. These are just a few of the topics being discussed in a new speaker series at UNH focused on sustainability science. Co-sponsored by the NRESS Ph.D. Program, the Department of Earth Sciences, the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, the Institute for the Study of Earth Oceans and [...]

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Posted on behalf of our intern, Juliet Bluemling.  It is undeniable: the push for local and sustainable food is everywhere, especially at the University of New Hampshire. From the Organic Garden Club and Ecological Advocates to the new Slow Food Student Organization, students have organized to build a more sustainable food system. Thanks to the [...]

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The UNH Office of Sustainability is once again offering Cultural Excursions to Boston during the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2008-2009 season. Excursions depart from Durham and include a morning live rehersal of the BSO followed by an afternoon visit to the Boston Museum of Fine Art. But wait – did you say the Office of Sustainability [...]

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