Discover(ing) Sustainability

Starting this Thursday, October 1st, students in dorms throughout campus will be making greater efforts to turn off their lights when they leave their rooms, power down their computers when not in use, replace incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescents, shorten their time in the shower, and hang their laundry to dry.  All of these [...]

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UNH students lined up in record numbers for the 5th Annual Local Harvest Feast last Wednesday! According to UNH Dining, a total of 7,737 people were served this year. Crowds of students were joined by many UNH faculty, staff, and Durham community members who view this annual event as something not to be missed. Every [...]

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I spent some time in my garden this weekend, which I will summarize here: Thank goodness for professional farmers. Because if my family’s nutritional needs depended upon the bounty of my six-foot square plot, we’d have the Great Famine, Seacoast style. I’m sure my plight is familiar to many who tilled the soil this summer. [...]

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Check it out – the Healthy UNH website is now live! www.unh.edu/healthyunh Healthy UNH is bringing together students, faculty, and staff as we work to become the healthiest campus community in the country by 2020.  You can learn more in our latest newsletter. Why is public health so important a part of sustainability? Because environmental, [...]

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There’s a nice article in last Friday’s The New Hampshire about the monthly community dinners at the Waysmeet Center.  The UNH Organic Garden Club grows the vegetables, and works with other volunteers to prepare a locally grown, organic and vegetarian meal held on the second Friday of every month, 5:30 – 7:30.  The dinners are [...]

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… I’m thrilled to report that UNH has snagged another award for its sustainability, this one from our peer group, the Association for the Advancement for Sustainability in Higher Education, or AASHE. Read all about it. Written by Beth.

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Most readers of this blog are familiar with community supported agriculture, or CSAs, which form a direct link between farmer and consumer, cash and produce. Now, some fishing operations here on the Seacoast are starting CFAs — community supported fisheries — with the help of UNH Cooperative Extension/Sea Grant’s Ken La Valley. Read more about [...]

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