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Letter to the editor: It’s Time for SIU to Divest and Become a Leader in Fighting Climate Change

Letter to the editor: It’s Time for SIU to Divest and Become a Leader in Fighting Climate Change

February 22, 2017

Innovation and Sustainability Hub to open in April

By Anna Spoerre, @annaspoerre

March 22, 2016

Filed under Campus

Whoever said it wasn't easy being green? The Innovation and Sustainability Hub — expected to open the week of April 4 — is in the process of moving into the old Starbucks storefront at the north end of the Student Center.Â...

Green Fund promotes a more sustainable campus

By Anna Spoerre, @ASpoerre_DE

October 28, 2015

Filed under Campus

The SIU Green Fund has invested almost $1.8 million to creative and sustainable minds on campus since students proposed the Green Fee in 2009.Applications for Green Fund projects for the 2015-16 school year are being accepted ...

Dining halls plan for 20% local food by 2020

Dining halls plan for 20% local food by 2020

October 19, 2015

New sustainability coordinator plans for greener future on campus

By Anna Spoerre, @ASpoerre_DE

September 21, 2015

Filed under Campus

The university has spent more than $1.5 million on sustainability projects across the Carbondale community since 2009 according to sustainability.siu.edu. Geory Kurtuzhals will now oversee these projects as SIU's new sustainability coordinator.“I have one...

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