The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday (April 27, 2022) to begin phasing out single-use plastics from city facilities and city-sponsored events. The city will also continue to take steps toward potentially banning polystyrene products such as Styrofoam. “Our future in Los Angeles is plastics-free,” Councilman Mitch O’Farrell said Wednesday. Watch video at…
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USC WorkWell Center and USC Hospitality created the Healthy Dining on Campus Guide to help you choose healthier food and beverages across campus cafeterias and restaurants.
USC’s Climate Forward 2022 Conference gathered energy and climate change experts for a dialogue on sustainable solutions and actions.
Environmental activist Ron Finley gave a presentation as part of USC’s Earth Week Celebration. Ron Finley, a self-proclaimed “rebel with a green thumb,” empowered students to be “gangsta gardeners” Wednesday as he headlined USC’s Earth Week Celebration in Bovard Auditorium. “Gardening is the gateway drug to humanity, to your campus,” Finley said. “That’s why we all need to know…
Voters are alarmed by deadly heat waves, destructive wildfires and dangerous air pollution — and want solutions from politicians.
Madeline Robbins (MBA’22) relished the opportunity to sell “greener” products but was frustrated that sales drive decision making and not sustainability.
Students are developing solutions to cold-climate air quality in Fairbanks by using special wood stove filters — a literal smoke screen.
As a biologist turned architect, School of Architecture Associate Professor Doris Sung approaches sustainable design in a unique way.
The Undergraduate Student Government hopes to expand and progress on their sustainability initiatives in the 2022-23 year by advocating for recycling bins to be implemented on the Row and calling for a ban on single-use plastics. One of the sustainability projects USG advocated for over the 2021-22 year was talking to University administration about the…
With plans to ban plastic bottles and to implement sustainable infrastructure, USC has set an aggressive timeline to reach carbon neutrality.