Category Archives: Current Sustainability Initiatives

Sustainable Energy Update

Now in its third year, the SUNY New Paltz Office of Campus Sustainability is continuing its partnerships within Facilities Management and across the campus community to focus on advancing energy…

Biologists Advance Campus Bird Biodiversity Research

For the second consecutive summer, Kara Loeb Belinsky, assistant professor of biology at SUNY New Paltz, is working with students to track bird populations and behavior patterns on campus, offering…

$$$ Available for Sustainability Projects & Research

Do you have an idea for a sustainability project, program or research and are looking for that extra encouragement (and some funding) to make it a reality?  Summer break is the…

The Daylight Hour: A Single Hour Where We Ask You to Turn It Off

At noon on Friday, June 19, 2015, SUNY New Paltz is dedicating one workday hour to turn off the lights in day-lit spaces to demonstrate the availability of daylight.  Do…

Ramped-up “Reuse2Reduce” Program leads to best-ever waste diversion

As students depart from campus during the last week of each spring semester, the process of cleaning out residence halls invariably includes the disposal of many unneeded household goods and…