Viterbi engineers itself a new future
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Tag Archive for: sustainability
Funding an obstacle for green groups
Despite the abundance of student environmental groups, many struggle financially.
Students must keep green momentum going
The refrain that USC isn’t the most environmentally friendly campus has been beaten to death. Our facilities are not swathed in solar paneling and we don’t have wind turbines powering our dining hall kitchens. But there has been a respectable amount of progress in sustainability at USC in the last year. The Leadership in Energy […]
College students are in a position to go green
USC needs help from students in order to become a coal-free institution.
Forum discusses USC’s energy transition
The installation of solar panels on buildings would help lower USC’s dependence on coal.
Sustainable curriculum is a must
USC often gets flak for not being among the most environmentally-friendly institutions. But what people don’t seem to notice is the university’s capacity to effect environmental change in the realm students and faculty come from all over the world to benefit from in the first place — education. The Education and Environment Initiative, which pioneered […]
UN has chance for blockbuster impact
The UN wants Hollywood to make movies about sustainability, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Letter to the editor
Sustainable food limited Here’s something that should make you lose your appetite: Only 6 percent of food served on USC’s campus is purchased from local producers. Even less is organically grown or raised. The bread on that sandwich you’re eating likely came from a factory in Ohio, the meat from a slaughterhouse in Kansas and […]
Food, Inc. challenged student food beliefs
Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser spoke about the food industry in Bovard last night.
Fadil, Mehra aim to revamp sustainability
Alex Fadil and Rohan Mehra helped to refound the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity at USC in 2009.