Boston University

Sustainability

John Kerry

Climate Change

Fixing Climate Change Is Good Business, Whatever President Trump Says

June 11, 2018

Farm manager Lindsay Allen (above) says the University’s affiliated teaching hospital started the farm atop BMC’s power plant “to provide superlocal, organic produce” for patients and staff and to reduce the environmental costs of procuring food.

Public Health

A Farm in the Sky

October 17, 2017

coal

Politics

POV: Uniting against Executive Order on the Clean Power Plan

April 5, 2017

Alexa Pisano showing her online store on a laptop

Earth

Selling Apparel to Benefit Ocean Conservation

February 21, 2017

Boston University students file past a "Locally Grown" sign in a BU dining hall. BU Dining Services hit its goal of providing 20% sustainable food three years early.

Accolades

Going Green Earns Plaudits for BU

February 13, 2017

Anthony Janetos giving presentation

Sustainability

Climate Task Force Meets Tonight

January 31, 2017

Boston University School of Law tower

Earth

School of Law Project Earns Gold LEED Certification

January 26, 2017

Roasted Duck with Butternut Squash and Kale

Arts & Culture

Peter Ungár Serves Up Duck for the Holidays

December 19, 2016

squash soup

Alumni

A Holiday Recipe from Peter Ungár of Tasting Counter

November 21, 2016

Angela Yuan (CAS’18) looks at a bag of vegetables at BU Farmers Market

Sustainability

BU’s Farmers Market Supports Local Businesses

October 19, 2016

Workers on the job at Red’s Best, a Boston seafood wholesaler

Arts & Culture

BU Increases Its Target for Sustainable Food Sources

October 14, 2016

Professor Anthony Janetos gives a presentation at the BU ACSRI Forum on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Sustainability

Trustees Adopt Broad Climate Change Strategy

September 20, 2016

a chef prepares a pizza while students line up to get food

Sustainability

Student Feedback Influences Dining Services Changes

September 20, 2016

Matt Thacker holds a blow horn at the Divestment Rally at Marsh Plaza

University News

Students Rally for Fossil Fuel Divestment

September 15, 2016

Sustainability Ambassador Lena Adams (SAR’19) directs Composting Comes Out during an orientation

Dining Hall

Putting Emphasis on Sustainability at Orientation

September 2, 2016

Commuter Rail Train

MBTA

New MBTA Pass Discount for Employees

August 4, 2016

Climate Change

POV: Beyond the Clean Power Plan

May 10, 2016

U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz

Commencement

US Secretary of Energy Moniz to Receive Honorary Degree

May 9, 2016

Sustainability@BU

Sustainability

BU Celebrates Earth Day 2016

April 21, 2016

Professor Anthony Janetos gives a presentation at the BU ACSRI Forum on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Climate Change

ACSRI Proposes Creation of Broad Climate Plan

April 20, 2016

ACSRI Proposes Creation of Broad Climate Plan