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Harvard University announced November 2nd that more than 10 percent of the electricity consumed on its Cambridge and Allston campuses soon will be supplied from a wind farm in northern Maine. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, this agreement will make Harvard the largest purchaser of wind power by a university or college in New England.

The DePace Lab in the Systems Biology Department at Harvard Medical School recently achieved LEED (“Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design”) Gold certification through the U.S. Green Building Council. This makes the DePace Lab the first LEED certified wet lab at Harvard!

Edible Boston recently published a new piece in its Fall 2009 edition entitled "Healthy Food for a Health Care Community", which featured Restaurant Associates' sustainable dining initiative at Harvard Medical School (HMS).

The Center for Health & the Global Environment (CHGE) at Harvard Medical School has been active in greening its office practices through the Harvard Office for Sustainability’s Green Office Certification Program.

Now it is even easier for Boston and Cambridge residents to recycle and compost at home. Both cities’ programs recently expanded their services and offer great resources that detail how to properly recycle and compost in the community.

Got extra office supplies, books, magazines, or mugs that you or your office doesn’t use? Don’t trash them–freecycle them! Need new office supplies? Don’t pay for new ones–pick them up at the Freecycle and save your office money!

Tuesday, September 15
11am-1:30pm (rain or shine)
Science Center Lawn

Christine S. Benoit, a contract manager at Harvard’s Strategic Procurement Office, was profiled in the August 2009 issue of the Harvard Gazette:

Browse over $80,000 worth of gently used furniture, school and office supplies, and more at the largest campus surplus sale in the nation.

9am-5pm, August 15-16, 22-23, 27-31; and September 1, 5, 6 on the Science Center Lawn, Cambridge. Proceeds benefit Harvard Habitat for Humanity.

Sponsored by Harvard Recycling and Harvard Habitat for Humanity

Interested in helping your office reduce its environmental footprint and reduce financial impacts? Join us for a workshop to walk through Harvard’s Green Office Certification Program and find out how your office can get started towards becoming "4 leaf" certified! (All schools, units, and departments welcome!)

UOS has launched a virtual tour of LEED® Platinum Blackstone South—giving a much wider audience the ability to experience the innovative building.