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HLS recovers MOST COMPOST EVER in March 2012

Thanks to expansion and improvement of their campus-wide composting program, the Harvard Law School community recovered the MOST COMPOST EVER in the month of March 2012. 

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Terracycle Comes to Harvard Law School!

Harvard is now Terracycling more than ever before!

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Weatherproofing Windows Saves Energy in Harvard Law’s North Hall Dormitory

North Hall

Ever noticed a draft coming from your windows on cold winter days?

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Re-using Furniture at Harvard Law School

This winter, many Harvard Law School departments transitioned into new offices in the Wasserstein Caspersen Clinical building.

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GREENING IT – Building Management Systems

Case Study: HLS Room Scheduling Integrated With Building Management Systems

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Save Time, Save Paper: Reduce your Junk Mail!

The Harvard Law School Green Living Representatives saw an opportunity to save time and

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HLS Dorms Compete to Reduce Electricity Use

For one week, all HLS Dorms competed to REDUCE THEIR JUICE, and Shaw led by Green Living Rep Katy Yang emerged victorious, reducing electricity consumption 6.4% and saving 144 kil

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ELS and Green Living host Carbon Nation Film Screening and Discussion with Professors Lazarus and Leshy

On November 2, 2011, the Green Living Program and Environmental Law Society collaborated to bring together over fifty community members for pizza, a screening of Carbon Nation and

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HLS Student Computer Lab Using Solar Keyboards and Mice

Keeping with the green theme of the new Wasserstein-Caspersen-Clinical building, the new student computer lab is has installed solar keyboards and long-life battery mice.  Logitech wireless K750 so

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Down in the Tunnels: One Green Living Rep's reflections on a tour of Harvard's Blackstone Steam Plant

            Harvard makes most of its own heat.  Today, enough steam shoots out of the Blackstone Steam Plant to serve the needs of 11 million square fee

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Faculty Reflect on Creation of GHG Reduction Goal

Earlier this fall the original members of the 2008 Harvard University Task Force on Greenhouse Gas Emissions met for dinner at the Faculty Club to discuss Harvard’s progr

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