Sustaining Success
The University of Delaware's dairy farm serves as a model for farmers in the region and leads the way in utilizing the latest green methods of farming and green technology.
Climate scientists, philosophers, economists, ethicists and students gathered at the University of Delaware's Clayton Hall on Friday, Oct. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 31 to discuss the ways in which humans should respond to climate change, as part of a conference titled, "The Ethics of Climate Change: Intergenerational Justice and the Global Challenge." (http://sepp.dbi.udel.edu/CJprogram.html)
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What we're doing for sustainability at UD
Energy Conservation and Efficiency
Through the Facilities unit, the University of Delaware implements conservation and efficiency efforts. Facilities hold energy conservation meetings to identify projects that can improve conservation and efficiency across campus buildings. These projects are funded by an Energy Conservation Reserve Fund, in which funds are dedicated solely to the energy efficiency and conservation projects identified by facilities personnel.
Recycling
The University of Delaware contains an extensive recycling network, providing the campus communityfaculty, students and staffthe ability to recycle a range of material. Recycling containers are available at residence, dining and administrative buildings.
Dining Services
UD Dining Services is involved in a number of initiatives related to sustainability, including an annual national recycling competition called RecycleMania. Whether reducing water usage in dishwashing or finding ways to minimize food waste, Dining Services is working with the Campus community to develop sustainable practices that work.
Morris Library
The University of Delaware Library works collaboratively with many others at the University to operate in a sustainable manner, and to encourage action on the part of all library users including students, faculty and staff. The Library is a leader in provision of electronic information.
Information Technology
GreenIT is about how our IT activities individually and collectively affect the earth, and how we can be part of changing course. The University's GreenIT page is a forum for raising your awareness of sustainability issues in IT, offering tangible steps to reduce the carbon footprint of your IT activities, and locating other green initiatives in higher education.
Transportation
The University of Delaware has a history of purchasing energy efficient products and identifying innovative ways to minimize waste in contracts. With the goal of building upon past successes, the University is currently in the process of developing Green Purchasing Guidelines.
Procurement
Under the leadership of the Procurement Services unit, the University of Delaware has consistently purchased energy efficient products and identified innovative ways to minimize waste. In an effort to build on past successes and as part of the Path to Prominence's Initiative for the Planet, the campus community has adopted Green Purchasing Guidelines to increase the number of environmentally-preferable products and services procured by the University. See the Six Steps. of Sustainable Purchasing
Graphic Communications Center and Office of Publications
GCC provides the campus community with graphic communication services. This includes offering printing and copying services. GCC has incorporated the following practices into its everyday business practices to minimize negative environmental impacts
Sustainable Landscaping
The University of Delaware is committed to creating landscapes that are beautiful and sustainable. Sustainable landscaping is the science and art of growing or managing a landscape following the essential principles of soil building and conservation, pest management, and native or heritage species and preservation.
Stormwater Management
The University of Delawares Stormwater Management Programs main function is to ultimately decrease the quantity while increasing the quality of stormwater runoff from the campus properties. This goal is achieved in many ways and is an ongoing endeavor that involves synergistic efforts among several key Colleges and Departments on campus as well as the City of Newark to ensure that optimum performance results are achieved. UD WATER (Watershed Action Team for Ecological Restoration) is a new, university-wide project, conducted in collaboration with the City of Newark, which seeks to develop and implement management measures to mitigate the stormwater runoff problems facing UD and the City.
