From the Blog / Announcements

• Don’t Touch That Dial
  Upon the recommendation of the University Sustainability Committee and with the approval of President Ruscio and the President’s Council, the University is embarking on a program to reduce energy consumption through temperature regulation in University facilities. The settings for all buildings will be 68 degrees maximum during the winter months and at 74 degrees minimum [...]
• ‘Lectric Vehicles Seen on Campus!
  The Facilities Management and ITS Departments as well as the University Mail Room are now using electric vehicles.  These vehicles are compact, extremely quiet and have no exhaust smell so they are great for on-campus use.  These low speed vehicles are ’street legal’ on roads where the speed limit is no more than 35 MPH so [...]
• Laura Henry-Stone & Sustainability Education
      Dr. Laura Henry-Stone will be joining the campus community as a post doctorate fellow in the Environmental Studies program.　 She will be teaching Introduction to Environmental Studies this fall and continuing her research into using place based education in the pursuit of sustainable ecological systems.　 She will also be working to further integrate the environmental [...]
• Cultivating Sustainability Conference
  Washington and Lee Dining Service will host the Cultivating Sustainability Conference on Wednesday, September 30th. School nutrition and food service personnel, school and university officials, local legislators, administrators, farmers and producers, and those involved in food system development are invited to attend. The conference will offer strategic directions for scaling up a regional food system, discuss the critical [...]