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News on campus sustainability initiatives, emerging programs, rankings, awards, student initiatives, green teams, and more from across the Cornell University campus.

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Slope Day 2023

The effort to make Cornell events more sustainable has been growing over the past two decades

Meadow

Save money, fuel, time, and yield multiple environmental benefits with these tips from Cornell's turf and grounds experts.

Cornell Child Care Center

New heating and cooling structure will be the Ithaca campus’s first full-scale ground-source heat pump installation

Daphne Frias

Join us for conversations with youth climate activist Daphne Frias. You are welcome to join as many sessions as you would like throughout the day.

Solar panels on Day Hall

Three more North Campus residential buildings turned on their rooftop solar panels over winter break and now help the campus generate more electricity using renewables.

Students tabling

Mission Sustainability is an educational and survey requirement for all Cornell students launched in 2020. 

Solar panels on Cornell's North Campus residence halls

Solar now supplies 35% of the new North Campus residence hall complex's annual electricity needs.

Ithaca Bikeshare bikes parked downtown.

Ithaca's newest bike share features pedal-assist electric bikes. BYO helmet!

Person speaks into microphone in lecture hall

Cornell's first-ever Climate Action Week on November 14-18th brought together the Cornell community with conversations, workshops, and rallies on climate change and carbon neutrality.