Eco-Sense First General Meeting

Thursday, January 19, 8:00 PM

Anderson 2U (2nd floor Anderson)

Join us to learn about what AU’s environmental club is doing this semester. We’re planning campus environmental action, garden planting, park cleanups, hiking, cooking demonstrations, and more!

A Sustainable Year in Review

As 2011 comes to an end, the Office of Sustainability has highlighted the top ten American University Sustainability Stories. Here's a quick breakdown of the ten, but be sure to check out the newsletter itself for all the details of AU's sustainability initiatives.

#10 - Personal Energy Meters
#9 - AU's Green Roofs Grow to 10
#8 - Earth Week 2011
#7 - National Recognition
#6 - SIS Certified LEED Gold
#5 - Green Office (GO!) Program Pilot
#4 - Paper Towel Composting
#3 - Green Eagle Ecoreps
#2 - AU Earns STARS Gold
#1 - Solar Panels

There's so much to be excited about and inspired by! Here's to a sustainable 2012!

Metro Bus Maps Encouraging Students to Use Public Transportation

The Green Eagles at AU have recently made several maps of the bus routes to encourage students to use public transportation when commuting to and from campus! Be sure to see if there is a way you can reduce your carbon footprint by taking the bus. 

http://www.american.edu/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&pageid=3069620

Office of Sustainability 'Building Dashboard'

Be sure to look at the Office of Sustainability's new "Building Dashboard" website that shows energy use in all buildings on campus so students are able to notice the connection between their habits and energy consumption. And don't forget to check out the article the Eagle recently wrote about the website!

http://buildingdashboard.net/american/

http://www.theeagleonline.com/news/story/dashboard-site-shows-energy-use-on-campus/

Keep an eye on the Building Dashboard site for the November energy reduction competition between residence halls!

AU Students Meet to Take Tar Sands Action

Check out what AU students have being doing to work against the Keystone XL Pipeline. Written by Ecosense's own Thomas Meyer! http://www.tarsandsaction.org/american-university-students-meet-community-tar-sands-action/ 

To join him and thousands of others at the White House on November 6th, sign up here:
http://www.tarsandsaction.org/sign-up