The University of St. Thomas

Sustainability at UST

News and Events

 Dec 6 '11 Common Context: Hunger 
   Film: Hunger, 7 p.m. JRC 126

Nov 30 '11 Winter Bike Clinic: How it's done! 
    presented by BEAST and the UST Sustainability Committee 
    3 pm in AARC Aerobic Room Rm 112

Nov 22 '11 Winning proposals for 2011 Campus Sustainability Funds named!
      Restoration of Oak Forest – Fully funded at $15,000
      Delivering Green – Fully funded at $21,000
      Hydration Stations Across UST – Partially funded at $14,000

Nov 17 '11 Green Film Series: "The End of the Line"
   noon at LIB 202 & 7 p.m. at JRC 126

Nov 15 '11 America Recycles Day!

Nov 8 '11 Common Context: Hunger 
   Food Issues Panel Discussion, Todd Lawrence, moderator
   12 p.m. OEC Auditorium

Nov 3 '11 Tommie Media: Students submit projects to improve campus

Nov 1 '11 Common Context: Hunger 
    Paul Lorah on Geography of Hunger in the Twin Cities: Exploring the Food Desert
   12 p.m. OEC Auditorium

Oct 25 '11 Common Context: Hunger 
   Film: A Screaming Man, 7 p.m. JRC 126

Oct 24 '11 National Food Day 

Oct 20 '11 Green Film Series: "King Corn"
   noon at LIB 202 & 7 p.m. at OWS 150

Oct 16 '11 World Food Day

Oct 14 '11 Applications due for funding for sustainable projects & initiatives from the 
   Campus Sustainability Fund!

Oct 8 '11 Tommie Media: St. Thomas Community Cleans Up the Mississippi River area

Oct 3-7 '11 Celebrate UST Sustainability!

Oct 6 '11 Trayless lunch day in MHC Cafeteria

Oct 5 '11 UST Sustainability Symporium
   Stewardship Garden, 6:30 p.m. at OWS 3M Auditorium

Oct 4 '11 Feast of St. Francis
   Prayer at the statue of St. Francis of Assisi in garden south of St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel

Sept 27 '11 Common Context: Hunger 
   Film: We Feed the World, 7 p.m. JRC 126

Sept 25 '11 Tommie Media: Growing Interest in Community Garden

Sept 22 '11 Green Film Series: "Fresh"
   noon at LIB 202 & 7 p.m. at JRC 126

Sept 21 '11 Tommie Media: New Changes Encourage Responsible Printing

Sept 16 '11 Bulletin article on Nice Ride:  Get on your bikes and ride

Sep 11 '11 St. Paul Classic Bike Tour!
    More than 6000 riders come from miles away to enjoy lovely autumn weather, great food,
    fabulous entertainment and of course a wonderful ride through beautiful Saint Paul and lovely
    Lilydale Regional Park. The ride starts on the University of St. Thomas campus. Choose a 
    route from 15 to 45 miles.

Aug 31 '11 Fresh, organic and nutritious vegetables from the  UST Stewardship Garden
   are the centerpiece of lunch at The Grill

Aug 18 '11 UST Stewardship Garden & CILCE sponsor a trip to the Anatoth Community Farm

Aug 17 '11 Nice Ride is now on campus!
     new station is on Grand Ave between 2071 and 2073 Grand!  Go ride a bike!

Aug 4 '11 UST Stewardship Garden's Midsummer Potluck! 
    5-8 p.m. all are invited. Bring your favorite dish or drink to share!

July 29 '11 UST Bookstores now selling merchandise made by Alta Gracia Apparel!

July 28 '11 UST Stewardship Garden's first 2011 Harvest
    3-6 p.m. all are invited!

July 7 '11 Bringing Plants to the Plate: UST Stewardship Garden
     4-6 p.m. Discussion with food & recipes

Jun 27 '11 Nice Ride expands into St. Paul!
    UST to host a Nice Ride site on campus!

Jun 9 '11 Bike Walk to Work Day!

Jun 6 '11  UST receives Xcel Energy 2011 Efficiency Partner Award 
     in recognition for "substantial energy efficiency efforts" in 2010, specifically
     an electric savings of 1,486,450 kWh and a natural gas savings of 24,547 therms

Jun 3 '11 Kick-off Potluck for UST Stewardship Garden
      4-5 p.m.at garden site; bring a dish to share!

May 7-8 '11 Living Green Expo at the State Fair Grounds

Apr 30 '11 Cloud Cult at McCarthy Gym, 7 p.m.! free for UST Students

Apr 28 '11 TommieMedia Interview of USG Sustainability Chair, Lewis Segl, and 
        Geography Professor, Paul Lorah

Apr 28 '11 TommieMedia report on motion sensor lights going up in Residence Halls

Apr 28 '11 Tabling over convo hour with
     Green Team: pledge to reduce bottled water & receive a free water bottle
     Gayle & The Grill: talk to Gayle about go-boxes & sustainability in food service 
     HourCar: Christopher Bineham, Program Manager for HourCar
     UST Stewardship Garden: organic gardening & how to get involved
     Wellness Center: free “Quit Kits” for tobacco users
     Twin Cities Bike Walk to Work Week: info and free bike tune-ups
     KUST: information about Cloud Cult and Saturday’s concert
     Acoustic music provided by the Show’d Up Band

Apr 28 '11 convo hour: Sibley Bike Depot bike sale on quad!

Apr 28 '11 convo hour: B.E.A.S.T. scavenger hunt on bikes with prizes
      meet on the quad with your bike at 11:50 a.m.

Apr 28 '11 convo hour take home a piece of St. Thomas! 
         small blocks of Mankato stone given away.  No vehicles please!

Apr 27 '11 Video presentation of “Tapped” in Scooters 
        with silent Bingo & prizes!  8-10 p.m.

Apr 26 '11 convo hour B.E.A.S.T. Lube-otomy – free bike tune-ups on the Quad

Apr 26 '11 UST’s first solar compactor on the quad – BigBelly Solar

Apr 26-30 '11 Recycled sculpture by USG Sustainability on the Quad

Apr 26-30 '11 Academic Affairs Clothing Drive in Residence Halls

Apr 22 '11  Earth Day!

Apr 18 '11  Recyclemania Results for Minnesota Schools!

Apr 9 '11   Mississippi River Clean-up!
           annual spring clean up starts at WW1 monument at end of Summit Ave from 10 am- 2 pm

Feb '11   UST Campus Sustainability Fund approved by the Sustainability Steering Committee

Feb 18 '11 SIFE receives two $1000 grants to help Feed My Starving Children become more
       sustainable!
      
Jan 30 - Apr 2 '11 Recyclemania!  
        Recyclemania is the collegiate recycling competition promoting waste reduction and recycling  
        on campuses across the nation. Over a 10-week period, schools report recycling and trash data
        which is used to rank each campus against others in the competition.  Categories include the largest
        amount of recyclables per capita, the largest amount of total recyclables, the least amount of 
        trash per capita, and the highest overall recycling rate.  In 2010, UST was third in the state for best
        overall recycling rate.  This year St. John's has entered the competition!  So let's pitch in and show
        Minnesota and the nation how much UST recycles!

Jan 13 - 18 '11 ResLife & UST Recycling Team recycled over a ton of blankets & bedding with 
        Bridging and Goodwill!  

Nov 26 '10 Buy Nothing Day!

Nov 15 '10 America Recycles Day!
        Green Team handing out free T-shirts and cookies in exchange for recycling in MHC Atrium outside
        of Food Service before dinner hour

Nov 5 '10 St. Thomas MBA team wins national Net Impact competition!

Oct 23 '10 Mississippi River Clean-up!
        10 a.m. sponsored by VIA & the Green Team; all are welcome
         to the annual fall community cleanup of the banks of the Mississippi!

Oct 16 '10 World Food Day

Oct 10 '10 10-10-10
        A day to celebrate climate solutions around the world

Oct 2-10 '10 Twin Cities Bike Walk week!
         prizes, activities, free bike-n-rides, and more

Oct '10 CAS Spotlight: Marisa Kelly, Infusing Environmental Sustainability Into Our Courses

Sep 22 '10 Alberta Tar Sands: Minnesota's Dirty Oil Secret
          7 p.m. OEC Auditorium

Sep 20 '10 HourCar waives $50 new member application fee until Oct 15! 

Sep 12 '10 St Paul Bike Classic
           Minnesota's biggest bike tour starts at UST!

Sep 1 '10 St. Kate's is tobacco free!

July 22 '10 Star Tribune: Climate Discussion Heats Up on the Web

July '10 Monckton: Response to John Abraham

Jun 24 '10 President's Council approves the UST Climate Action Plan!

Jun 5-11 '10 Twin Cities Bike Walk Week!  
             Leave your car and use your feet & bike instead!

Jun 3 '10 UK Guardian: Monkton takes scientist to brink of madness at climate change talk

Jun '10 Dr. John Abraham posts rebuttal to Lord Christopher Monckton
            response to Lord Monckton's presentation at Bethel College 14 Oct 09

May 24 '10 UST Climate Action Plan proposal submitted to Steering Committee
             by UST Sustainability Committee

Apr 24 '10 Spring Mississippi River Cleanup!  
             Join the Green Team in the annual spring community cleanup of the banks of the Mississippi

Apr 20 '10 UST is welcomed as a member to the EPA's Green Power Partnership!

Apr 18-24 '10 UST Earth Week Celebration!

Mar '10 UST Food Service switches to Greenware cups
         Food Service discontinues the purchase & use of Styrofoam cups in favor of corn starch polymer
        clear plastic cups which can be composted.

Feb 1 '10 Two HourCars now on campus at St. Thomas!

Jan-Feb-Mar '10 Recyclemania!  
        Recyclemania is the college and university recycling competition to promote waste reduction  
        activities at campus communities. Over a 10-week period, schools across the nation
        report recycling and trash data which are then ranked according to who collects the largest
        amount of recyclables per capita, the largest amount of total recyclables, the least amount of 
        trash per capita, or have the highest recycling rate.  Pitch in and show the nation what UST
        can do!

Sep 28 '09 Global Warming: Making a Difference with Rep. Betty McCollum, Prof. John Abraham,
              & the Sierra Club at the 3M Auditorium, OWS 150, 6-8 p.m.

Apr 24 '09 Final results for Recyclemania Competition

Apr 15-25 '09 UST Earth Week Celebration!

Mar '09 Campus Scope: Recyclemania!
           Video report on Recyclemania at UST including video of the Recycling room and its operations.
           Report can be found from 10:24 to 13:15 on the March Scope production.

 Dec '08 Campus Scope: Paperless Campus
            Video report on the University's progress and lack of progress in reducing paper usage.  
            Report can be found from 11:15 to 14:24 on the December Scope production.

Oct 17-Dec 15 '08 Hard Rain Project:
            The Hard Rain Project is an open air photographic exhibit illustrating the lyrics of Bob Dylan's  
            song "A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall".   Artist, Mark Edwards, in an open letter to world leaders
            described his exhibit: " Bob Dylan’s piercing words accompany photographs that illustrate the
            issues that are defining the 21st century – climate change, pollution, poverty and habitat loss.
            Essays by leading scientists and thinkers in the environmental movement explore the steps we
            must take to prevent global collapse."  The Hard Rain Project has been exhibited to critical
            acclaim at the United Nations and is on a continuing world tour.  The exhibit will be displayed on
            the UST quad and will be the first in Dylan's home state of Minnesota.

 Oct '08 UST Board of Trustees approves new Mission Strategic Priority:
            "Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability"

Fall '08 St. Thomas Magazine: Sustainable U

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