Channel Title: Sustainable Harvard Channel Description: For over a decade, Harvard has been committed to changing the culture of how we work, live and learn to confront the challenges of climate change and environmental sustainability. Hundreds of students, staff and faculty through the University are dedicated to implementing innovative, economically-viable solutions that reduce waste, cut energy use and conserve resources. This page is managed by the Harvard Office for Sustainability (OFS). OFS works as a catalyst for a change by partnering with faculty, students and staff at all Schools and administrative units to foster a culture of sustainability and use the campus as a living laboratory for innovation. OFS oversees the implementation of Harvard's sustainability goals and convenes the community to share best practices and develop new programs and policies that strive to serve as replicable models to inspire our students and future leaders, and seek to influence the higher education, government and business sectors. <video> Rewilding Land at Harvard Business School | 2023 Description: At Harvard Business School, a small grass area in the center of a parking lot was rewilded in spring 2023 as part of a FAS course, HIST 1973: Re-wilding Harvard, HBS Operations, Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architecture, and Cambridge Landscaping. Rewilding aims to restore the natural functions of an ecosystem by facilitating natural processes such as predator behavior, seed dispersal, and nutrient cycling. It also encourages natural species interaction which restores balance to a region. </video> <video> Sustainability At Annenberg (Harvard University Dining Services) Description: Video created by the Resource Efficiency Program (2019). </video> <video> 5 easy ways to break down your cardboard boxes for recycling Description: As online shopping increases so does cardboard box waste. Luckily, cardboard can be recycled! But, it needs to be broken down first. Watch this video from our undergraduate sustainability REPs to learn just how fun (and easy) that is. </video> <video> The Potential Lives of a HUDS Cup Description: </video> <video> CSSL Info Session 2021 Description: </video> <video> Impossible Foods CEO Pat Brown speaks to Harvard students Description: Pat Brown, Founder and CEO of Impossible Foods spoke at Harvard University about his "Impossible Burger" and the future of plant-based foods. </video> <video> Turn off for what? Harvard's Energy Competition Description: Harvard undergraduate sustainability REPs are challenging their peers to reduce their energy consumption. Start simple: Always remember to turn off your electronics and your lights before leaving your room! Learn more about REP: https://green.harvard.edu/programs/undergraduate-resource-efficiency-program </video> <video> Harvard students conduct waste audit Description: Each year, our undergraduate student "REPs" conduct an audit to see how much of a week's worth of trash could have been recycled. This year, the REPs found that 28% of the undergrad residences’ trash could have been recycled. That's down from last year's 38%. We're making progress, but we still have a long way to go! Watch this video to see some of what the students found in the trash, including the top offenders, and learn how to best sort your waste! </video> <video> Harvard's Dean Khurana breaks down recycling Description: Boxes can have transformative experiences too. Always recycle your cardboard, just remember to break it down first. Brought to you by the Harvard Undergraduate Resource Efficiency Program. </video> <video> Harvard's new Sustainable IT standards Description: How do we ensure our electronics are being recycled responsibly? Can the high-performance computing that is needed for research today be made more energy efficient? How can we best leverage technology to enhance our sustainability efforts across campus? Driven by a commitment to Harvard’s Sustainability Plan, a team of IT, operations, and facilities staff have been steadily working to address these challenges by exploring tangible solutions that allow the University’s Schools and departments to reap the benefits of improved efficiency and coordination and manage the disposal of thousands of devices a year sustainably and securely. New University-wide Sustainable IT Standards provide a roadmap for implementing and improving processes to make IT on campus more sustainable and for identifying opportunities where sustainable IT practices can be leveraged to support the ongoing administrative, research, and instructional activities of faculty, staff, and students. </video> <video> CSSL Info Session 2023 Description: Learn more and apply to CSSL by Wednesday, September 13, 2023: https://sustainable.harvard.edu/organization/council-of-student-sustainability-leaders/ Managed by the Harvard Office for Sustainability, the Council of Sustainability Leaders (CSSL) comprises Harvard graduate and undergraduate students who lead and are involved in sustainability-related student groups on campus. CSSL provides an opportunity for Harvard students to work together with other students from across the University’s Schools on sustainability projects, to connect and network with sustainability leaders (including students, faculty, and administration), and to provide feedback and recommendations on Harvard’s climate, health, equity, and sustainability initiatives. </video> <video> Sustainability at Harvard: Going Green and Getting Involved Description: Remi Gosselin, College '18, created this two minute explainer video to introduce students to Harvard's commitment to sustainability and provide ways to get involved. Sustainability Plan: https://green.harvard.edu/campaign/our-plan Resource Efficiency Program: https://green.harvard.edu/programs/undergraduate-resource-efficiency-program Council of Student Sustainability Leaders: https://green.harvard.edu/group/council-student-sustainability-leaders Living Lab Grants: https://green.harvard.edu/series/living-lab Food Literacy Project: https://dining.harvard.edu/food-literacy-project Harvard College Conservation Society: http://www.harvardconservation.org/ Environmental Action Committee: https://www.facebook.com/HarvardEAC/ Harvard Undergraduate Beekeepers: https://www.facebook.com/HarvardUndergraduateBeekeepers/ Take action: https://green.harvard.edu/action/student-guide Produced by Harvard College Student Remi Gosselin, College 18, for educational purposes only. </video> <video> Why Harvard is committing to Fossil-Fuel Free Description: Harvard Business School Professor and Co-Chair of the 2016-2017 Climate Change Task Force Rebecca Henderson discusses Harvard's new Climate Action Plan and explains the University's decision to become Fossil Fuel-Free by 2050 and Fossil Fuel-Neutral by 2026. Learn more: www.green.harvard.edu/climate </video> <video> Harvard University Housing Water Reduction Efforts Description: Harvard University Housing is undergoing an expansive project to reduce water in its leasing units through the installation of water saving technologies. The unique project collaborating with the City of Cambridge's Water Department to use real time data to inform decision making. Learn from those involved in the project about the impact its had on operation and the living experience. </video> <video> Addressing the consequences of our energy choices Description: Harvard Kennedy School Professor and Co-Chair of Harvard's 2016-2017 Climate Change Task Force speaks about the full scope of of the social damages associated with our use of fossil fuels. As a University we recognize our energy choices not only contribute to our planet’s changing climate, but that there are enormous public health, ecological, and economic effects that are also associated with the burning of fossil fuels. As part of its Climate Action Plan, Harvard is committed to creating a better understanding of these impacts through multi-disciplinary research and exploration. Learn more: www.green.harvard.edu/climate </video>

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For over a decade, Harvard has been committed to changing the culture of how we work, live and learn to confront the challenges of climate change and environmental sustainability. Hundreds of students, staff and faculty through the University are dedicated to implementing innovative, economically-viable solutions that reduce waste, cut energy use and conserve resources.

This page is managed by the Harvard Office for Sustainability (OFS). OFS works as a catalyst for a change by partnering with faculty, students and staff at all Schools and administrative units to foster a culture of sustainability and use the campus as a living laboratory for innovation. OFS oversees the implementation of Harvard's sustainability goals and convenes the community to share best practices and develop new programs and policies that strive to serve as replicable models to inspire our students and future leaders, and seek to influence the higher education, government and business sectors.

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