Sustainable 2nd Century

Recent news

• 8.17.11 — Sierra magazine says we're still cool (and greener)

  UC Davis is greener and cooler this year, moving into the Top 10 of Sierra magazine’s annual ranking of the “greenest” colleges in the United States. UC Davis earned the eighth spot, up from 16 a year ago, on the magazine's “America’s Coolest Schools” list.

• 6.8.11 — Building a green lab

  University of California Research: Making research labs more sustainable can help UC campuses to cut energy use and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• 6.8.11 — Green crusader

  University of California Research: A lab researcher's campaign to reuse, recycle and reduce draws national acclaim.

• 5.5.11 — Freezer Challenge spurs labs to Store Smart (and save electricity)

  The Freezer Challenge is a national contest to save energy and improve research sample management and storage practices in ultra-low freezer temperature freezers. UC Davis pioneered the Freezer Challenge as a way to introduce Store Smart, a campaign to improve laboratory cold storage management.

• 3.9.11 — We are officially a bicycle-friendly university, and a golden one, at that

  UC Davis two-wheeled its way to a gold award in the League of American Bicyclists’ first-ever listing of bicycle-friendly universities.

• 2.17.11 — Energy experts to help U.S. Navy get greener

  UC Davis today agreed to help the U.S. Navy find new ways to use less energy and to derive more of the energy it does use from renewable sources such as the sun and wind, instead of oil and coal.

• 2.14.11 — AAAS conference: Greenhouse gases, agricultural nitrogen, making energy from manure & more

  UC Davis researchers will present these findings at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

• 2.12.11 — Green and getting greener: It's all in the planning

  The Plan Green conference at UC Davis will also include awards presented by the U.S. EPA for Fleet Services and Aggie Stadium.

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