Sustainability at Fordham
Bronx Green Jobs Center Receives $2.5 Million in New Grants
The Bronx Green Jobs Center, launched last year by Fordham in partnership with community organizations, has received $2.5 million in new capital funding from Con Edison and the office of Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson.
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Minimizing Our Environmental Impact
By working to reduce the greenhouse gases generated from all aspects of our operations, we have reduced our carbon emissions intensity by 36.38% and energy consumption by 17.43% since 2005.
At Fordham, we endeavor to design, construct and maintain our buildings, infrastructure, and grounds in a manner that ensures environmental sustainability and demonstrates sustainability best practices in a broad range of areas. We're committed to reducing our environmental impact through targeted, verifiable measures that focus on reducing our greenhouse gases generated from all aspects of our operations.
Climate Action Plan | NYC Carbon Challenge
Fordham University was a founding signatory to the NYC Carbon Challenge in 2007 and extended its pledge to a 40% emissions reduction in 2017 and to a 50% reduction in 2025.
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It's the Air We Breathe
Through an initiative called Project FRESH Air, Fordham is working with local middle and high schoolers to combat climate change and generate new air quality data in their communities by helping them install and monitor air quality sensors.
Who Speaks for the Trees?
The University is home to hundreds of trees, including more than 500 on the Rose Hill campus and one of the oldest American elm trees in New York City, estimated to be 270 years old. Fordham has been recognized five years in a row by the Arbor Day Foundation for our stewardship of trees.
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Can a Food Company Save the Planet?
On a resplendent spring afternoon by the San Francisco Bay, Paul Lightfoot ’96 JD is midway through an “extracurricular” day at the wood-shingled Sausalito headquarters of Patagonia Provisions. He serves …
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A Fordham Focus on AI: Sounding the Alarm on Data Centers’ Environmental Impact
For our new series, A Fordham Focus on AI, we’re speaking with faculty experts from a range of disciplines about the impact of this rapidly evolving technology and what to …
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Fordham Named to ‘Green Colleges’ List by The Princeton Review
For the second year in a row, Fordham has been recognized by The Princeton Review as a school with a significant commitment to sustainability. The University appears in the “Guide …
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Weighing AI’s Environmental Trade-Offs
An event at Fordham highlighted the opportunities that artificial intelligence presents for society—as well as environmental concerns that must be addressed, experts said, as AI scales up nationwide. “Obviously, there’s …
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How Hot Is Too Hot for Your Tomato Plants?
In the Northeast, the end of summer is when gardeners finally get to harvest fresh, juicy tomatoes. But climate change is making summers hotter; it’s also creating longer droughts and …
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Sun’s Out, Power’s On: Fordham Gets Solar Boost
Fordham’s Rose Hill campus stands to receive half the power it needs through the sun, thanks to a new agreement the University signed this month. The agreement, which goes into …
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A STAR for Sustainability
A national sustainability organization has recognized Fordham for its efforts toward becoming a greener campus. On April 2, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) awarded the …
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Ethiopian Technique Could Be Key to Sustainable Farming for a Hungry World
What does sustainable agriculture look like? A Fordham graduate student’s project points to one answer: side-by-side planting of crops that each enrich the soil, leaving it more fertile than before. …
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Student Intern Helps Fordham Combat Climate Change
Michael Magazine is helping Fordham become its greenest self. A sophomore at Fordham College at Lincoln Center, Magazine spent last fall interning with Fordham’s Office of Sustainability. His work included …
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8 ‘Green’ Degrees to Fight Climate Change
Climate change is one of the most urgent issues of our time, and young people increasingly want to be part of the solution. Fortunately, there’s a “green” college major to …
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Fordham Economist Tapped for NYC Climate Panel
Marc Conte, Ph.D., a professor of economics whose research focuses on pollution, biodiversity, and climate change, has been selected to join the fifth New York City Panel on Climate Change …
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