Students continue to push sustainability initiatives
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “sga”.
Summary
- This News-Letter article reports on student and university sustainability efforts, including water use, campus programs and a grant proposal.
- The paper reported that Take Back the Tap promotes tap water and refillable bottles, while co-president Mengli Shi said the group was working to change students’ bottled-water habits.
- The article says the Office of Sustainability has worked on sustainable building projects, while Ashley Pennington said its position in Facilities helped integrate sustainable design.
- The News-Letter reported that ECO-reps would expand to sophomores and focus more on residential life; Julia Adams said a new leadership program would use former ECO-reps as mentors.
- The reporter writes that ECO-reps had helped run TerraCycle, which collected difficult-to-recycle waste such as toothpaste containers and shampoo bottles.
- According to the article, SGA had tabled SEA’s Sustainable and Ethical Events grant proposal, while the Maryland Student Climate Coalition was campaigning against the planned Cove Point facility.