Hopkins is going greener
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 Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers One Hopkins, One Earth, a campus Earth Week initiative focused on sustainability.
- The News-Letter reported that the Hopkins community held more than 40 events, including seminars, recycling drives and movie screenings.
- The paper reported that students and faculty took part in a tap-water test and a bus tour of Baltimore locations needing environmental cleanup.
- The article says sustainability work was presented as a way for students to apply critical-thinking and problem-solving skills outside the classroom.
- The reporter writes that recent SGA elections focused on removing polluting and outdated technology, and that students’ demands for cleaner campus practices were beginning to be met.