Starbucks was the last on-campus dining facility to still give out plastic straws.
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Styrofoam ban to affect SLO County businesses starting this spring
In six months, businesses in San Luis Obispo County will be banned from distributing styrofoam products, including to-go containers and styrofoam cups.
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Agribusiness professor receives $200,000 grant to develop food safety training program
The College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) was awarded a food safety outreach grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to keep local farmers up to date on food safety.
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Quarterly Clothing Swap and Drive promotes sustainability
Throughout the month of October, college campuses are celebrating Campus Sustainability Month in an effort to “raise the visibility of campus sustainability.” Because of this, students are making an effort to make more sustainable choices — like swapping clothes or thrift shopping. Photographer Asia Croson started a quarterly Clothing Swap and Drive with a group […]
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Cal Poly graduates can recycle their gowns after the Spring 2019 Commencement Ceremony, but will they?
Last year, the Commencement Office partnered with Zero Waste and the University Bookstore to pilot a gown recycling program. Gown collection boxes were present at both the Spring 2018 and Fall 2018 commencement ceremonies. More than 5,000 graduates participated in the ceremonies, but the program collected a total of two gowns. According to Commencement Program […]
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In two years, Cal Poly will be required to compost. A new program is attempting to help
Approximately 20 percent of the trash Cal Poly sends to landfill is food waste. In an audit of trash from Poly Canyon Village, the heaviest weight came from half-eaten burritos and pasta jars half full of sauce. A new composting program on campus is attempting to change that. When food is composted, it can be […]
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An on-campus Community Garden is coming to raise awareness about food insecurity
Cal Poly’s Campus Health & Wellbeing — along with the Honors Program and Energy, Utilities and Sustainability staff — dedicated a new community garden Tuesday, June 4 at 11 a.m. on the lawn in front of the Health Center. Cal Poly was given a $130,000 grant in 2018 by the California State University (CSU) Chancellor’s […]
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PROVE Lab takes prototypes to Kennedy Library exhibit
Cal Poly Engineering Club, Prototype Vehicles Laboratory bring Limitless: The Process of Innovation to the second floor of Kennedy Library.
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Your guide to SLO’s Earth Week celebrations
This week is Earth Week, and that includes — well, everybody. Many clubs and organizations at Cal Poly are participating to put sustainability-focused Earth Week events together. Much of the week was organized by three students: president of Surfrider Club Marisa Miller, Green Campus team manager Audri Long and Green Campus team member Logan Babcock. […]
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Surfrider to screen student films at first original “Make Waves” film festival
Armed with just a 16-millimeter camera and more than 700 feet of film, art and design sophomore Jo Anna Edmison spent her summer recording strangers surfing and skateboarding. On the sunny boardwalks of Venice Beach, Edmison began to piece together her original film, “Stoke Chasers.” In each dreamy, sun-kissed frame, not only does she hope […]
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With ASI sustainability resolution, Campus Dining will offer reusable dishes in new dining complex
The ASI Board of Directors has unanimously passed a sustainability resolution Feb. 20, strongly urging Campus Dining to use reusable dishes in their future dining locations.