In 2018, the City of San Luis Obispo found Cal Poly significantly violated the Wastewater Pretreatment Standards mandated by the city. All of the wastewater generated on campus is treated at the city’s Water Resource Recovery Facility, and because Cal Poly is categorized as a Significant Industrial User of the city’s water, they have the […]
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Lightning In a Bottle to change location, lower ticket capacity after attendee deaths
Changes to LIB times are the main reason as to why Cal Poly students are no longer attending the festival as planned.
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Cal Poly becomes first Fair Trade CSU
“The biggest goal is to educate Cal Poly students,” business administration junior and co-president of Net Impact Jenny Hoekstra said.”The leaders of tomorrow now are going to know more about this, and whatever company hopefully they will be advocates for environmental and social impact that they can make.”
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Alumni-founded BooBees surf wax promotes sustainability & women’s rights
Badrigian’s passion for surfing, feminism and the environment inspired her to create a commercially viable, environmentally sustainable and women-empowered surf wax called BooBees.
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How the Establishment and its 19 occupants are becoming a model for sustainable living
The thought of willingly sharing three bathrooms, one kitchen and a living space with 18 other people might seem like someone’s worst nightmare. But those living in the Establishment thrive off living cooperatively amongst a group.
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The last straw: Campus Dining ditches plastic for paper straws
Cal Poly is taking another step towards its zero waste goal with the replacement of plastic straws throughout campus dining halls. Campus Dining announced that they are making the switch to compostable paper straws beginning in the 2018-2019 academic year. The move away from plastic straws to a more recyclable alternative helps support the university’s […]
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Cal Poly wins 3 awards for sustainability programs
Cal Poly took home three awards at the 14th annual Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Best Practice Awards competition.
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Feel Alive: Providing SLO with repurposed, locally-sourced vegan food
“Eat life, feel alive,” Jamie Himler said about her life and business philosophy. Environmental management and protection sophomore Himler wants to change the fate of imperfect food products, ensuring they end up in people’s stomachs rather than in garbage cans. Feel Alive was created by Jamie Himler and environmental engineering senior Gerardo “Jerry” Cortes because […]
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Earth Week highlights Cal Poly’s sustainability commitment
To celebrate Earth Day, sustainability leaders on campus planned Earth Week with 10 different eco-focused events on topics such as green careers, how to make an office space more sustainable, a mixer to broadcast the future campus Community Garden and solar energy. The events lasted from April 17-19. More than 30 student-run organizations, along with […]
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‘Race to Zero Waste’ promotes sustainable living in Poly Canyon Village
Poly Canyon Village residents are competing against other universities in a nationwide sustainability contest.
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Students launch project to make Cal Poly a Fair Trade-certified campus
To students, “fair trade” may mean glancing at another garbled label on a chocolate bar. But the impact is global.