The design firm behind Cal Poly’s newest student housing, Poly Canyon Village, received an award for “Best New Development” from the Student Housing Business Magazine last week.
Tag: sustainability
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‘Growing the Village’ with Earth Day SLO
The 21st annual Earth Day San Luis Obispo will take place at El Chorro Regional Park April 23.
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Green Drinks to have lasting effect in San Luis Obispo
Sit back and enjoy a night of Green Drinks as they help clean up the community.
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Let the wine flow: student starts business to ‘upcycle’ used glass bottles
San Luis Obispo has its fair share of resources. And sometimes, people can find a way to incorporate them all. Take Taylor Engen, for instance.
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Cal Poly taking steps toward environmental sustainability with new programs
With greenhouse gases and global warming peeking over the horizon, Cal Poly’s environmental sustainability groups push for changes in the way students and others engage environmentally.
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Agriculture lecturer speaks on sustainability
Cliff Ohmart, vice president of sustainability management software company SureHarvest, spoke at the CAFES series on Tuesday.
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Cal Poly makes the grade in sustainability
Cal Poly’s sustainability grade for the 2009-2010 academic year was a B+ this year, according to the 2011 College Sustainability Report Card published on Oct. 27th.
Posted inColumns, Opinion
Food: the problem, the solution
The fact remains that everyday, in parts of the world, people are starving for food. Another fact remains that everyday food is wasted.
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Global resiliency must include response to peak oil
With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, a monumental transformation occurred that has provided us with an advanced ability to reshape the very world that surrounds us. We have developed technologies, made major advances in modern medicine and propelled our species to a position of ultimate power over all others. If you examine the foundation […]
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Students disapprove of student-led sustainability fund
Fifty-six percent of 5,528 Cal Poly students polled do not support a fee to fund student-led sustainability projects on campus.
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Green spot: Cal Poly doesn’t offer much in the realm of ‘real’ food
At Cal Poly our food comes from all over the planet. As an agricultural school, one would expect we could sustain our own food consumption.