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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Students participate in the global climate change strike on Friday. Though strike was part of an international movement, student organizers wrote demands targeted at Northwestern policy as well

As budget cuts hurt sustainability efforts, students join global climate strike

March 16, 2019
Students and Evanston residents gathered at The Rock to participate in a global movement of protests against climate change.
Buchaniec: We don’t have room for a product made to last forever

Buchaniec: We don’t have room for a product made to last forever

February 17, 2019

This is the first in a series about sustainability at Northwestern University in light of the 2018 UN Intergovernmental Climate Report. In the report, scientists concluded that greenhouse gas pollution...

Northwestern’s Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan outlines a goal of diverting 50 percent of campus waste from landfills by 2020.

New waste management plan aims to divert 50 percent of campus waste from landfills

November 12, 2018

Northwestern launched last week its first Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan, a 60-page document that outlines strategies for a greener approach to waste management. The plan, which was announced...

NU wins Sustainability Award, sets goals for future

October 24, 2018

Northwestern won the 2018 Illinois Sustainability Award, which recognizes organizations that “have implemented outstanding and innovative sustainable techniques or technologies” in the state of Illinois. In...

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