Welcome
Welcome to ISU LiveGreen!
Green News
Get Your Green On
The second annual Symposium on Sustainability offers something for everyone at ISU. Read more about what it has to offer you.
Greening Closets
What to do with all those clothes you never wear. See how a class project proposal became an event that clothed a community.
Green Government
GSB elections are March 1st and 2nd. Read about how greening the campus has become a part of this year's platform.
The Windy Campus
Wind energy has arrived on campus. Through this effort, the university will reduce its use of coal by as much as 9,000 tons/year.
The Cybrids are Coming
Taking the bus just got greener. Twelve hybrid buses, sporting a great "green" design will soon be joining the CyRide fleet.
Holiday Break for Campus Energy Consumption
Students weren't the only ones on holiday break. Campus buildings were also given some time off.
The second annual symposium on sustainability will take place February 23 and 24 in the Memorial Union. Everyone is welcome! The event is free to Iowa State University faculty, staff, and students! For more information and to register.
Green Tip
Finish it Green
by Merry Rankin, director of sustainability
This Live Green Tip offers four easy, yet impactful things to do to finish your semester - Green.
Calendar
11 Feb 2010 06:30 PM @ Stomping Grounds, 303 Welch Avenue - Merry Rankin, ISU's Director of Sustainability will join this month's discussion and highlight her first year with the Live Green! initiative.
Lecture: Sustainable Engineering and Energy
17 Feb 2010 08:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - "Innovation in Sustainable Engineering and Energy: A Whole Foods Perspective," Kathy Loftus, Whole Foods Market. Loftus is global leader for sustainable engineering, maintenance and energy management for the world's leading retailer of natural and organic foods. She coordinates strategic energy procurement, efficiency upgrades, engineering and maintenance best practices, and green building efforts for the chain.
King Corn and Big River Film Showing and Reception
18 Feb 2010 06:00 PM @ Fleur Cinemas, 4545 Fleur Drive, Des Moines, IA - Join us for a showing of Big River, award-winning documentary King Corn and a discussion with Iowa farmers. Big River is a follow-up to King Corn, where two college students, Ian and Curt experiment to learn where food comes from by growing an acre of corn in Iowa. In Big River, Ian and Curt return to Iowa with a new mission: to investigate the environmental impact their acre of corn has had on the people and places downstream.
Lecture: Greening the Super Bowl
18 Feb 2010 08:00 PM @ Great Hall, Memorial Union - "The Super Bowl: The Field Isn't the Only Thing That's Green," Jack Groh, director of NFL environmental program. The mission of this vast environmental program is to reduce solid waste and increase recycling and landfill diversion, as well as tap renewable energy for game-day usage, and for the two weeks of events leading up to the game.
20 Feb 2010 12:30 PM @ Workspace, Memorial Union - An easy beginner sewing project!
