News and Events

  • Ride Free

    Friday, April 3, 2009
    CyRide will test free-fare service over summer months.

  • 4-Story Can Drop

    Monday, March 16, 2009
    Students recently unleashed a 4-story can/bottle recycling sock in the College of Design.

  • E-Saving Loans

    Friday, March 13, 2009
    The first two Live Green loans have been awarded for conservation proposals.

  • Bags That Won't Stick Around

    Friday, February 27, 2009
    University Book Stores sturdy plastic bags are 100 percent biodegradable.

  • Rescue and Recycle

    Friday, February 27, 2009
    Residence program recycles abandoned furniture, food and clothes.

  • What Did You Think of the Symposium?

    Friday, February 13, 2009
    If you attended the recent Symposium on Enhancing Sustainability, we'd like to hear what you thought of the event. Please share your thoughts and ideas in a short online survey.

  • Symposium Draws Hundreds

    Friday, February 13, 2009
    Berea College president Larry Shinn explained how his small Kentucky college became a beacon of sustainability at ISU's recent sustainability symposium. The symposium to spark ideas on creating a greener ISU drew hundreds of participants.

  • Miss the Symposium?

    Friday, February 13, 2009
    Symposium for Sustainability session (Feb. 10) are available online.

  • Electric Cars Lead to Environmental, Monetary Benefits

    Monday, February 2, 2009
    Facilities planning and management and environmental health and safety departments are using electric vehicles for various tasks around campus. (From the ISU Daily, Feb. 2, 2009)

  • Students Begin Building Solar House for 2009 Solar Decathlon Competition

    Friday, January 30, 2009
    Iowa State students have set up shop in an off-campus warehouse to build a solar house so powerful it will produce nearly twice as much energy as it consumes. And once the Interlock House is constructed and tested, the students will take it apart, move it

  • Ease Up On the Gas

    Friday, January 16, 2009
    ISU employee urges colleagues to try to save a little fuel this spring.

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