ESF is a member of the Post Landfill Action Network (PLAN), which is designed to cultivate, educate, and inspire the student-led zero-waste movement. PLAN informs students about the waste crisis and ...

Campus community members are encouraged to “know before they throw” and learn how to properly recycle and compost on campus. Contamination occurs when material that doesn’t belong in a recycling or ...

ESF launched its formal Green Cleaning Program in March 2020, although the College was already following many green cleaning practices prior to that time. This program recognizes the importance of ...

They now contain bottles or cans made only from glass and aluminum and comply with ESF’s Zero Waste and Circularity Policy and SUNY’s Elimination of Single use Plastics and Preference for Durable ...

ESF has partnered with Rheaply to modernize our surplus property process and create the new ESF Resource Exchange. Faculty, staff, and graduate students can post and view surplus property available ...

This transition to electric power equipment provides numerous benefits to campus, including reduced noise and air pollution, decreased stress on equipment operators and reduced fossil fuel usage.

The Student Garden at Lafayette Road was created in 2009 by a group of motivated students from the Green Campus Initiative. The space used to be just cut grass that provided very few ecosystem ...

This green roof is a symbol of ESF culture, demonstrating how the College implements what it teaches in its programs. Green roofs provide many benefits including storm water runoff control, mitigation ...

The Move-Out program is designed to divert reusable materials from the landfill at the end of the academic year. The Move-Out Program at our residence hall Centennial Hall is a campus initiative led ...

In 2021, ESF completed the College’s first Clean Energy Master Plan, in partnership with Ramboll, with funding support from the NYSERDA Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) Campus Challenge. The Clean ...

Cleaner campus, cleaner conscience — one container at a time. Look closely at the image and you will see reusable containers in use in the wild at our Newcomb campus. Reusable cups and containers can ...

ESF is committed to a comprehensive approach in mitigating the College’s carbon footprint. Projects include energy conservation and efficiency, green building, building controls, clean energy systems, ...