Good news for green and thrifty shoppers! All the stuff you need for your room is waiting for you at the Thrift Store – and it’s open every day this week and next week! Come on down to Main Street — right across from campus — Monday through Sunday, 12 to 4 p.m., and scoop…
Campus News & Events, Faculty and Staff Notes
Green/Brown Bag Lunch Series, May 23: Downing St., Sanford & Johnson projects
Wednesday, May 23; 12 to 1 p.m. Grace Conference Room What are you doing for lunch next week? Why not come over to the very first “Green/Brown Bag” lunch and have your meal with friends? Bring your own”brown bag” lunch or even bring something to share; we will provide water. Listen to Mike Dawley, Director…
Campus News & Events
Need plants for your garden? Regional Environmental Council sale is May 19
Clark’s community partner the Regional Environmental Council of Worcester is holding a Plant Sale and Garden Festival on Saturday, May 19 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the YouthGrow Farm at 63 Oread St.. Organic and Heirloom veggie seedlings will be for sale, as well as a whole range of free gardening workshops with…
Campus News & Events
Clark hosts conference on campus composting, this Friday
Program Coordination & Strategies for Successful Organics Diversion on Campus Friday, April 27; 9 a.m. to noon The Grind, Higgins University Center lower level The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the Massachusetts College & University Recycling Council invite everyone in the Clark community to their spring meeting. Clark has been asked to host because we have…
Student News
Have you seen my Lorax?
A long time ago, near the first of the year, I loaned out my Lorax to someone quite dear. Of course I’ve forgotten exactly just who was the lucky one – it could have been YOU! The hope is it’s passed through many a hand and word of its wisdom has spread through the land.…
Faculty and Staff Notes
Clark experts to address first Mass. Sustainable Campuses Conference
This weekend is the first annual Mass. Sustainable Campuses Conference, and Clark is well represented on the speaker’s roster with Prof. Halina Brown, Sustainability Coordinator Jenny Isler and Sharon Bort ’14 sharing their experience and expertise on various facets of supporting sustainability on campus. The Sustainable Campuses Conference is a complement to the successful Sustainable…
Faculty and Staff Notes
Spring clean your e-waste: Clark-owned equipment can be recycled
Spring Clean Electronic Waste for Earth Day Computers cluttering the closet? Dead mice proliferating in desk drawers? Printers piling up? Monitors multiplying? Collections of cables, wires, chargers and other unloved accessories taking up space? Get rid of unwanted and unused electronics with this special recycling program from ITS and Sustainable Clark! This is our second…
Campus News & Events
Spring planting has begun — get dirty with the Herban Gardeners!
Clark’s Herban Gardeners are thrilled to announce that after a long winter the outdoor gardening season has begun early this year! The soil is turned, the beds raked, and this week seeds were lovingly planted. We planted cool weather crops like lettuce, radishes, kohlrabi, arugula, turnips and beets. We’ll be planting and gardening right through…
Campus News & Events, Student News
Recycling at Clark is now easier than ever, thanks to new bins across campus
You may have noticed attractive new recycling bins popping up in strategic locations on campus recently.Thanks to funding from the Clark Student Council and the efforts of Clark’s Recycling Crew, Eco Reps and the dedicated students of the Recycling Initiative, we now have more convenient ways to do the right thing! Across campus, all paper…
Campus News & Events
Heard at the (bottle-less) water cooler…
As of November, 17 water coolers on the Clark campus have been upgraded to greener, cleaner, safer bottle-less filtration models. That’s about 30% of the coolers on campus! According to Business Manager Paul Wykes, in most cases there is a cost savings to the University because the filtered water comes from our own water lines…
