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Dear Friend,
Hello everyone! I am excited to be joining the Office of Sustainability and to be providing y’all with up-to-date information through our newsletter. I am also equally excited to be escaping a hot, Texas summer for one in Boston filled with great farmers’ markets and sustainable fun!
 The President's Picnic this year was once again a Zero Waste Event! Departments with 5 or more people who Brought Your Own Placesetting (BYOP) were eligible to win plants and pitchers. Having a BYOP event is a very effective way to reduce waste and to be sustainable, keep that in mind as you plan your summer BBQ or party!
It is time to start signing up for fall CSAs! World PEAS is offering a fall/harvest share that delivers weekly from early September to late October. Enterprise Farm has a "year-round academic" share which is available only to Tufts students, staff, and faculty.
The Eco-Ambassador Luncheon was held on June 19th and celebrated the accomplishments of all of our ambassadors on the Medford, Boston, and Grafton campuses. The Eco-Ambassadors, Eco-Ambassadors' supervisors, senior administrators, and other guests enjoyed the vegetarian meal and sustainability presentations.
The Office of Sustainability is excited to announce the re-launch of the Green Office Certification Program! Any Tufts department/office on any of the Tufts campuses is eligible to become Green Office Certified. Talk to your department today about the sustainable practices you can implement in your office.
Join me for a fun and sustainable summer! As always, feel free to stop by and visit the office in Miller Hall.
Tori Manogue
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July 22, 2014
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The Tufts Office of Sustainability is currently hiring a Sustainability Communications Specialist. To view the job description and apply, please click here. Position will be open until filled.
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The Tisch Sustainability Team receiving their Gold level Green Office Certification in 2012. (Photo by Harriet Chenkin, Tisch Library)
The Tufts Green Office Certification Program is designed to support, promote, and recognize offices across the University that are engaging in sustainable practices. Based on the score they receive on a checklist of green office criteria, offices may achieve one of four levels of certification (Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum). The newly updated program features an interactive Excel checklist that provides users with instant feedback on their performance and ideas for improvement.
In conjunction with the program’s re-launch, the Office of Sustainability is holding a Green Office Challenge, under which all offices that get certified prior to November 14 will be invited to a special awards ceremony and reception with President Monaco.
To learn more or to sign up, please visit the Green Office Certification webpage.
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The annual staff appreciation picnic in Medford was once again a Zero Waste event! This year the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach ( CEEO) was the department with the largest number of members who BYOP (Bring Your Own Placesetting). The CEEO has won this title two years in a row! At the President's Picnic, there was a mini-fair with the Wellness Center and other vendors who represent some of the lesser known perks of working at Tufts. Attendees who BYOP were rewarded with prizes from the Office of Sustainability.
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Summer and Fall Boston area Farmers' Market Schedule
Interested in fresh and local produce this summer? Stop by one of the various summer farmer's markets near you!
Click here for an interactive and printable PDF listing Farmers' Market close to Tufts.
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 The World PEAS CSA (part of the Tufts' New Entry Sustainable Farming Project) offers delicious and nutritious boxes of fresh, local fruits and vegetables, delivered directly to Tufts' Chinatown & Medford campuses on a weekly basis. They supply food grown by over 30 immigrant, refugee, and beginning farmers in eastern MA to provide shareholders with a weekly box of seasonally available fresh fruits and vegetables.
Sign up by August 28th to reserve your fall/harvest share (enough for 1-2 people each week) that will guarantee fresh, delicious fruits and veggies from early September through late October. Shares are selling quickly, so register soon at www.ctiworldpeascsa.org. Pick-ups are at the Office of Sustainability in Miller Hall (Medford) and the Jaharis Building (Boston) on Wednesday afternoons.
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The Office of Sustainability has partnered once again with Enterprise Farm for the fall and spring semesters of 2014-2015 to offer a "year-round academic" CSA farm share which is available only to Tufts students, staff, and faculty. Enterprise Farm has been growing Certified Organic vegetables since 1983!
Academic Shares are a shortened season that follows the academic calendar, starting on September 2, 2014 to November 8, 2014 & January 19 to May 2, 2015, with no share delivery during Thanksgiving Break or Spring Break. Shares are picked up on Wednesdays after 3pm at the Office of Sustainability (Miller Hall).
Read more about the academic share today at their website.
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(Photo by: Alonso Nichols/Tufts University)
The Eco-Ambassador Luncheon celebrates the accomplishments of our new and returning staff and faculty Eco-Ambassadors from the Medford, Boston, and Grafton campuses of Tufts University. During the luncheon, attendees heard addresses from President Tony Monaco, OOS Program Director Tina Woolston, and OOS Education and Outreach Coordinator Betsy Byrum. Various Eco-Ambassadors presented on their sustainability accomplishments and efforts, including presentations from Emily Edwards, Rachel Brown. and Whitney Stiehler. Are you staff or faculty at Tufts and interested in becoming an Eco-Ambassador? Sign up here. For more pictures of the Eco-Ambassador luncheon, check out our Facebook page here.
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@TuftsOoS
- Donate Your Nitrogen! #UNH student fascinating project aims to "#Reduce,#Reuse, Peecycle" bit.ly/1szGD1o @SustainableUNH
- panels in parks! Charge your gadgets & monitor air quality and sound levels
- Read how whale 'flocculent fecal plumes' take carbon out of the atmosphere!
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Tufts Biology Professor Sara Lewis gives a Ted Talk about "The loves and lies of fireflies." There are many ways we can be more sustainable so that their lights do not go out. Combating habitat loss and light pollution is a great place to start!
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