See what measures Suffolk takes to make the campus more environmentally friendly… Techno Trash – Special recycling bins that can be found in the Sawyer lounge as well as the computer labs in Sawyer and Donahue. You can dispose of tapes, DVDs, VHS tapes, CDs, and transparencies. 150 Tremont, 10 West, and Miller Hall all [...]
Archive for February 3rd, 2010
Suffolk Environmental Studies program growing in popularity
February 3rd, 2010 
Angela Bray Article by: Angela Bray “It is becoming increasingly important to be educated in environmental issues…” Amid the growing field of environmental studies at Suffolk, students have the option of studying to obtain an interdisciplinary major and minor. The program, which began in the fall of 2007, allows for the development of skills in areas of [...]
Green plans for the Environmental Club
February 3rd, 2010 Derek Anderson Article by: Derek Anderson With a lot planned for the upcoming semester, Suffolk’s Environmental Club is taking action to make the university eco-friendly and aware. To start off the new month, as well as Recycle Mania, a 10-week competition between schools country-wide to promote the act of recycling, the Environmental Club will be holding a [...]
Posted in Campus, News 
Tags: environmental club, green, paper, paper reduction, sawyer, sawyer library, stewardship events 
No Comments »Solar panel fully functional, says Suffolk professor
February 3rd, 2010 Journal Staff Article by: Shoshana Akins “We hope to demonstrate both the technical feasibility as well as a strong economic benefit for the adoption of solar panel electricity on buildings at Suffolk” Four years ago, a group of Suffolk students and their trusty professor hiked up to the roof of the Archer building on a mission: to [...]
Posted in Campus, News Tags: green, solar energy, solar pannels, Technology and Science Initiative, TST No Comments »MassCann member says ‘go green with hemp’
February 3rd, 2010 Jeff Fish Article by: Jeff Fish Weed is green—at least according to Scott Gacek, who is on the board of directors for the Mass. Cannabis Reform Coalition (MassCann). More specifically, hemp, the non psychoactive variety of cannabis used for commercial and industrial purposes would provide a plethora of both environmental and economic benefits if the United States [...]
Suffolk goes for the Gold again
February 3rd, 2010 Alex Pearlman Article by: Alex Pearlman Back in 1876, the Modern Theatre was built. Originally called the Dobson Building, it was used for two storefront showrooms and carpet storage. Then, in 1913, it was renovated and became the first movie house in Boston, as well as the site of the first installed sound projection equipment in the [...]
Genzyme Center plans the future
February 3rd, 2010 Journal Staff Among the Cambridge office buildings lies the enviorment’s next ally in the fight for the future Article by: Ethan Long Inside Boston and the surrounding areas, buildings pop out of the ground on every street. Many of these buildings can be looked over, with nothing that makes them special. These buildings house an array of [...]
Mother Earth’s Munchies
February 3rd, 2010 Journal Staff Article by: Ashley Maceli There really is no other feeling like the kind you get when you eat a nice healthy meal. Not only does a good sustainable meal make you feel amazing, but you are doing good for the environment. Here are some recommendations of ecologically friendly food places. Boloco just may be the [...]
Eco-friendly homewares
February 3rd, 2010 Angela Bray Article by: Angela Bray Greenward, an exclusive eco-modern shop, is located on Mass Ave. in Porter Square. The local business is owned by Scott Walker and his wife, Simone. Greenward’s beginnings started when Walker and his wife wanted “to give people of the Cambridge and Somerville area the option of sustainable products, which can be [...]
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Boston, Featured Stories Tags: eco friendly, greenwood, store No Comments »Avatar: Going blue to go green
February 3rd, 2010 Derek Anderson Article by: Derek Anderson James Cameron’s Avatar has smashed down competition in theaters and reigns as the highest grossing movie of all time worldwide. The film brings the audience into the new world of Pandora, a moon that the human race wishes to harvest for an ultra-powerful mineral by the name of unobtanium. The indigenous [...]
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Film Tags: avatar, movies, special effects, top grossing movie 1 Comment »Hempest does more than blow smoke
February 3rd, 2010 Journal Staff Article by: Matthew Altieri In 1996, Jon Napoli partnered with Mitch Rosenfield and moved Napoli’s “Hempest” store from Huntington Avenue to busy Newbury Street, located in downtown Boston. By doing so, co-founders Napoli and Rosenfield not only aimed to change the negative stigma of “Cannabis Sativa,” but also aims to show that the hemp plant [...]
