近距离内射合集Green Campus Initiative

Learn about how the 近距离内射合集leads the way with its green campus initiatives and sustainability plans.

Ensuring a clean, healthy planet is one of the most important goals of the food industry. Launched in 2010, 近距离内射合集鈥檚 Green Campus Initiative demonstrates our own commitment to this ideal as students, faculty, and staff collaborate to make our college campuses even more sustainable and eco-friendly in many ways.

Menus of Change Kitchen

Inspired by the principles of聽, a joint initiative with the聽, the 近距离内射合集introduced the Menus of Change Kitchen at the New York campus to help create healthy, delicious, plant-forward meals for our students, while mitigating waste. Thanks to a grant from The Statler Foundation, we hired Statler Sous Chef Alexandra Ceribelli 鈥19 to transform surplus food from our kitchen classrooms, restaurants, and storeroom into crave-worthy menus.

Two chefs in a commercial kitchen are preparing dishes. One chef in a green uniform is pouring ingredients from a large pan into bowls on a counter. Another chef in a white uniform and hat stands nearby, overseeing the process. The kitchen equipment is visible in the background.
A group of people are gardening in a community garden on a sunny day. Three individuals are in the foreground, with one person cheerfully reaching out a plant to another. Other people are working together in the background, surrounded by green plants and a wooden bench.

Promote sustainable agriculture by purchasing local ingredients and growing them on campus for use in classes, adding sustainability themes to 近距离内射合集activities, and serving fair trade coffee in our dining facilities. Plus, students have plenty of opportunities to work hands-on in our gardens and related areas on campus.

A group of people, clad in white beekeeper suits, gather around a wooden hive filled with bees. One person inspects the hive closely while others observe, some taking photos. Trees and a few structures are visible in the background under a clear sky.

Incorporate sustainability concepts into 近距离内射合集coursework, like in the Applied Food Studies bachelor鈥檚 program鈥攚hich features classes on food policy, ecology of food, and food systems鈥攁nd the Farm-to-Table Concentration in which students actively engage with local farmers and producers.

More ways we鈥檙e being green:

  • Transform our campuses into eco-friendly hubs that employ solar, water, and renewable materials strategies, managing storm water and mitigating the 鈥渦rban heat island effect鈥 through garden roof technology, and installing geothermal heat pumps and energy recovery ventilators inside student residence lodges.
  • Conserve energy to reduce our carbon footprint by conducting lighting audits, reducing the need for automotive travel by promoting high-definition videoconferences, and installing energy-efficient bulbs, motion sensors, and kitchen ventilation controls.
  • Manage our resources by operating a composting and single-stream recycling program, converting used cooking oil into biodiesel fuel to power campus vans, using a Natura water system and reusable glass bottles in our restaurants, and employing electrolyzing cleaning systems.
  • Reduce waste through our Food Recovery Program, in which any leftover, ready-to-eat food that cannot be utilized on the New York campus goes to the Hudson Valley Food Bank. The 近距离内射合集donated approximately 22,000 of food in 2019. In addition, the college鈥檚 three-bin waste system in all kitchen classes has saved thousands of pounds of compost from being diverted to landfills.
  • Maintain an active Sustainability Committee that generates much of the inspiration and support for the campus initiatives that take place at the college. This group of administrators, students, chefs, and professors develops solutions to improve the CIA鈥檚 industry practices throughout the college鈥檚 food cycle.

Green Appeal

近距离内射合集Green Campus Initiative has already earned numerous accolades, including:

In addition, the 近距离内射合集is a member of the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges and Universities.

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