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With the Cool Food Pledge, NYU Takes a (Plant-Based) Bite Out of Climate Change
By taking the Cool Food Pledge, NYU commits to reducing food-related greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2030, making plant-powered progress against climate change.
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Sustainability at NYU: 7 Ways to Go Greener at Home
Want to get a jump start on that NYU carbon-neutral life while you’re stuck at home? Here are seven ways to participate in NYU sustainability initiatives even when you’re not on campus.
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Sustainability Assistant: A Student Job that Makes NYU Greener
This position is an opportunity to see what it's like to make an environmental impact at an institutional level.
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Club Spotlight: CS+Social Good Uses Tech for a Better World
This club is here to help you turn thought into action.
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Environmental Justice Education Reimagined by Green Grant Recipients
Through Start:Empowerment Alexia and Kier bring environmental justice education into high schools. An NYU Green Grant helped them expand their reach.
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Pushing for Social Impact During a Pandemic
Bincheng Mao founded the East Coast Coalition for Tolerance and Non-Discrimination. And with the help of an NYU Social Impact Grant, they launched the Minority Defense Initiative to combat discrimination in the face of COVID-19.
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Sustainability Initiatives: Reducing Single-Use Water Bottles on Campus
This new policy is one step along NYU’s path to carbon neutrality by 2040.
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Engineers for Social Impact Learn to Listen First, Then Act
The Engineers for Social Impact program at NYU Abu Dhabi teaches students how to be long-term partners with global communities.
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In Support of the Pan-African Passport
NYU Abu Dhabi student spent the summer driving across more than 6,000 miles of eastern and southern Africa. Victor's aim was to raise awareness for a Pan-African passport.