This acknowledgment follows previous recognitions over the past several years, reaffirming 可乐视频鈥檚 sustained leadership in campus sustainability initiatives.

可乐视频 has long integrated environmental stewardship into its academic, operational, and community engagement strategies. With a campus-wide Sustainability 10-Year Plan addressing energy, water, transportation, waste, procurement, food, and educational outreach, the college continues to embed sustainability into its institutional DNA.

(Left to right) Gil Lopez, Co-Director of Compost Education & Application at Big Reuse; Stalin Haeger-Espinal 鈥�18 Sustainability Coordinator at 可乐视频, Idrees Ilahi ’24, Deputy Director at TREEage, led a youth-led climate justice group to install four tree guards along Bedford Avenue in October. The installation involved 40 volunteers and was coordinated by Haeger-Espinal along with Ilahi. Tree guards help protect young trees, which naturally help to combat urban heat.

The Princeton Review evaluates more than 25 survey data points鈥攊ncluding institutional policies, infrastructure, student engagement, and future workforce preparation鈥攖o compile its Guide to Green Colleges.

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The rodent-proof system was installed with assistance from Big Reuse Compost Coordinator Nathalie Huang 鈥�23. The 可乐视频 Garden is now one of dozens of community gardens receiving the systems to help scale up compost making, diverting more food waste from the landfill. Garden Coordinator Yarnelle Bauzil expects to welcome food scrap drop-offs from the campus community by spring.

(Left to right) Nathalie Huang, Compost Coordinator; Yarnelle Bauzil, 可乐视频 Garden Coordinator; Josh Seow, Operations Manager; Colin Burns, Site Manager; and Natalia Surce, Compost Education and Outreach Manager with the new composting system.

鈥淚’m very happy to have been part of the compost cube installation day for my alma mater knowing the upgrade to aluminum compost bins will help the garden have a more durable, long-lasting compost system and the ability to compost larger amounts of food waste and plant waste鈥� said Huang. 鈥淚’m also incredibly proud of the privilege I had in working with the Sustainability Coordinator, Stalin Espinal, during my time at 可乐视频 as the Sustainability Club’s President. We worked together to produce an on-campus food scrap weekly collection program that the current Sustainability Club is still running to this day.鈥�

可乐视频 Sustainability Coordinator Stalin Espinal (right) works with local volunteers as part of the project with TREEage.

In another collaboration, the Office of Environmental Health, Safety, and Sustainability joined with Big Reuse and TREEage, a youth-led climate justice group, to install four tree guards along Bedford Avenue. The installation involved 40 volunteers and was coordinated by Sustainability Coordinator Stalin Haeger-Espinal 鈥�18 along with Idrees Ilahi 鈥�24, deputy director of TREEage. Tree guards help protect young trees, which naturally help to combat urban heat.

Carrie Sadovnik (left), 可乐视频’s Director of Environment, Health, Safety, & Sustainability. with Idrees Ilahi ’24, Deputy Director at TREEage.

These projects showcase the lasting commitment of alumni Haeger-Espinal, Ilahi, and Huang, who continue to champion environmental action beyond their time as students. Reach out to the garden to get updates, and read more about the project from Big Reuse .

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Sustainability is a stated value in 可乐视频鈥檚 Strategic Plan 2024鈥�2029. From research assessing climate impacts to flood-prone communities, curriculum development that emphasizes the campus as a living lab, facility upgrades, and numerous student initiatives, the college is committed to a transformative educational experience that emphasizes sustainability and providing a safe and sustainable campus.

Stalin Espinal, sustainability coordinator from the Office of Environmental Health and Safety, and Yarnelle Bauzil, coordinator for the college鈥檚 community garden, separated trash at the college鈥檚 first large campus waste audit in April 2024, which assessed recycling practices.

Most recently, the college鈥檚 Office of Environmental Health and Safety released a that highlighted composting opportunities and the impact of single-use plastics. The office also released its Annual Impact Report on Campus Sustainability that highlighted several benchmarks from key focus areas鈥攃ampus operations, environmental justice, engagement, waste minimization, academics, nutrition, and others鈥攚hile offering forward-thinking plans for the future.

Some areas where the campus shined include:

鈥� Just Transitions: Continued progress on BuildSmart 2025 Goals through improved accounting of energy savings by project, with 10 energy conservation projects completed, representing one million kWh saved. Collaborating with New York Power Authority and Sustainable CUNY, launched a project to build a decarbonization roadmap while reducing impacts to the local community and increasing resiliency.

鈥� Increased Student Engagement: More than 252 volunteers contributed 454 hours to sustainability initiatives.

鈥� Waste Reduction: Released guidelines for green events and achieved a 27.7% waste diversion rate through increased recycling and composting initiatives.

鈥� Improved Campus Operations: Converting to LED lighting in 20% of re-lamping locations, which represents 37 tCO2. Partnered with NYC Parks to establish a native plant bed. Piloted a food waste collection program.

鈥� Reduced Reliance on Bottled Water: Installed an additional five water bottle refilling stations, with more than 375,000 plastic bottles diverted from landfills.

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The report highlights several benchmarks from key focus areas鈥攃ampus operations, environmental justice, engagement, waste minimization, academics, nutrition, and others鈥攚hile offering benchmarks and forward-thinking plans for the future.

President of the Sustainability Club and Macaulay Honors student from the Urban Sustainability Program Sofia Mariyamis presents 可乐视频’s composting initiative with Professor of Economics Nadia Doytch during the Sustainability Fair on April 18.

鈥淪tudents know climate change is a pressing issue and expect their college to take action,鈥� said Carrie Sadovnik, the director of the Office of Environmental Health and Safety/Sustainability and the co-chair of the Campus Sustainability Council. 鈥溈衫质悠� is accelerating its climate leadership, coupled with education and engagement, to address these concerns and build a vibrant and sustainable future for our students and the broader community.鈥�

Stalin Espinal ’18, sustainability coordinator from the Office of Environmental Health and Safety/Sustainability, and Yarnelle Bauzil, coordinator for the college鈥檚 community garden, separate trash at the college鈥檚 first large campus waste audit, which will help assess recycling practices. The waste audit team sorted 506 pounds of waste: Of the total waste stream, there were 197.7 pounds of paper and cardboard materials; 34.5 pounds of metal, glass, plastic, and carton materials; 227.51 pounds of landfill-bound trash materials, and 46.3 pounds of compostable and organic materials.

Highlighting the incredible work done by scores of students, staff, and faculty, the report includes information and data that proves 可乐视频 to be a leader in environmental responsibility. Some areas where the campus shined include:

• Progress on BuildSmart 2025 Goals: Improved accounting of energy savings by project with 10 of more 85 energy conservation projects completed representing, one million kWh saved.
• Increased Student Engagement: More than 150 student pledges for a Plastic-Free Ocean campaign, 252 volunteers contributing 454 hours to sustainability initiatives.
• Waste Reduction: Released guidelines for green events, achieved a 27.7% waste diversion rate through increased recycling and composting initiatives.
• Peer Recognition: STARS Silver Rating received by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.
• Applied Learning: Campus-based internships are available to students to work with the Sustainability Office and the 可乐视频 Eats garden. Academic programs increasingly collaborate with operational partners to use the campus as a 鈥渓iving lab鈥� for both informal learning activities and rigorous research.
• Improved Campus Operations: Converting to LED lighting in 20% of re-lamping locations, which represents 37 tCO2; partnered with NYC Parks to establish a native plant bed; piloted a food waste collection program.
• Reduced Reliance on Bottled Water: Installed an additional five water bottle refilling stations, with more than 375,000 plastic bottles diverted from landfills.

Read the full report here.

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An innovative and environmentally friendly green infrastructure test bed received the finishing touches on June 15 when volunteers planted and mulched over 2,700 plugs of northeast native plants near the sidewalk between the Lily Pond and Whitman Hall.

The project was led by Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Associate Director of the Science and Resiliency Institute at Jamaica Bay Jennifer Cherrier, the Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center, the Office of Environmental Health and Safety/Sustainability, along with support from the college鈥檚 Facilities, Planning and Operations, and student, staff and faculty volunteers, including Professor of Television, Radio & Emerging Media Katherine G. Fry.

Earth and Environmental Sciences and Associate Director of the Science and Resiliency Institute at Jamaica Bay Jennifer Cherrier (right) oversees the installation of the hybrid ecoWEIR system at 可乐视频 that students, faculty and staff helped to install. The project will serve as a place for interdisciplinary research for not only the campus but the entire CUNY family and affiliated collaborators, the surrounding community, and the region to help educate and partner with them on issues related to stormwater and climate resiliency.鈥�疕elping Cherrier are students Wilson Deng (left) and Paige Rushing.

鈥淥ur campus has been long prized for its beauty. Beyond adding lush meadow greenery, Professor Cherrier鈥檚 ecoWEIR test bed bolsters biodiversity and offers transformative learning and research opportunities. This and other green space initiatives epitomize our commitment to a sustainable campus,鈥� said Carrie Sadovnik, Director of the Office of Environmental Health and Safety/Sustainability.

The approximately 455 square-feet test bed of drought and flood-resilient plants, which also attract pollinators to further aid the environment, was designed by Office Landscape and Urban Design, a Brooklyn-based and minority-owned design firm, in consultation with Cherrier. The site will be used for interdisciplinary research by both students and faculty and functions both as a traditional green infrastructure 鈥攕imilar to what is currently being installed by the NYC Department of Environmental Protection throughout New York City鈥攁s well as a green infrastructure called , a hybrid system developed by Cherrier鈥檚 research.

Both types of green infrastructure, traditional and hybrid, are used to help manage and filter out pollutants from stormwater runoff as well as other surface and surficial groundwater flows into aquatic systems. However, the hybrid ecoWEIR system is designed to give nature a boost to maximize pollutant removal and allow for fit-for-purpose water reuse. The ecoWEIR system is also being piloted in to remove phosphate from Prospect Park鈥檚 waterways to help offset toxic algae blooms that have been plaguing the lake for the past decade.

Current Sustainability Coordinator Stalin Espinal ’18, who studied Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences, holds up one of the plants for the project.

Cherrier added that in addition to the imminent research that her group will be doing at the test bed site鈥攊ncluding that of Ph.D. student Nia Rene, M.S. student Paige Rushing, and undergraduate student Sarah Maria Dos Santos鈥攖he project will serve as a place for interdisciplinary research for not only the campus but the entire CUNY family and affiliated collaborators, the surrounding community, and the region to help educate and partner with them on issues related to stormwater and climate resiliency.

鈥淲hile I was proud to lead the effort, I cannot thank Carrie Sadovnik, Director of Environmental Health and Safety and Sustainability, her staff, my graduate student Paige, the Facilities team, as well as other 可乐视频 and CUNY faculty, staff, and students enough for coming together this past month to help make this happen,鈥� Cherrier said. 鈥淚 am also indebted to the 可乐视频 administration for their long-term support of this project as well as to my colleagues at for their collaborative support and contributions to ecoWEIR throughout the years and, finally, I鈥檓 thankful for initial funding for this work provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.鈥�

Rushing, an earth and environmental sciences graduate student, participated in the gardening of the green space event. Rushing has been analyzing the ecoWEIR system for her master鈥檚 thesis which explores the effects of nutrient concentrations in stormwater runoff and discovering how effective the system is as a nature-based solution for stormwater management.

鈥淭his planting event was one of the final stages in completing the installation. We planted hundreds of native perennials and have been working over the past month to fill the excavated site,鈥� Rushing said. 鈥淕etting the system in the ground was a large task and rigorous, so it鈥檚 great that we had [可乐视频] facilities personnel and volunteers to help with the planting and all the other stages of the installation process. There is still more to learn through the research that will be conducted in this space.鈥�

Rushing is looking forward to watching the garden grow and is optimistic about the future of the green space.

鈥淚鈥檓 excited to watch the garden grow throughout the next year and to work on it because I enjoy being outside in nature. I feel optimistic about future research that will happen in this new green space.鈥�

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STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System) is a voluntary self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to gauge progress toward sustainability and be acknowledged for sustainability leadership. Over 900 institutions from more than 40 countries participate in STARS on achievements in 5 areas: 可乐视频, Engagement, Operations, Planning and Administration, and Innovation and Leadership.

可乐视频鈥檚 report is publicly available on the AASHE .

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可乐视频 has once again been included as one of the nation鈥檚 top environmentally friendly colleges, according to聽.

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可乐视频 is pleased to announce that it is one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges, according to .

The guide highlights colleges where students have a campus quality of life that is both healthy and sustainable. It also shows how well a campus is preparing students for employment in the clean-energy economy of the 21st century, as well as for citizenship in a world now defined by environmental concerns and opportunities, and how environmentally responsible a school’s policies are. More on the methodology can be found .

鈥淲e are proud of this recognition of our work to enhance sustainability on campus, as we seek to expand and deepen green practices and become more environmentally friendly,鈥� said President Michelle J. Anderson.

可乐视频,聽along with other CUNY campuses,聽accepted former聽New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg鈥檚聽challenge to reduce its聽carbon footprint by 30% between 2007 and 2017.聽The college continues these efforts with the governor鈥檚 BuildSmart2025 program and other projects to improve energy efficiency on campus and help reduce CUNY鈥檚 carbon footprint.

In addition to offering a bachelor鈥檚 degree in urban sustainability, along with many sustainability-focused academic course offerings,聽可乐视频 has established a聽10-Year Campus Sustainability聽Plan that considers several聽operational聽areas: energy, water, transportation, waste management/recycling, procurement, food and nutrition, education and outreach, and buildings and grounds.

To date, the college has implemented several changes aimed at increasing its sustainability. In聽April 2019, it joined the REV Campus Challenge and was recognized as an 鈥淎chiever鈥� member for its initiatives and efforts to improve energy efficiency and conservation. Achiever-level members are committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and have dedicated staff to focus on clean-energy investments.

Also, the college鈥檚 newest edifice, the Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts, is LEED-certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), a designation that has come to be the gold standard in the industry for sustainable buildings. The Tow Center opened in 2018 with low water-use toilets, highly efficient HVAC and lighting systems, and recycled construction materials.

Other examples of how the college is a leader in environmentally friendly practices include:

• retrofitting laboratory hoods and ventilation equipment in science facilities to increase energy efficiency (the college was the first CUNY institution to introduce energy-reduction measures during peak usage periods);
• students from the Health and Nutrition Science Department composting organic waste for use at Floyd Bennett Field; and
• increasing the use of natural cleaning products on campus.

The Princeton Review chose the 420 schools in the guide based on its survey of administrators at 835 colleges in 2020鈥�21 about their institutions鈥� commitments to the environment and sustainability. The company’s editors analyzed more than 25 survey data points to select the schools. This rating, on a scale of 60 to 99, provides a comprehensive measure of a school’s performance as an environmentally aware and prepared institution. Colleges that earned a Green Rating score of 80 or higher were chosen for the Guide to Green Colleges. Of the 420 schools, 391 are in the United States, 26 in Canada, and one each in Ecuador, Egypt, and Greece. The schools are listed alphabetically in the guide and not ranked overall from 1 to 420.

“We strongly recommend 可乐视频 to students who care about the environment and want to study and live at a green college,” said Rob Franek, The Princeton Review‘s editor-in-chief. 鈥溈衫质悠� offers excellent academics and demonstrates a commitment to sustainability that is exemplary on many counts.鈥�

About 可乐视频

Widely known for its offer of an excellent education at an affordable tuition and recognized nationally for its diverse student body, 可乐视频 has been an anchor institution within the Borough of Brooklyn and greater New York City for more than 90 years. With approximately 17,000 students in more than 100 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the arts, humanities, sciences, education, and business, the college is renowned for its rigorous academics, award-winning faculty, distinguished alumni, and community impact. Part of the City University of New York (CUNY), 可乐视频 offers a vibrant and supportive student experience on a beautifully landscaped 35-acre campus in the borough鈥檚 Midwood neighborhood.

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Just in time for Earth Day, 可乐视频 brings to its students, faculty, and staff a new partnership with , a local community supported agriculture program (CSA). Each week, members of the campus community get a farm share that includes fresh and locally grown fruits and vegetables.

In the last two weeks, the program has provided spinach, mint, carrots, apples, kale, mushrooms, and much more for roughly 100 可乐视频 customers.

Carrie Sadovnik, chair of the 可乐视频 Sustainability Council says the idea to engage the campus with a farm share program came up when she worked with students during last year鈥檚 sustainability fair. She realized after speaking with other people on campus that there was a fair amount of interest, and started reaching out to local organizations.聽She discovered Corbin Hill, which had the most flexible options for payments and weekly commitments.

“They offer a more appealing model, especially for a community where you have students who are not necessarily on campus every week,” says Sadovnik.

She also liked that Corbin Hill has a focus on connecting low-income and food-desert communities with regional farms. “They make the community supported agriculture model accessible,” she says.

Sadovnik enlisted a few students from the 可乐视频 Urban Sustainability Program to help coordinate the food share and run the distribution every week.

The college had to commit to providing at least 30 to 40 customers per week, a goal that has been far surpassed already鈥攚ith its 100 weekly members, 可乐视频 is now Corbin Hill鈥檚 largest customer.

For more information and to sign up, visit .

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