The Heights

Students Offer Ways to Make BC Dining More Green At Eagles Sustainability Competition

Kate Cugno and Lucy Freeman • March 24, 2024

Students gathered at 245 Beacon St. on Friday to participate in the second annual Eagles Sustainability Competition. This year, the competition focused on ways to make Boston College Dining more sustainable.

UGBC Senate Talks Transportation Costs for Clinicals and Practicums, Expanding Cultural Diversity Core Offerings

Jack Beckman • January 31, 2024

In its first public meeting of the semester, the UGBC Senate discussed initiatives to subsidize transportation costs for students enrolled in practicums and clinical experiences.

Maroon, Gold, and Green: A Look Into Sustainability Initiatives on the Heights

Eliza Hernandez and Ernest Romero • November 5, 2023

“Sustainability is going to be so important going forward,” Ryan said. “It doesn't matter what your career interest is, or, you know, your individual interests—It's going to apply to so many different disciplines, so I think it's important for students to view it as something they should be paying attention to and being proactive about.”

Be One With Nature: Embrace Your Inner Animal and Think Environmentally

Alli Hargrove • February 12, 2023

If you think about it, despite our best attempts to isolate ourselves from nature by hiding behind the walls of our houses and sequestering ourselves in compact cities, we cannot escape the fact that nature trickles into every crevice it can.

Green Careers Night Discusses Pursuing Careers In Sustainability

Lydia Boer • April 24, 2022

Boston College’s expansive networking reach—including events like Green Careers Night—can help students passionate about the environment kick start their careers, according to Kayla Pelland, assistant director of career education at Boston College.

Green Newton Promotes Use of Electric Vehicles in the City

Elizabeth Schwab • October 7, 2021

Leslie Zebrowitz bought her Tesla as a gift to her grandchildren, but she said she did not think the environment would also reap the benefits of her gift. Newton needs to make structural changes to its transportation systems, and the best way is through the use of electric vehicles (EVs), Zebrowitz said. About 60 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the city come from residential and personal vehicles, according to Zebrowitz.

Every Bite Counts Returns With a Sustainable and Altruistic Goal

Ada Anderson • April 1, 2021

Boston College students have relaunched Every Bite Counts (eBC), a student-led initiative that aims to reduce the environmental impact of BC’s dining halls and feed families in need, this spring.

Faculty-Student Collaboration Turns Discarded Denim Into Clean Fashion

Abby Hunt • January 21, 2019

The nonprofit Make Fashion Clean helps marginalized artisans in Ghana turn secondhand materials shipped to their country into "upcycled" fashion products.

Local Food Festival Serves Sriracha Maple Syrup, Among Other Eats

Lorenz Chen • September 17, 2018

On Sunday, visitors packed the Rose Kennedy Greenway in downtown Boston to attend the Local Food Festival, which promoted sustainability and healthy eating.

BC Dining to Introduce New Reusable Containers in Stuart

Jack Miller • August 14, 2018

Boston College Dining Services will introduce its new reusable to-go container program at Stuart Dining Hall this fall. The move is part of a series of steps aimed at ramping up sustainability efforts...

Boston Design Week Highlights Present and Future of Design Innovation

Chloe McAllaster • April 4, 2018

The theme of the fifth-annual Boston Design Week is now, new, next. The festival emphasizes innovation in product design, architecture, technology, art, and more.

Former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter Talks Energy and Environment in Age of Trump

Myroslav Dobroshynskyi • November 19, 2017

We had all this potential for wind energy, for solar energy, and there were so many barriers to developing [clean energy], that we set about trying to knock down barriers,” Ritter said.