ASG Sustainability Committee prepares for GREENOUT music festival after a week of environmentalist events

GREENOUT, a music festival sponsored by the Associated Student Government Sustainability Committee, is set to kick off with a slate of student performers Saturday on Deering Meadow. The festival, scheduled from 2-6 p.m., is the final event in a week-long ASG series celebrating Earth Day. The committee said they planned the week to engage students...
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Evanston Gift Card creates new way to support small businesses

Bipul Sharma, manager of Mt. Everest in downtown Evanston, has been looking for ways to advertise to Northwestern students for years. “I used to have a couple of students … who worked here for summer jobs and everything. I used to ask, ‘You guys, what is the best way to promote (to) Northwestern?’’’ Sharma said....

ASG Sustainability Committee works toward zero waste football stadium, other eco-friendly initiatives

From the football stadium to the dining hall, the Associated Student Government Sustainability Committee promotes environmental efforts at Northwestern and the surrounding community.  With about 50 members, according to Committee co-Chair and Weinberg senior Sadie Bernstein, SusComm is ASG’s largest committee. It has five subcommittees based on different sustainability foci: Resource Management, Green Campus, Food...

HowGood is your food? Northwestern Dining implements sustainability ratings

In Fall Quarter 2022, large banners appeared in Northwestern dining halls, offering students a new way to identify the most environmentally friendly foods. The banners, accompanied by small icons on recipe cards that labeled food as “good,” “great” or “best,” were the result of NU Dining’s partnership with HowGood, an independent research organization that rates...
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Evanston’s renewable energy powers homes in other states. Are new solutions local?

Evanston aims to become carbon neutral by 2050 — a goal that’s earned the city accolades as it navigates rising lake levels, extreme temperatures and insufficient infrastructure. To achieve carbon neutrality, the city needs to counter its carbon use by removing an equal amount of carbon from the atmosphere, or by cutting emissions altogether. For…