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Alexandria Marro ’25, vice president of Green Fund, poses at The Barnes Arboretum, April 15. PHOTO: MADELINE WILLIAMS ’26/THE HAWK

Student Senate passes sustainability resolution

Savannah Warner April 17, 2024

The University Student Senate unanimously passed Green Fund’s Resolution 005 on April 5, which focuses on environmental sustainability at St. Joe’s and calls for the establishment of an office dedicated...

(left to right) Aidan Dowling 23, Teresa Scalanga 23 and Allie Miller 24 pick up trash outside of Campion Student Center on April 19 as a part of SJU Green Funds Campus Clean Up initiative. .

Campus group acquires PPE recycling boxes ahead of Earth Day

Catherine Moffett April 20, 2021

Used personal protection equipment (PPE) like disposable face masks now has a place to go other than a landfill after the St. Joe’s Green Fund acquired recycling boxes from a local company. The club...

Deirde Taft-Lockard ’20 (right), co-president of SJU Green Fund, helps students dispose of leftover food and plastic packets in respective garbage bins before sending plates, utensils and cups to the dish pit during the “Weight of the Waste” event in Campion Dining Hall on Nov. 21. PHOTOS: Jackie Collins 21

Green Fund creates awareness of food waste through “Weigh the Waste”

Jackie Collins November 28, 2019

At the end of their lunch in Campion Dining Hall last Thursday, St. Joe’s students handed over their bowls and plates, some still piled with uneaten food, to members of the Green Fund. As part of the...

“Laudato Si,” is a document released by Pope Francis as a call to action for Catholics to push for sustainability. PHOTO: Mitchell Shields 22

Professors urge St. Joe’s to be environmentally conscious

Morgan McFarland November 5, 2019

The departments of economics, environmental science, history and political science hosted a panel on Oct. 29 in Doyle Banquet Hall during which professors discussed how climate change could allow individuals...

Sustainability at St. Joe’s

Sustainability at St. Joe’s

The Hawk Staff November 27, 2018

We need to be fighting climate change A series of wildfires have been ravaging Butte County, California, near the state’s capital of Sacramento since Nov. 8. Camp Fire, as it is now being referred to,...

Green Fund optimistic despite budget cuts

Green Fund optimistic despite budget cuts

Andrea Rodriguez October 29, 2018

Student organization hopes to implement new initiatives in coming year The Green Fund, a St. Joe’s club devoted to sustainability and environmental preservation efforts, accepted a roughly 75 percent...

Graphic by Kaitlyn Patterson, 20.

Out of my trash

Katie White April 25, 2017

Getting rid of plastics for a week Like a lot of people, I’ve made some well-intentioned attempts to eliminate plastic from my life. I carry a reusable water bottle and Thermos. I always bring my...

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