Green Hours

On March 6, 2013 By

On April 3rd,  between the hours of 12:00 pm and 3:00 pm Chapman University will be hosting its very first Green Hours Event! At this time we are asking all students, faculty, and staff to do the following:

Turn off any unnecessary lights and switch to task lighting or daylighting if its available Set your thermostats to [...]

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Restaurant Services

On March 4, 2013 By

Waste. Chapman University Restaurant Services by Sodexo has launched an initiative to decrease pre-consumer kitchen waste and have (for the past year and a half) assisted in the education of post-consumer waste reduction. How you may ask? With the help of student interns, campus volunteers, members of Sodexo’s Student Board of Directors and Chapman [...]

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A New Twist on an Old Favorite!

On February 25, 2013 By

Are your closets are full to overflowing with clothes you just don’t wear?

Do you keep wearing the same things over and over because you can’t find what you are looking for?

Did you forget you have an amazing shirt or rocking pair of pants because they got crammed in the back of the closet?

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Chapman vs. Tennessee Tech

On February 5, 2013 By

Chapman University has the distinction of being the first university in America to have the state of the art SportsArt

Eco-Fit exercise equipment on campus. And now we have the opportunity to also have the distinction of being the first private university to crush Tennessee Tech in a competition of endurance, speed, and strength.

February 15th kicks [...]

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Talking Trash!

On January 25, 2013 By

Did you ever think a trash can could send a message to an iPad? I know I didn’t… until I found out about the BigBelly Solar trash and recycling collection system!

These nifty bins use a solar-powered management console and a command center to decrease the frequency of waste pick-up. Each bin compacts its contents [...]

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Chapman University faculty are stepping up and leading the way in educating students about a more sustainable future. By developing courses related to sustainability, faculty are helping students and the Chapman community to understand the importance of sustainability in their everyday lives.

In a recent survey looking at ways in which faculty integrate sustainability into [...]

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CSA is here to stay!

On November 2, 2012 By

Maybe you keep hearing people talk about their CSA box and you keep wondering what in the world are they talking about? You’ve probably come up with all kinds of possible meanings…

Chapman Sponsored Athletics? Cute Snuggly Animals (though you do wonder why they are keeping them in boxes)? College Survival Artillery (Which is probably where the [...]

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Pumping Kilowatts?

On September 10, 2012 By

Most of the time we think of working out as something we do that’s good for our health, whether it be our waist line, to reduce stress, blow off steam, or just generally keep ourselves in balance.

We don’t necessarily think of it as something that has a direct positive, impact on the  planet. Or [...]

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