NYU Office of Sustainability

NYU has some exciting positions available in the sustainability field! 🌱Program Administrator - Environmental Studies https://lnkd.in/eVAbQcwh This individual will manage daily operations, including supervising student workers and administering office policies and procedures for the Department of Environmental Studies. 🌱Procurement Social Responsibility Manager https://lnkd.in/eYXjpBxJ The Social Responsibility Manager ensures that Procurement & Payables activities at NYU are conducted in a manner that aligns with social and environmental best practices, ensuring governance and transparency in key social and environmental business areas. 🌱Program Administrator - Climate & Sustainability https://lnkd.in/e3h3hxgE The Program Administrator, Climate and Sustainability, will manage programmatic, administrative, operational, and co-curricular activities and communications for the Climate and Sustainability Initiative.

Lettuce celebrate because the 2024 Plant Based Food Festival was a hit! 🥬 🍽️🥑👩🍳 We kicked off the festival with Neeti Jain, Strategic Partnerships Advisor for the NYC Mayor’s Office of Food Policy, who gave opening remarks and spoke about the importance of reducing carbon emissions from food. NYU’s very own Arianna Cooper, Director of Sustainability for Chartwells at NYU, gave great cooking tips for dorm-friendly plant-based food recipes. The NYU community was able to enjoy delicious samples from many different vegan and plant-based brands and local restaurants: Ambo  Bored Cow  Chakra Fabalish  Fable Food Co Imposter Food Jensen Plant Based Division Land Lovers  Le Botaniste  Local Roots Oatly Mezcla Nature's Fynd  Never Better Foods  NUMU Vegan Cheese NYU Eats Stockeld Dreamery  STRONG ROOTS A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by and explored the wonders of plant-based eating! 

Last week, NYU announced it joined the Plant-Powered Carbon Challenge, pledging to reduce food-based emissions by 25% by 2030! The NYC Mayor’s Office of Food Policy launched the Plant-Powered Carbon Challenge to engage private sector institutions in the effort to fight climate change through more sustainable food systems. The action plan at NYU will focus on developing more plant-based options in dining halls, collaborating with events and catering to create plant-forward menus, and working with vendors to source more sustainable foods. NYU is a leading climate actor with a goal to achieve climate neutrality by 2040. Not only does this commitment align with our Coolfood Pledge, which similarly focuses on reducing food-based greenhouse gas emissions across all of NYU’s campuses by 25% by 2030, but it also fits alongside other initiatives like the Passive House retrofit of Rubin Hall, our annual Green Apple Move Out initiative, and our transportation-related programs and policies.

You know we'd never miss an event with free food 😋 Spotted on Campus: NYU Office of Sustainabilitycollaborated with student groups Greener by Default Coalition and the Animal Rights Collective to put on a festival filled with plant-based food vendors, recipe demonstrations, and live music from student performers. The event was part of NYC's Climate Week and also served to announce NYU's participation in NYC's Plant-Powered Carbon Challenge, an initiative supported by the city's Office of Food Policy. The university has pledged to make a 25% reduction to its food-related carbon footprint by 2030 🥗 🌎

A big applause goes out to our student engagement coordinators, Sarah, Ethan, and Maggie who graduated this May! 👏We’re excited to see where you’ll go! Apply to work with the Office of Sustainability as an Engagement or Communications Coordinator by Sunday, June 23rd. Open to undergraduate and graduate students. https://lnkd.in/d_KjYt9v

A big applause goes out to our student engagement coordinators, Sarah, Ethan, and Maggie, who graduated this May! 👏We’re excited to see where you’ll go! Apply to work with the Office of Sustainability as an Engagement or Communications Coordinator by Sunday, June 23rd. Open to undergraduate and graduate students. https://lnkd.in/d_KjYt9v

The Office of Sustainability is hiring students for our communications and engagement coordinator positions! If you're a student on the NY campus who wants to learn more about the inner workings of sustainability at NYU while educating other NYUers with events, programs, and more, apply now! https://lnkd.in/d_KjYt9v

Join the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business on Monday, 5/6 from 5:30 - 7:00 pm for the global book launch of Warming Up: How Climate Change is Changing Sport by world-leading sports ecologist Madeleine Orr. Madeleine will host a conversation on climate change and sports, joined by sustainability executives from major professional sports leagues in the US and moderated by Lewis Blaustein of EcoAthletes, as well as in a one-on-one with Catie Collins (‘24), NYU soccer player. The reading and panel discussion will be followed by refreshments and networking opportunities, along with chances to win a free copy of the book. 📗 Registration is required and space is limited so register today! https://lnkd.in/g4aGQMjg

📣Calling all NYU students interested in tackling climate change! 📣 Take part in The New York Climate Exchange’s inaugural AI Innovation Challenge focuses on developing stormwater management solutions for New York City. Teams of 4-5 students can register to participate, and Round 1 submissions are due by April 30. https://lnkd.in/gGGWW_tf

NYU’s Environmental and Racial Justice Network (ERJN) two-part spring summit is only two days away! Join us on Thursday, April 11, for refreshments and a panel discussion on food justice. Our summit on Friday, April 12, will feature an array of speakers focusing on diverse topics in the environmental and justice field. Convened by NYU Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation and the NYU Office of Sustainability , ERJN brings together faculty and students from schools across New York University to discuss the intersection of social, environmental, and racial justice. RSVP: https://lnkd.in/eqW3AGpV 🌍Reception & Fireside Chat (In-Person) 📅Thurs. April 11, 2:30–4:00 p.m. ET Maya Marie, Deep Routes Nicole Yeo-Solano, Choy Commons  Dr. Brennan Rhodes-Bratton, NYU School of Global Public Health 🌍Virtual Spring Summit 📅Fri. April 12, 9:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. ET Robert Bullard, “Father of Environmental Justice”  Jasmine Davenport, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Alayna Chuney, Carbon180 Hema Lochan, Earthjustice  Sarah Salem, WE ACT for Environmental Justice Courtney Williams, The Brown Bike Girl Kristy Drutman, Brown Girl Green / Green Jobs Board Kari Fulton, Center for Oil and Gas Organizing (COGO) Alexia Leclercq, PODER Austin Carolina Ramos, Latinxs in Sustainability These events are open to all current NYU students, faculty, and staff. Our virtual summit is open to NYU students, faculty, staff, and the general public.