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Campus Sustainability Tour
This project collection highlights key campus sustainability projects, which represent a cross-section of the hundreds of projects on campus. Watch the Sustainability Tour 2022 here.
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Latest Updates
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2/2/2026Email from Jacob Benjamin:Happy Groundhog Day!Things have calmed a bit—thankfully! Warmer weather this week means I can get out and safety check the half dozen or so bikes that have been in the queue without risking frostbite. The numbers:...
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1/28/2026Email from Jacob Benjamin:Last week we opened for the semester and were positively inundated. Wednesday saw 40+ people come through, almost all with rusty bikes from leaving them out for winter break. Fingers crossed for some legitimate storage...
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12/16/2025Email from Jacob Benjamin:This is the last week we are open for the semester. We’ve got ~17 kids bikes done and will hopefully have a few more donated this week, so between both shops our numbers should be right around 50 bikes! Weather for Saturday...
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12/11/2025"Bicycle Reuse Programmes Report Threefold Return on Investment" by Helen GatesBicycle repair and reuse programmes generate measurable economic, environmental and social returns, according to analysis by FCC Environment. The...
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12/8/2025Email from Jacob Benjamin:Slow week, as expected with the cold and messy weather. On Thursday, WCIA came by, and we got to talk about the Kids Bike Giveaway, so that was good. A post about the event also went out in the weekly newsletters. Hopefully...
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12/2/2025Email from Jacob Benjamin:Last week of November was slow, as best I can recall, and sales corroborate that. We’re working through the kids bikes we have and will hopefully get more donations in the coming weeks. We’ve got a half dozen regular...
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11/17/2025Email from Jacob Benjamin:All,This past weekend was the Bike Project’s Cranksgiving event, which we helped promote. The event raised over $2,000 worth of food/supplies for Wesley Food Bank and the McKinley Pantry at Garden Hills.Elsewhere, I’ve got...
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11/11/2025Email from Jacob Benjamin:Snow! First significant snowfall of the year. Made for a messy commute in, but always better than driving.This upcoming weekend is the Bike Project’s event Cranksgiving, a bicycle food drive. We have a bike trailer set up...
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11/3/2025Email from Jacob Benjamin:Deceptive time of year: cooler temps usually mean fewer folks in, but that did not prove out. We were all-stands-full for a good bit last week. This week feels like just about peak foliage, which is a great time to ride a...
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10/28/2025Email from Jacob Benjamin:I was out Friday and Monday so this is a day late. I was in Berkeley, CA which has roundabouts at all of their side-street intersections. (Hint, hint.)Pretty uneventful week otherwise. I’ll continue work on the containers...