RIT is a leader in groundbreaking sustainability research, teaching, and engagement. The RIT campus works as a living laboratory for sustainable technologies, practices, and philosophies within the built and natural environment.
Statistics
13k
Solar panels installed on campus
74%
Academic departments that offer sustainability-related courses
21
Charging stations on campus
8
Years RIT has been listed in Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges
35
Tons of material saved from the landfill through Goodbye, Goodbuy!
9k
Pounds of food donated to area meal centers and shelters by Recover Rochester in 2018
Hannah DeFelice’s research at RIT focused on how to improve animal welfare. The same research now takes her to Cornell University this fall to pursue her doctoral degree in biogeochemistry, the study of how living things interact with the physical and chemical environment.
WXXI speaks to Don LaFlam, executive director of RIT Dining; Neha Sood, director of Sustainability; and Jack Penland, student and zero-waste ambassador, about how RIT is handling food waste.
The program, founded in 2008, is part of the NYSP2I’s ongoing efforts to make the state more sustainable for workers, the public, the environment, and the economy through pollution prevention.
Since 2008, Thiab has been an active practitioner in the field of sustainable business and contributed to several programs and initiatives focused on sustainable solutions in Jordan and more recently the United States.
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