Our Maple on Tap Project is one of our newer projects here on campus! Our office has partnered with Auxiliary Services on this project which includes tapping sugar maples on campus, collecting sap, and then an onsite boil of that sap. We then finish the project off by serving fresh maple syrup in the dining hall to our resident students. Contact us for more information.
SeedShare is a collaboration between the Office of Sustainability and Penfield Library that gives you the opportunity to grow your own plants and learn to save seeds. There is no obligation to save and return seeds, although our hope is that you will grow as a gardener and seed saver and consider sharing your seeds with SeedShare.
OzThrift is a program involving an end of semester student donation collection across campus. This collection stocks and supplies the semiannual OzThrift sale creating a circular economy of goods at SUNY Oswego. Contact us with further questions, or if you're looking to donate anything!
Oz Compost is a partnership between the Office of Sustainability and Auxiliary Services that works to collect all pre-consumer waste on campus and divert it from the waste stream by composting. In our first year of composting we diverted nearly 30,000 lbs of waste.
Bicycles are lent to students through our BikeShare program to encourage sustainable transportation on campus. Riding bicycles directly contributes to the reduction of our carbon footprint by reducing miles traveled in personal, fossil-fuel-powered vehicles. For more information on BikeShare or biking at SUNY Oswego, please email BikeShare below.
Shining Waters is a partnership between the Office of Sustainability and Community Services that provides students with weekly campus and lakeshore cleanups in an collaborative aspect with other students!
Our office has spent time putting together a small list of resources about Climate Change that are easy to understand and interesting! We've also provided you with access to the most important step, ACTION! Check out the information below for more.
Climate change is real, it's us, it's bad, and there's hope. One of the best things you can do to combat climate change is educate yourself about the problem! Below is a small list of some of our favorite and most useful resources to educate yourself. Here's a quick video to get started with:
From NASA:
One of our favorite climate simulation tools is from Climate Interactive and the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative. Check it out below.
Once we're educated about the problems surrounding Climate Change we can sometimes feel defeated, but have no fear, THERE IS HOPE! Action can directly enhance our resilience towards the problems we face. So, we've created a small list of ways you can take action locally, regionally, and nationally as well as some resources that are super useful.
