Keeping it Green is SUNY Cortland’s voice for all things sustainable, offering short news briefs about our campus and community. The Sustainability Office issues Keeping it Green periodically throughout the year. We are always interested in your stories and other ideas for spotlighting sustainability related news at SUNY Cortland, New York, and the world. Please share your ideas for stories and events with the Sustainability Office at sustainability@cortland.edu.
Keeping It Green Newsletter
News
Sustainability Spotlight: EAP creating a culture of reusables
Our March Sustainability Spotlight is The Employee Assistance Program for helping to create a culture on campus moving away from single-use plastics and prioritizing reusables.
Single-use Plastics, what can be done?
Single-use plastics (SUPs) seem to be everywhere. SUNY Cortland is a piece to the giant puzzle helping to tackle the plastic crisis. It takes everyone to come together to make a change to benefit our campus, our state, and the planet.
Sustainability Office Introduces Spring 2026 Green Reps
Green Reps will work with their peers on campus this spring to encourage more sustainable lifestyles following visiting examples of sustainable infrastructure in the city of Cortland.
Sustainability Spotlight: Dr. Jiménez as a SUNY Sustainability Faculty Fellow
Our February Sustainability Spotlight is Dr. Jiménez through his work as a SUNY Sustainability Faculty Fellow. In this position, Jiménez is working with other faculty across the SUNY community to incorporate sustainability and other environmental topics into existing courses and lay the groundwork for a community of practice across the SUNY campuses.
Introducing Sustainability Course Attribute
SUNY Cortland's Sustainability Curriculum Committee has created a new course attribute, Sustainability (SUST).