Media & Press
Articles about REP
We aim for a frequent presence in campus media in order to increase awareness. The Harvard Crimson is a daily paper, and the Harvard Independent is a weekly, both written by Harvard College students. The Harvard Gazette is published by the Harvard News Office. REP has also been covered in off-campus media.
REP In the News, 2004-2005 Academic Year
REP In the News, 2003-2004 Academic Year
REP In the News, 2002-2003 Academic Year
REP In the News, 2004-2005 Academic Year
Colleges Weigh Into Trash Recycling Contest
When it comes to trash, Harvard is among the elite of recycling contests, that is. The university has been
competing directly against Yale since 1999 and participating in RecycleMania, a nationwide college recycling
contest since 2001.
(February 27, 2005)
REP In the News, 2003-2004 Academic Year
Venturing good in the Harvard community
"The winner of the inaugural contest is a project called "Harvard ReStore"…. Computers that otherwise would have ended up in a landfill somewhere will now be repaired and sold at low cost to groups that would otherwise not be able to afford them."
(June 3, 2004)
Allston Undergraduate Focus Group Key Findings
"Students expressed that it is important for the University to build energy-efficient and ecologically responsible buildings; some suggested that the buildings could be studied as a living laboratory."
(May 20, 2004)
Undergraduate Life Task Force Planning Report
Solar power fuels Arts First stage
"Harvard environmentalists made sure Arts First was clean behind the scenes Saturday (May 8) by powering the Arts First stage for the event's kickoff performances entirely with solar power."
(May 13, 2004)
Sun Power Lights the Arts World
"The solar power powered the microphones, amps and speakers of the main stage in Harvard Yard from University President Lawrence H. Summers' opening speech at 11:30 a.m. to the end of the festivities at 5 p.m…. Summers dropped by to take a look at their technology."
(May 10, 2004)
Harvard to Add 86 Recycling Bins
"According to the resolution, which was authored by Allison I. Rogers ’04…Harvard spends $80 per ton to ship its trash to a dump in South Carolina, while transporting recycling to the plant located in Boston costs Harvard only $20 per ton."
(May 7, 2004)
FAS Resource Efficiency Program Sees Growing Participation
"The College's Committee on House Life recently approved a revision to all Room Party Registration forms, required for gatherings of 30 or more people. The forms now require party hosts to recycle cans, bottles, and paper and also provide guidelines for how to minimize the environmental impact of parties."
(Spring 2004, Harvard Green Campus Newsletter)
Currier Wins Green Cup
"Currier House will take home a giant green keg—and $1,035—following its victory yesterday afternoon in the annual Green Cup competition."
(April 26, 2004)
Harvard University offsets 150% of Electricity at its Green Building
"As students arrived at the Harvard Campus last weekend for the Northeast Climate Conference, Harvard administrators, visitors, and students not only promoted building green, but living for green as well."
(April 25, 2004)
EAD Environmental
Quincy Gets Winded
"The House began a week-long purchase of wind power, a renewable source of energy that does not damage the environment like fossil fuels do... The University itself should also consider what it can do to promote renewable energy in Massachusetts."
(April 23, 2004)
For Week, Quincy to Try Wind Power
"...The main impact of switching to wind power for a week will be on raising environmental consciousness around the University."
(April 20, 2004)
Green Grants Voted Down
"Rogers said… 'We give hundreds of thousands of dollars to students and we are not teaching them how to use it.'"
(April 19, 2004)
"Cup" To Award Green Innovation
"Many students leading challenge teams in the competition said that House pride and rivalry motivated them to lead groups aiming to help the environment - not to mention their chance at winning the jackpot."
(March 23, 2004)
Students converge on Harvard to talk about clean energy
"The students even took the time Saturday afternoon to arrange themselves on the lawn in front of the Science Center into the letters spelling out the words 'clean energy.'"
(February 26, 2004)
Environmental Conference Decries Warming
"Rogers said the conference aimed to fight stereotypes of environmentalists as 'super-hippie and anti-corporate.'"
(February 23, 2004)
Making Up Valentine's Day
"The FAS Resource Efficiency Program (REP) worked with Harvard Recycling and Waste Management to bring 75 pounds of nail polish, makeup and assorted toiletries to the Cambridge Family Shelter in the YWCA in Central Square."
(February 20, 2004)
Going the Way of Waste
"In November, the FAS Resource Efficiency Program (REP) piled up bags of trash-"Mt. Trashmore," as it was cleverly called-to bring attention to how much waste we produce daily."
(February 18, 2004)
Masters Consider Extended Parties
( January 23, 2004)
University briefs Boston on environmental efforts
"Among its other efforts, the HGCI's partnership with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University Dining Services, and University Operations Services on a dormitory FAS Resource Efficiency Program puts student environmental representatives in the dormitories to encourage recycling, conservation, and other environmentally friendly practices."
(January 22, 2004)
Students Seeing Green in Allston
"Allison I. Rogers '04, who is also captain for the FAS Resource Efficiency Program…said. 'When we create this campus, we should ensure it's sustainable from the beginning.'"
(December 3, 2003)
Bulldogs, Cantabs bring trash talk to another level
"Last year, Harvard's recycling rate, a measure of how many recyclables are actually recycled, was 20 percent higher than Yale's."
(November 14, 2003)
Recycling can be greatly improved
"The University's garbage still has a lot of recyclable items - 43 percent according to yesterday's audit. It also showed that nearly a third of the recyclables tossed into the trash were beverage containers, most of which still had unconsumed soda, spring water, fruit juice, or other liquid inside."
(November 13, 2003)
Students Trash Harvard's Waste
"Harvard has accepted an environmental challenge from Yale, competing to see whether the Bulldogs can match Harvard in terms of pounds of paper, cardboard and cans recycled per student."
(November 12, 2003)
Richardson Fellowships go to grads committed to public service
"Gould credits her work with Harvard's Environmental Action Committee and FAS Resource Efficiency Program as well as previous summer experiences in Ecuador's Galapagos Islands and Costa Rica with pointing her toward this year of public service."
(November 6, 2003)
Harvard Recycling Rates Hit Record: University Rates for Fiscal 2003 Top 36 Percent
"One major success story last year was the spring move out, when students often dispose of old clothes, furniture, and personal items rather than packing and moving them home. In 2002, Gogan said, the students generated about 95 tons of trash, piled in large containers put near the dorms. Last year, he said, that improved by about 30 percent, to 65 tons."
(October 16, 2003)
Sustainability starts with you: Conference Targets Reducing Consumption
"'A university is a large ship … even if you change its direction by one degree, it will end up in a totally different direction.'"
(October 7, 2003)
The Link, Concordia University
EPA Funds HGCI To Help Other Universities Replicate Successes
"An Exciting Second Year for the FAS Resource Efficiency Program"
(Fall 2003, Harvard Green Campus Newsletter)
REP In the News, 2002-2003 Academic Year
The Faculty of Arts & Sciences FAS Resource Efficiency Program: $120,000 Saved, 17 Leaders Strengthened, & Tons of Fun Had By All
(Spring 2003, Harvard Green Campus Newsletter)
"Rites of Spring(fest)" (Photo)
(May 1, 2003)
EPA honors KSG, FAS for conservation efforts
(April 24, 2003)
Recycling Program Sets School Record
"Harvard undergraduates tossed 28 more tons of beer cans, Moral Reasoning papers and other detritus of college life into the recycling bins this year than last during 'Recycle Mania,' leaders of the undergraduate-run FAS Resource Efficiency Program announced yesterday.... The increase in recycling at the College will save the University $50,190 next year."
(April 22, 2003)
Harvard College Women's Leadership Awards Ceremony
"Rachelle Gould '03 and Michelle Kuo '03 were runners-up."
(April 17, 2003)
With Renovations Put Off, Quincy Gets Fairer Coffee
"'We only asked for one extra day a week,' Ansel A. Payne '04, Quincy's FAS Resource Efficiency Program representative. 'Within a week or two, we had fair trade coffee every day.'"
(April 11, 2003)
At Harvard, It's Pretty Easy Bein' Green!
"The success of the program should make Harvard proud; perhaps the principle behind it will encourage other departments not only to listen but also to value the ideas and opinions of...undergraduates."
(Winter 2003)
Harvard College Parents Newsletter
University sets recycling record in November
"The dorms are places where recycling has traditionally been low as students focus on studies, activities, and things other than how they dispose of papers, bottles, and cans. With that new program [REP] and encouraging early indications from the rest of the University, Gogan said he expects this year to be better than last year."
(January 16, 2003)
Straus, Mather Top Turkeys in Energy Saving Contest
"Allison I. Rogers '04, a REP representative from Mather, e-mailed each person in her House the Monday before Thanksgiving to encourage participation in the pledge effort."
(December 17, 2002)
Campaign Urges Energy Efficiency
"About 2,000 students, or a quarter of the students at the College, pledged to do their part to reduce [the harmful environmental impacts of] waste on 'the natural environment, the United States and the world' by turning off their computers."
(December 2, 2002)
Harvard Crimson | Crimson Correction
City Considers Plan To Reduce Emissions
"'Most of the things we recommend are very easy to do, like switch off your computer at night,' Danielson said. 'Some of the larger changes won't even be obvious to people other than their work environment might improve.'"
(November 21, 2002)
Consumption of Junk Food High, Recycling Down
"Forty-three percent of Harvard's trash could have been recycled, representatives from the FAS Resource Efficiency Program and Harvard University Operation Services found after sorting through 47 trash bags in the university's fifth annual waste audit."
(November 20, 2002)
Trashing Harvard: University could recycle much more, Waste Audit shows
"'The residential system is a phenomenal opportunity to help people develop habits and a consciousness that they'll carry into the rest of their lives,'" said Rachelle Gould '03, captain of the FAS Resource Efficiency Program."
(November 14, 2002)
Seeking Awareness, Students Sort Bags of Trash
"Greater recycling by the Harvard community would reduce University expenditures, as Harvard pays $86 to dispose each ton of trash."
(November 12, 2002)
Council Hears of Dean's Plans for Curricular Review
The legislation "called for the council to urge University officials to provide ample recycling and trash cans in tailgate areas during The Game. It also called for the council to 'publicize the placement of bins, by communicating with HoCos prior to the event and by placing clear signage throughout the venue.' The bill passed unanimously."
(November 4, 2002)
Green houses (and dorms): New program raises environmental awareness in student residences
"'It's important to work with the houses. This is where the students experience the 'shadow' curriculum of Harvard University. This is where students further develop lifelong patterns, values, and choices,' Sharp said.. By paying students for their time and setting job parameters, Sharp said, the program will gain consistency, both in the work of the current group and in that of their successors.
(October 10, 2002)
Leading to REP
Summer interns work to 'green' Harvard
"'As a member of the Harvard community, I had an obligation to raise a [conversation about whether] Harvard can have a more sustainable future.'"
(September 26, 2002)
Harvard Pushes Energy Reduction
"To complain, Hsu says, students need a better understanding of how Harvard works, and who is in charge."
(May 3, 2002)
Green Days: Activists and administrators work to clean up Harvard
"Last year a group of graduate and undergraduate students made a presentation to Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Jeremy Knowles '67 regarding efforts to reduce Harvard's greenhouse gas emissions…. The EAC hopes to achieve funding for a paid waste disposal representative in every house to ensure proper recycling and provide information and outreach"
(April 25, 2002)
Harvard
Independent
It's Easy Being Green
"A publicity campaign aimed at incoming freshmen…if successful, could save as much as $48,000 in annual energy cost for each class that successfully implements the conservation measures."
(November 1, 2001)
Student-Designed Lamp Brightens Harvard Dorms
"Abernathy said Marr's work is the first time he can recall a student project having such a concrete effect on campus life."
(June 3, 1999)