In the Media
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2013
April 10, 2013: "UVM’s Office of Sustainability: Fostering Sustainable Development and Promoting Environmental Responsibility." Across the Fence.
April 10, 2013: "Eco-Reps Column- Listen to the Kids." UVM Vermont Cynic
March 27, 2013: "Eco-Reps Column- Make a Difference and Take ENVS187." UVM Vermont Cynic.
March 13, 2013: "Eco-Reps Column- Bottled Water Ban." UVM Vermont Cynic.
February 28, 2013: "Voice of the Free Press." Burlington Free Press.
February 20, 2013: "UVM town meeting focuses on socially responsible management of endowment." Burlington Free Press.
- February 15, 2013: "Dispatches from the Bottle Ban." Burlington Free Press.
- February 15, 2013: "At University of Vermont, No Admission for Bottled Water." Boston Globe
- February 6, 2013: "University of Adopts New Process for Socially Responsible Investing." University Communications.
- January 17, 2013: "The University of Vermont Joins Other Colleges in Banning Bottled Water." U.S. News University
- January 14, 2013: "Better Bring Your Own: University Of Vermont Bans Bottled Water." NPR
2012
- November/December 2012: "Bottom-Line Appeal: Colleges Commit to Billion Dollar Green Challenge." E Magazine.
- October 17, 2012: "Eco-Ware Makes Cents". UVM Vermont Cynic.
- September 12, 2012: "Gund Tea: Gioia Thompson- UVM's Campus Sustainability Commitments." RETN.
- August 31, 2012: "Solar panels on the barn roof." Burlington Free Press
- August 30, 2012: "New College Solar Array Aims to Educate Students and Farmers About Alternative Energy." WAMC, Northeast Public Radio
- August 29, 2012: "Solar panels go up at UVM farm." WCAX
August 29, 2012: "134 Solar Panels Installed at UVM This Summer." Fox 44 News/ABC 22/WVNY
August 29, 2012: "UVM students finance solar installation at horse farm". vermontbiz.com
August 29, 2012: "UVM installs134 solar panels at its Spear Street farm." vtdigger.com
- March 7, 2012: "Ivy Colleges Shunning Bottled Water Jab at $22 Billion Industry." Bloomberg News
- February 15, 2012: "The Green Campus." VPR's Vermont Edition.
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- February 9, 2012: "University of Vermont Commits $13M to energy efficiency". Burlington Free Press.
- February 8, 2012: "UVM’s $13 Million Commitment to Green Challenge Is Country's Largest; Surpasses Harvard" University Communications.
- February 5, 2012: "The Future of American Colleges May Lie, Literally, in Students' Hands," The Chronicle of Higher Education.
- February 1, 2012: "University of Vermont Joins Move to End Bottled Water Sales." Reuters
- Februrary 1, 2012: "U. of Vermont Will Stop Bottled-Water Sales." The Chronicle of Higher Education
2011
- October 23, 2011: "University Programs Raise Crops of New Farmers," The Chronicle of Higher Education.
- January 27, 2011: "University of Vermont Launches Eco-Ware reusable take-out container program," Packing Digest
- January 25, 2011: "Video: Tree Harvesting for a Sustainable Project at U. of Vermont." The Chronicle of Higher Education
2010
- October 27, 2010: "Composting Utensils" Not Composting After All in Burlington
- September 26, 2010: "Thinking Outside the Bottle," The Chronicle of Higher Education.
- August 28, 2010: "Invasion of the College Kids: Incoming Students Descend on Burlington," Burlington Free Press
- July 20, 2010: "Colleges Say They Expect Their Green Raters to Measure Up," The Chronicle of Higher Education.
- April 11, 2010: "Frustration with Green Ratings Pushes Colleges to Develop Their Own," The Chronicle of Higher Education.
2009
- April 15, 2009 VSTEP co-president, Mikayla McDonald, talks about the Kick the Bottle Campaign on Channel 17
2008
- October 26, 2008 "Campuses Find Going Green Can Be Tough" Christian Science Monitor
- October 7, 2008 "UVM Takes a Step Toward 'Carbon Neutraility'", Burlington Free Press
- September 29. 2008 "UVM Goes Green in the Dining Halls" WCAX-TV, Channel 3
- September 22, 2008 "UVM Goes Greener: One Flush at a Time" Burlington Free Press
- September 10, 2008 "Campus Greens" Seven Days
- September/October 2008 "Cool Schools" Sierra Magazine
- August 20, 2008 "Big Plan on Campus" Seven Days
- April 2, 2008 "Two UVM students to receive city award" Burlington Free Press
- March 12, 2008 "College students seeing green as the way to go" USA Today
- February 20, 2008 Carbon Neutral U Metropolis Mag
- February 19, 2008 "Commentary: Student Powered: A New Way to Focus the Nation on Climate Change" eMagazine
- January 30, 2008 "Eating Off the Table" Inside Higher Ed
- January 29, 2008 "Students plan demonstrations to promote campus awareness" Greenwire
- January 25, 2008 "Energy in the Dorms" Inside Higher Ed
- January 24, 2008 "Nationwide 'Teach-In' Planned to Address Climate Change" Christian Science Monitor
2007
- November 26, 2007 "How to Have a Happy -- and Low Carbon -- Holiday," Christian Science Monitor
- November 4, 2007 "Students Teach Students to Waste Less on Campus" USA Today
- November 2, 2007 "UVM Eco-Reps Push Green-Think" Burlington Free Press
- September 20, 2007: "New Student Center at the U. of Vermont Is Big, but Clever," The Chronicle of Higher Education.










