Category Archives: News

Still Time To Claim a Plot in the Schaumburg Campus Garden!

Posted on May 21, 2016 by Suburban Sustainability

Roosevelt’s Schaumburg Campus Community Garden is one of the origin sites for our university’s sustainability movement, and is a thriving hub of gardening innovation and community building. Right now, three 5×5 plots are still available for this year’s growing season. … Continue reading →

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SUST Program Looks Back at 2015

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Suburban Sustainability

Today’s post on the SUST at RU Blog, the official voice of Roosevelt’s Sustainability Studies undergraduate program, is a review of 2015’s events, accomplishments, and projects. Several of these had a positive impact on RU’s Schaumburg Campus, including the work … Continue reading →

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Planned Renaissance for RU’s Schaumburg Campus

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Suburban Sustainability

One year after former RU president Chuck Middleton announced program cuts and facility contractions at the university’s Schaumburg Campus (est. 1996), Roosevelt’s new president, Dr. Ali Malekzadeh, articulated bold plans to renew, expand, and reinvigorate the campus and reclaim RU’s place … Continue reading →

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RU Wins State of IL Grant to Conserve Energy and Save Money

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Suburban Sustainability

Roosevelt University was awarded a grant in April 2015 that was applied toward upgrading the energy efficiency  lighting systems for its National Historic Landmark Auditorium Building at the Chicago Campus as well as for the entire Schaumburg Campus facility. The grant was … Continue reading →

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Illinois’ New Clean Energy Bill

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Suburban Sustainability

by Jim Lockafeer for SUST 240 Clean energy is very important when it comes to lessening our impact on the planet. It can generally be defined as an extremely wide variety of technologies and techniques that help to conserve and create … Continue reading →

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Waste and the Single (K) Cup

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Suburban Sustainability

by Sarah Tag for SUST 240 If you are a coffee drinker, you almost certainly know what Keurig machines are: single-serve coffee brewing systems produced for home and commercial use. They function using small, air-tight plastic containers, called K-cups, that are … Continue reading →

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Hope for Illinois’ Jeopardized Electronics Recycling Programs

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Suburban Sustainability

by Tiffany Mucci for SUST 240 Last week brought a glimmer of hope for Illinois’ electronic waste recycling program. Lauren Leone-Cross reported in the Joliet Herald-News on Tuesday, February 10th, of the filing of House Bill 1455, which has local governments … Continue reading →

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Significant Milestones Reached for the Schaumburg’s Sustainable Future Project

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Suburban Sustainability

This past fall 2014 semester at Roosevelt University, undergraduate students from two Sustainability Studies classes — SUST 210 Sustainable Future (online) and 240 Waste & Consumption (honors) — contributed over 30 blog posts on news and topical developments in urban/suburban … Continue reading →

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The Elephant in the Room: Greener Airports and Llamas

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Suburban Sustainability

by Jordan Diedrick for SUST 240 The annual “Airports Going Green” conference was held in Chicago in early November where awards were presented to numerous airports and airlines for promoting conservation and sustainability.  This conference has been held for the last seven … Continue reading →

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Mitigating Flood Damage in the Water-soaked City of Des Plaines, IL

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Suburban Sustainability

by Sophiya Soltys for SUST 210 The city of Des Plaines, Illinois, was named after the Des Plaines River, but little was known about what the namesake would imply. As of 2007, Des Plaines experienced 15 major floods in 60 years. … Continue reading →

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