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President Dunn signs Climate Savers Computing Initiative
(June, 2009—CSCI) We are pleased to announce Western Michigan University as an Affiliate for Higher Education Institutions member of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative. (Find us on the website here.)

WMU’s Climate Savers Computing efforts, along with those of likeminded individuals and companies, will reduce the amount of global CO2 emissions from the operation of computers by 54 million tons per year. This is the CO2 emission equivalent of taking 11 million cars off of the road!

To help members of the WMU community get started with power management implementation, the CSCI web site includes nstructions on how to implement recommended power management settings on networks and individual PCs.
Individual PC power management recommendations:

WMU Pilot Plants—Recycling Fiber-based Hot Cups
(May 12, 2009—Global Green) Western Michigan University’s Coating and Recycling Pilot Plant performed initial bench top research on two brands of hot cups mimicking the Fibre Box Association’s protocol for recycling treated corrugated. Through WMU's expertise it appears that fiber-based hot cups could be designed for repulpability, which would enable them to be integrated within corrugated cardboard or mixed waste paper streams.

A Lot to Digest with Composting on Campus
WMU's composting efforts featured in National Wildlife Federation's Campus Ecology Program.

Tree Campus USA's Inaugural Class
(02/10/09—Arbor Day Foundation) Arbor Day Foundation honors Western as one of the 29 Colleges and Universities in Tree Campus USA's Inaugural Class.

If we build advanced batteries, they will be used
(Jan. 2, 2009—Kalamazoo Gazette) If any place is going to be the high-tech lithium-ion battery capital of the world, Michigan should be it.

Plugging in to new technology
(Dec. 30, 2008—Kalamazoo Gazette) Engineering professor outfits Prius hybrid to run all-electric.

WMU comes in first for purchases of Recycled Products!> (Nov. 18, 2008—Email from Vice President Lowell Rinker) Out of 37 universities served by Office Depot, WMU comes in with the highest percentage of sales of recycled products!

WMU's Sustainability is ahead of the Curve
(Oct. 24, 2008—Western Herald) Western Michigan University took some huge steps in approaching sustainability on Oct 23. In a special announcement with President John Dunn, Republican Congressman Fred Upton and Mayor of Portage Pete Strazdas, WMU launched its energy Points of Pride, LED lighting, sustainability Web site, and two electric powered vehicles.

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