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Explore the latest environment news from the University of Northern Colorado
February 13, 2025 — UNC is working to save multiple tons of food waste per year
December 8, 2024 — UNC is converting 3.4 acres of landscape into water-resilient plantings thanks to $630,000 grant from City of Greeley
March 6, 2024 — Environmental Sustainability Students Travel to Norway’s Annual Arctic Frontiers Conference
March 1, 2024 — Up to $160 million available over the next 10 years to build climate-resilient communities in the Colorado-Wyoming region
February 14, 2024 — Matthew Popkin is the featured speaker at the second annual Goodman Speaker Series lecture
October 16, 2023 — Karen Barton, professor of Geography, GIS and Sustainability, took 14 UNC students up to Estes Park for a hands-on workshop titled “Careers in National Parks and Protected Areas.”
June 30, 2023 — Ten UNC students traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to help clean up the Mississippi River. The trip was part of GEO 111, a course designed to give students hands-on field experience and equip them to use that experience to solve real-world problems.
September 3, 2019 — Students starting classes at UNC this fall will be greeted by a greener, more sustainable campus thanks to a new solar photovoltaic array installed by McKinstry, a national construction and energy services company.
July 3, 2019 — Nicknamed the Solar Flower, the device was installed on the front lawn of UNC’s César Chávez Cultural Center last month and provides 2,500 watts of power to meet the majority of the center’s needs.
June 20, 2017 — University of Northern Colorado Professor Jimmy Dunn is leading a group that includes students on a 290-mile river expedition of the Canadian Arctic.
February 9, 2017 — Brightly colored umbrellas over tables on patios outside several buildings on the University of Northern Colorado's Greeley campus don't just provide shade; they also contain the solar panels that power electrical outlets that students use to charge their electronic devices.
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