The first-ever Earth Day was held across the United States on April 22, 1970.聽 It motivated student organizers to push for institutional environmentalism at 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录, and later that year the Eco-Center was born.聽 Fifty years later, CU鈥檚 environmental center continues to lead the way in sustainability across campuses worldwide.聽 Here鈥檚 ten major milestones in CU鈥檚 green history.
- First university to create a student-led Environmental Center聽 (1970)
- Created the first-ever campuswide recycling program (1976)
- Provide聽comprehensive bus聽passes for all students, the first of their kind (1991)
- Began purchasing renewable energy credits (2000)
- Installed the campus' first solar panels on the UMC (2004)
- Created the Sustainable CU Grant (2005)
- Became the first university to pledge carbon neutrality (2007)
- Created the Zero-Waste Stadium program at Folsom, another first for NCAA D1 schools (2008)
- Joined as a founding member of the University Climate Change Coalition (2018)
- Unsurprisingly was the first university to sign the) UN's Sports for Climate Change Action Framework (2019)聽聽