GoGreen Week started at NYU Shanghai in 2016, and has since grown into one of the university’s biggest annual events. The tradition has extended to NYU’s other portal campuses. From April 22 - 26, the NYU Shanghai Community took part in challenges, workshops, talks, and screenings designed to spread awareness and increase community engagement about environmental and sustainability issues. Students participating in the week-long GoGreen Challenge were encouraged to adopt a vegan or vegetarian diet. All week long, they had healthy meals, and shared photos of their cooking, like this rice, mushroom, and herb dish made by Tracy Lan ’22. As part of the challenge, they also rode bikes, sported reusable shopping bags, and brought their own mugs for beverages at the campus cafe. More than 20 students and faculty members have been actively working on the NYU Shanghai Urban Farm project. The campus farm grows produce and other plants for community use. The Urban Farm project recently added a second raised bed platform, which is currently home to these tiny tomato plants. During GoGreen Week, Sproutworks, the campus caterer, offered a free cookie to those who brought in reusable food containers, raised the price of bottled water to encourage using refillable bottles, provided drink discounts to customers who brought reusable mugs, and replaced plastic straws with paper ones. Sproutworks also introduced colorful sorting bins for trash and recyclables in the 2 floor cafe and in B1. The organic trash collected from this initiative was then used in the Urban Farm’s composting project. Interactive Media Arts hosted a DIY workshop in the cafeteria to teach students how to craft their own coin purses from plastic bags, using common household materials, origami, and an iron. Students melted shea butter, cocoa butter, and coconut oil to create their own lip balms and lotions at another DIY workshop. Students ventured off campus to check out Shanghai’s first ever vegetarian ‘MeatFest’ organized by non-profit advocacy brand Vegans of Shanghai, which showcased 100% plant-based meat alternatives--some which have been around China for over 1000 years. Left: Green Shanghai president Josh Jensen ’21 and Danielle Sanger ’19. Right: Cinny Lin ’22 poses in front of a food stall featuring vegetarian ham. Photo by Neil Patkar ’22. In an ongoing initiative to eliminate single-use plastic bottles from campus, Green Shanghai will soon be distributing free, high quality reusable water bottles to everyone on campus. The biodegradable bottles are made of rice husk, hold around 400ml of liquid, and can sustain temperatures from -20 to 120 degrees Celsius. Share: Facebook Twitter Weibo All Years202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013 Apply Fall Internship Fair@NYU Shanghai, 08/29/2014Aug 29 2014 Fire Drill, 08/27/2014Aug 27 2014 SH'MASH Performance, 08/21/2014Aug 27 2014 Cabaret, 08/17/2014Aug 19 2014 Class of 2018 Convocation, 08/17/2014Aug 17 2014 Class of 2018 Move In Day, 08/16/2014Aug 16 2014 First Day of the New Cafeteria OpenAug 15 2014 Countdown to Freshman Move In DayAug 14 2014 A new campus is readyAug 11 2014 Global Academic Fellow Training Session Aug 7 2014 NYU Shanghai Students Attend NYU Summer CourseJul 15 2014 End of Year Reception Party, May 19, 2014May 20 2014 Men's Basketball Team Wins Home Game, April 16, 2014Apr 16 2014 Candlelight Vigil for MH370, March 26, 2014Mar 26 2014 Networking Night, March 21, 2014Mar 21 2014 Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Next › Next page Last » Last page
