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<span style="font-size:12pt; color:black">This year, the theme is “little things add up“ — together, we can take big steps towards a sustainable planet. This year, clubs and organizations across campus have come together for an action-packed week of events,
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<b>Trash on my Back Challenge (April 22-26) - </b>Challenge yourself to go zero-waste for 5 days. To participate, click
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<font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12pt">Check out how your dorm is doing above; this graph compares energy used per person per day in each dorm over March 2014 to energy used per person per day in each dorm from April 2nd to April 16th, 2015. You
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