Tons of Clothing Are Sent to Landfills Every Year. But Some Groups Want to Change That. REFASHION WEEK KICKOFF Following the glamour of New York Fashion Week, a…
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Down to the Last Straws
After pouring a cup of iced coffee, Dali Schonfelder fumbled putting on a plastic coffee cup-like lid, which was recently adopted in the cafeteria in lieu of straws,…
Future Unsure for Current Cafeteria Workers
The Chartwells workers in the University Center’s cafeteria learned their company wouldn’t work with The New School anymore the same day that everyone else at the school did. Employees…
University Bids Adieu To The Extravagant Flush
New Schoolers flush the university’s toilets about 5 million times a year, consuming an average of about 4 gallons per flush, or about 20 million gallons a year—enough…
Can We Teach Sustainability without Science?
The future of the New School’s growing science program and its recently opened lab spaces at the University Center faces a turning point after three years of development,…