REP: Undergraduate Resource Efficiency Program

Every year in the past, Harvard produced over 24,000 phone books that were distributed across the University, but next year, 6,000 (6,300 lbs!) less phone books will be produced, which is the weight of 7 male polar bears!

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Adams House, famously known as “Harvard’s Most Historic House”, has implemented a new tradition to add to its rich house history: Trayless Saturday Lunches.

Most of us take those important small steps that make a big difference: turning out our lights when we leave a room, recycling our bottles, cans and paper, and power-managing our computers. However, every now and then, a student, tutor, or House master goes one step further and takes on a larger personal project that makes the entire campus a little greener.

Since its inception 3 years ago, the Harvard Program for Research In Science and Engineering (PRISE) has not only been affording students the opportunity to do research in the summer months, but also building a thriving community of individuals with a wide variety of interests. This year, at least one of those interests was green.