Northwestern University
EN-4: Outreach Materials and Publications

The sustainNU staff runs the sustainability monthly newsletter, which is sent to approximately 4,723 NU students, faculty, staff and community members. The newsletter includes tips for sustainable living, upcoming events, and updates on environmental developments on campus. The majority of these announcements are archived on sustainNU’s news page:
https://www.northwestern.edu/sustainability/news/index.html

sustainNU staff manages active Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages, which focus on environmental news and opportunities at Northwestern, in the Chicagoland area and beyond.
See these here:
https://www.instagram.com/sustainnu/
https://twitter.com/sustainNU
https://www.facebook.com/SustainNU/

The Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern manages Facebook and Twitter accounts that focus on curriculum and research related to sustainability.

See these here:
https://www.facebook.com/ISENatNU/
https://twitter.com/ISENatNU

Additionally, ISEN has a newsletter and Empower magazine, which informs and inspires dialogue around current issues in sustainability and energy at Northwestern.

See these here:
https://isen.northwestern.edu/empower
https://isen.northwestern.edu/news

All LEED Certified buildings prominently display USGBC plaques. Silverman Hall also includes a sustainability dashboard that highlights the green features of the building.

A sustainability tour is offered each year for the Alumni Reunion. A sustainability map is available online.

See the online sustainability maps here:
https://www.northwestern.edu/sustainability/news/2017/2017-03-map.html

sustainNU has also offered sustainability walking tours of the trees on campus as part of our tree stewardship programs for Tree Campus USA status.

sustainNU maintains a series of webpages under the header “Live Sustainably.” These webpages offer tips for conserving energy, saving water, eating sustainably, and purchasing consciously whether on or off campus.

See the “Live Sustainably” webpages here:
https://www.northwestern.edu/sustainability/take-action/live-sustainably/index.html

Additionally, sustainNU has published news articles specifically for on-campus students. One example is the, “Ten Tips for Sustainable Living at Northwestern” which highlights on campus recycling practices, laundry, energy efficient lighting, bicycle programs, and more.

See the full article here:
https://www.northwestern.edu/sustainability/news/2019/ten-tips-for-sustainable-living-at-northwestern.html

In Our Nature magazine is Northwestern’s first environmental publication. Run entirely online, the magazine aims to make environmental issues interesting and accessible to the Northwestern community by reporting in ways that are engaging and entertaining. The magazine runs video, print, audio, interactive and photo content and publishes daily.
https://www.inournaturemag.com/artist-page

sustainNU also maintains email lists for sustainable student group leaders and members of Green Office teams, in order to send out newsletters and opportunities to segmented members of the sustainable campus community.