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Housing • Dining • Hospitality (HDH) in the NewsWe’re so much more than food and shelter. Below you’ll find a list of media shout-outs and news that encompass a bit more of what we do: November 10, 2009 San Diego just expanded its landfill in order to keep up with the growing demand of recycling food waste. HDH Sustainability Manager Krista Mays talks "trash" with the city and SDSU on KPBS's These Days. June 26, 2009 Across the United States, efforts to make school lunches more environmentally friendly have paired with the local food movement, as educators try to reconnect children with the growing season. School lunchrooms are also getting revamped to cut water and energy use and lessen food waste. June 19, 2009 Today, green has become a universal benchmark for college and university building design and planning, campus-wide programs and student organizations. More so now than ever before, academic communities are catching the “green spirit,” taking on the challenge to make healthier environments, reduce energy consumption and inspire a connection to the outdoors. April 13, 2009 Find a green job. Switch to a greener car. Revamp your diet with locally grown, organic foods. Members of the UC San Diego community will learn how to give their lifestyles a green make-over during Earth Week events on campus April 20 to 25. March 19, 2009 HDH Dietitian Becky McDivitt explores the Top 10 Best Foods for healthful
eating on campus in UC San Diego's new Health 101 Magazine. Feb 5, 2009 In an attempt to link faces and personalities with jersey numbers, the UCSD athletics department and HDH have teamed up on a project to promote game attendance by providing athletes a means to interact with the student body. November 24, 2008 In lieu of the difficult off-campus house hunt, HDH's Mark Cunningham wants to increase the overall number of students living on campus. November 23, 2008 November 20, 2008 Residential complex to accommodate transfer students, offer yearlong rental option. September 29, 2008 What’s new on campus in 2008-2009? Here is a look at many of the new buildings that have already made their appearance on campus or will be popping up this academic year. September 17, 2008 Freshman at UCSD are moving onto campus this week, and stepping into greener dorms. September 12, 2008 The new UC San Diego North Campus development includes a 12-story residential tower, plus low-rise apartment buildings, a campus-run restaurant and a retail market. “The whole idea is to bring something very cool, refreshing, young thinking ... to create spaces students are really going to enjoy,” said David Gonzalez, a senior project designer. September 5, 2008 When fall classes at the University of California, San Diego begin on Sept. 25, freshmen will be on their own for the first time to spend endless hours on the computer, play video games and eat whatever they want, a recipe for weight gain. However, several UC San Diego wellness, weight-management and counseling programs will help students beat the dreaded “freshmen fifteen.” August 20, 2008 GREEN FUNDS are a portion of HDH’s budget which will be made available to the residents and staff of UC San Diego’s Housing and Dining operations for use in furthering and maintaining sustainability projects and efforts, including recycling, energy efficiency, water conservation, or other resource saving measures. The projects must benefit Resident students and/or HDH facilities and they must promote sustainability. August 14, 2008 Our sustainability efforts were featured in a nationwide USA Today article. July 18, 2008 UC San Diego’s Housing Services announced a new partnership with the metropolitan water district and our Affiliated Residential Community Housing (ARCH) residences, La Jolla del Sol and Coast Apartments. May 14, 2008 Kathleen Johnson, a UC San Diego employee (and Catering customer) submitted an idea to the BLINK suggestion box, wondering if it was possible to wash and reuse some of the heavy-duty plastic-ware left over from her catering orders. February 23, 2007 Sushi made-to-order. Organic fruits and vegetables. French fries made without artery-clogging trans fats. College dining halls (don't call them cafeterias) have been shedding their image as assembly-line servers of mystery meat. November 13, 2007 Going green isn’t just resources and technology, but the hard work of people. |
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