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January 10, 2024 
November 6, 2023December 4, 2023
September 8, 2023October 2, 2023 
July 5, 2023 August 7, 2023
May Special issueJune 5, 2023
April 3. 2023May 1, 2023
February 6, 2023March 6, 2023
December 5, 2022January 9, 2023
October 3, 2022November 7, 2022
August 1, 2022September 7, 2022
June 6, 2022July 6, 2022
April 4, 2022May 5, 2022
February 7, 2022March 7, 2022
December 13, 2021January 19, 2022
October 4, 2021November 1, 2021
August 9, 2021September 8, 2021
June 7, 2021July 7, 2021
April 8, 2021May 3, 2021
February 1, 2021March 1, 2021
December 7, 2020January 11, 2021
October 5, 2020November 2, 2020
August 3, 2020September 9, 2020
June 5, 2020July 6, 2020
April 6, 2020May 6, 2020
February 3, 2020March 2, 2020
December 2, 2019January 6, 2020
October 7, 2019November 4, 2019 
August 5, 2019September 9, 2019
June 3, 2019 July 1, 2019
April 8, 2019May 6, 2019
February 4, 2019March 4, 2019
November 5, 2018December 3, 2018
August 27, 2018October 1, 2018
July 2, 2018August 6, 2018
May 7, 2018June 4, 2018
April 9, 2018April 24, 2018
March 5, 2018March 26, 2018
February 5, 2018February 19, 2018 
December 11, 2017January 22, 2018
November 13, 2017November 27, 2017
October 9, 2017October 23, 2017
September 11, 2017September 25, 2017
August 14, 2017August 28, 2017
June 19, 2017July 20, 2017
May 1, 2017May 15, 2017
March 13, 2017April 3, 2017
January 23, 2017February 20, 2017
December 5, 2016December 19, 2016
November 7, 2016November 21, 2016
October 3, 2016October 17, 2016
September 5, 2016September 19, 2016
June 2, 2016August 15, 2016
April 18, 2016May 2, 2016
March 7, 2016March 28, 2016
February 1, 2016February 15, 2016
December 7, 2015December 21, 2015
November 2, 2015November 16, 2015
October 5, 215October 19, 2015
September 4, 2015September 21, 2015
August 1, 2015August 17, 2015

Sustainability in the News

June 30, 2019 - Institute Year in Review 2018-19 Magazine

December 10, 2019 - Bin There, Done That: How to Sort Your Trash at CSUN

November 21, 2019 - CSUN Ranked Among Most Bike Friendly Campuses 

October 16, 2019 - The Soraya Receives Ticketmaster's Sustainability Commitment Award

October 9, 2019 - Breaking the Taboo: How Talking About Menstruation Helps with Sustainability 

August 26, 2019 - CSUN Reaches No. 5 in North American Sustainable Campus Index

September 18, 2019 - President Harrison Pens Chapter on Leadership and Climate Change

May 1, 2019 - The Giving Trees: Volunteers Harvest Fruit from CSUN Orange Grove

April 15, 2019 - #CSUNZero Waste Reduction Campaign Launches at Earth Fair

April 15, 2019 - CSUN Strikes Gold Again in National Higher Ed Sustainability Ranking

April 12, 2019 - ‘Future Currents: LA River’ Flows Through The Soraya

March 27, 2019 - Let’s Get to Zero Waste Before the ‘Trashpocalypse’

December 19, 2018 - Buzzworthy: CSUN Lands Bee Campus USA Affiliate Status

December 2018 - 2018 Food Recovery Challenge National Award Winner

November 9, 2019 - CSUN's Sustainability Efforts Again Make the Rank on Princeton Review's Green Guide

November 6, 2018 - Sustainability Day 2018 Drives Home Need for Clean Transportation

September 13, 2018 - CSUN Community Cleans Up at the Fourth Annual Matadors Day of Service

September 11, 2018 - AASHE Sustainable Campus Index 2018: CSUN recognized as 9th Place Top Performer

June 29, 2018 - Orange Pick Day Harvests More Than 3,500 Pounds of Oranges for a Good Cause

April 30, 2018 - Institute for Sustainability at Earth Day 2018

April 24, 2018 - CSUN Earns "Tree Campus USA" for Fourth Straight Year

January 5, 2018 - Affordable Bike Rental Program to Roll Out at CSUN

December 18, 2017 - CSUN Makes Top 10 in North American Sustainable Campus Index

November 6, 2017 - CSUN Cuts Ribbon on First-Ever CSU Sustainability Center

October 27, 2017 - CSUN Featured in Princeton Review’s “Green Guide”

August 8, 2017 - Picking Oranges with Purpose

June 12, 2017 - CSUN Earns Third LEED Certification for Energy-Efficient Design

May 16, 2017 - Tree Trifecta: CSUN Receives “Tree Campus USA” Honor for Third Straight Year

March 16, 2017 - CSUN Makes Strides to Create a More Drought-Tolerant Landscape

February 27, 2017 - CSUN Grounds Shop Goes Electric, Moves Toward “Climate Neutral” Campus