The Chronicle - 11/08/2019 Page : 02 Copyright (c)2019 Chronicle Media LLC 11/08/2019 November 11, 2019 11:31 am (GMT +5:00) Powered by QContent ECSU garners ‘Green Campus’ rating WILLIMANTIC — Eas- tern Connecticut State Uni- versity was recently rec- ognized by The Princeton Review as a top “Green Campus” nationally. Based on a review of near- ly 700 colleges, the Princeton Review selected 413 schools for their sustainability efforts. This is Eastern’s 10th year in a row on the list. Under ECSU President Elsa Núñez, the univer- sity has filed its zero-car- bon action plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 with the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment. Eastern’s Institute for Sus- tainable Energy (ISE) is an important element of campus sustainability efforts. The ISE is spearheading the statewide Sustainable CT program, which provides a roadmap to sustainable prac- tices to make towns more eco-friendly and is endorsed by more than 50 percent of Connecticut municipalities. The ISE also conducts educational programs with public schools and performs sustainability analyses and research for towns, state agencies and other entities. On campus, the dining hall provides recyclable to-go containers; the Student Center has reduced is use of plastic; and leftover food is donated to the local Covenant Soup Kitchen. According to The Prince- ton Review, 10 percent of Eastern’s energy consump- tion is derived from renew- able resources including geo- thermal, solar power, biofuel and purchased electricity. Eastern focuses on reduc- ing water use and recy- cling and has a silver rat- ing by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. There are four Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified build- ings, including the Science Building, which utilizes a gray-water and daylight-har- vesting systems and houses native plants in its green- house. The building has recy- cled flooring and a biofilter system to treat water runoff. To read more about Eastern’s sustainability efforts, visit www.easternct. edu/sustainenergy. To read Eastern’s review, visit https:// bit.ly/2NORO4v.
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Our pet of the week is Prissy, a female gray tiger short-haired cat who needs a home because her owner passed away.
To adopt her, call the NECCOG animal shelter located in Killingly at 860-774-1253.
Other pets available for adoption from area shelters include:
Manchester: female black short-haired cat, neutered
male white-and-black rabbit, call 860-645-5516.
NECCOG (Killingly): neu-tered male black-and-white border collie/Lab, female gray tiger short-haired cat, female gray tiger short-haired cat, spayed female mostly white calico short-haired cat, neutered male black short-haired cat, call 860-774-1253.
Mansfield: last week’s pet of the week Calee, a spayed
female orange-and-white short-haired cat; and former pets of the week Bonnie, a female white-and-brindle American bulldog; and Bolt, a spayed female white point-er/pit.
Also male red pit bull, male blue brindle pit bull, call 860-487-0137 or visit during open house on week-ends from 10 to 11 a.m.
Plainfield: former pet of the week Lilly, a female
Windham: former pets ofthe week Thumper, a maletan-and-black pit-mix; Spike,a male brindle-and-white bullterrier/pit; Batman, a maleblack pit-mix; Tank, a maleblack pit-mix; and Bonzo,a neutered male brown-and-white pit.
Also male white pit/boxerwith one blue eye, femalegray pit bull, male and femalesenior small poodle-mixes,call 860-465-3087.
For more information onthese or other pets avail-able for adoption, or forpet care information, email Northeastern ConnecticutAnimal Rescue (NECTAR) [email protected].
Cat spay and neuter assis-tance is available throughCATS Northeast, call 860-942-9676.
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tern Connecticut State Uni-versity was recently rec-ognized by The Princeton Review as a top “Green Campus” nationally.
Based on a review of near-ly 700 colleges, the Princeton Review selected 413 schools for their sustainability efforts.
This is Eastern’s 10th year in a row on the list.
Under ECSU President Elsa Núñez, the univer-sity has filed its zero-car-bon action plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 with the American College and University Presidents’
Climate Commitment.Eastern’s Institute for Sus-
tainable Energy (ISE) is an important element of campus sustainability efforts.
The ISE is spearheading the statewide Sustainable CT program, which provides a roadmap to sustainable prac-tices to make towns more eco-friendly and is endorsed by more than 50 percent of Connecticut municipalities.
The ISE also conducts educational programs with public schools and performs sustainability analyses and research for towns, state agencies and other entities.
On campus, the dining hall provides recyclable to-go containers; the Student Center has reduced is use of plastic; and leftover food is donated to the local Covenant Soup Kitchen.
According to The Prince-ton Review, 10 percent of Eastern’s energy consump-tion is derived from renew-able resources including geo-thermal, solar power, biofuel and purchased electricity.
Eastern focuses on reduc-ing water use and recy-cling and has a silver rat-ing by the Association for the Advancement of
Sustainability in Higher Education.
There are four Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified build-ings, including the Science Building, which utilizes a gray-water and daylight-har-vesting systems and houses native plants in its green-house. The building has recy-cled flooring and a biofilter system to treat water runoff.
To read more about Eastern’s sustainability efforts, visit www.easternct.edu/sustainenergy. To read Eastern’s review, visit https://bit.ly/2NORO4v.
Celebrate Thanksgiving the way Huntington didSCOTLAND — A special program in
advance of Thanksgiving will be held at the Huntington Homestead.
“A Colonial Connecticut Thanks-giving: 1786” will be presented on Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The homestead is the birthplace of Declaration of Independence-signer
Samuel Huntington, who later became a Connecticut governor who proclaimed Thanksgiving a holiday without “servile labor.”
Traditional dishes of the era will be discussed, as re-enactors portray the holiday. The family-friendly event is co-sponsored by the Governor Samuel
Huntington Trust and the Windham Region Chamber of Commerce.
Admission is $7 per person, with chil-dren admitted free of charge.
The homestead is located at 36 Huntington Road/Route 14 in Scotland.
For more information, call the trust at 860-423-1547.
