Earth Day

Syracuse celebrates Earth Day 2012
By Chris Baker
April 22, 2012 - 9:56pm
Bad weather is no match for Sunday's environmental celebration.

Despite gray skies, Thornden Park was shrouded in green Sunday afternoon for an all-day celebration of Earth Day 2012. The late-day rain held off just long enough for five-hour celebration starting at noon.

NFL Draft hits prime time
By Anna Stolzenburg
April 22, 2010 - 6:44pm
Plus, a look at the environment then, and now, on the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, and Syracuse's Green Data Center wins sustainability honor.

The NFL is changing how its fans watch the NFL draft. From a 4 p.m. Saturday start last year to a 7:30 Thursday evening start tonight, the league is making it what NBC sports reporter Ethan J. Skolnick calls “must-see TV.”

“We all thought, way back when, how can this become the most watched non-movement sporting event in professional sports?” former NFL executive Carl Peterson says.

It's easy being green
By Hanna Dubansky
April 19, 2010 - 3:17pm
Green ways think, drink, and do your laundry on Earth Day.

In honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, The NewsHouse presents Earth Day videos featuring two fun, easy ways to be greener, and a closer look at how much Syracuse University students really know about environmental issues. 

 

Green IQ
By Dina Spector
April 19, 2010 - 3:07pm
SU students show their (lack of) knowledge about environmental issues.

Imagine Syracuse University 50 years from now, under 10 feet of water — waves sloshing up the sides of the Carrier Dome, desk chairs and tables rushing past E.S. Bird Library, students backstroking down Marshall Street.  It’s a nightmarishly wet future for SU. But one that will become increasingly real if unmitigated global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continue to rise over the next half century, bringing the planet closer and closer to the point of irreversible change.  

Cheers to being green
By Hanna Dubansky
April 19, 2010 - 3:01pm
A fun way to be green ... and it involves alcohol.

Going green can be more fun than you think. Try this organic, eco-friendly cocktail, a not-so-guilty pleasure, to celebrate Earth Day.

Organic Pomaniac

Ingredients: 

Organic vodka
Agave nectar
Organic pomegranate juice
Cointreau
Sparkling mineral water
Organic lemon
Organic cucumber (optional)
Ice
Cocktail shaker

Instructions: 

So fresh and so green
By Stephanie Chen
April 19, 2010 - 2:52pm
Four eco-friendly ways to wash your clothes.

In order to do your laundry in an environmentally friendly way, you no longer have to beat your clothes on a rock at the nearby creek. Here are some tips on how to save energy and time when washing your clothes:

1) Don’t wash them. This is easy. Wait as long as possible to have a full load, and wear things more than once. Airing out clothes in between wears on the back of a chair or a rack prepares them for the next time you put them on.

Earth Day cleanup underway in Cicero
By Evan Williams
April 16, 2010 - 3:02pm
Plus, Gov. Mitt Romney backs candidate in Florida Republican primary and pair of Michigan State juniors announce intentions to return for senior season.

A band of 30 volunteers have begun a mass cleanup project at a vacant lot near SRC's Cicero headquarters, according to The Post-Standard.

Thousands more are expected to contribute cleaning up the environment today and Saturday in commemoration of Earth Day. Trash pickups have covered roadsides, streams and public domains.