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Northeastern University Arboretum

Contact:

Stephen Schneider

Director of Horticulture and Grounds

s.schneider@northeastern.edu

617-839-4659

360 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115

Region Served: Boston, Massachusetts

Website: facilities.northeastern.edu

Resources

Campus Sustainability

Get Involved | Sustainability

Focus Area: Engagement Completed Planned

Engagement

Assist visitors in switching to household renewable energy (by end of 2024)

Educate visitors on growing organic food

Educate visitors on sustainable, fossil-free horticulture

Educate visitors on the impacts of food choices and waste on climate change

Establish an employee green team to support climate action

Teach facts and best practices to mitigate and reduce global climate change

Additional Goals for This Institution

Buildings and Energy

Food Service

Investments

Landscapes and Horticulture

Convert parking spaces into greenspaces to combat the rising temperature in cities

Ensure 25% of all lawn/garden maintenance equipment is electric

Ensure that 50% pesticides and fertilizers used are not derived from fossil fuels

Reduce lawn areas by 10% and encourage native plant replacements

Support reforestation to sequester carbon

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Waste

Water

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Northwest Territory Museum Society ›

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Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

Community Resources and Consultation

Architecture 2030

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ICCROM

International Living Future Institute

One Earth

Project Drawdown

Public Gardens Sustainability Index

Regenerative Museums

Regenesis Institute

Rocky Mountain Institute

Shepley Bulfinch

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

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