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Webster University green endowment fund to finance sustainable projects

By The Journal | 02/13/2013

Students plan a separate endowment fund solely for sustainable, socially responsible investments. $2.5 million of Webster University’s regular endowment is invested in the top 200 fossil fuel companies.

Webster Students for Environmental Sustainability help host freecycle event

By The Journal | 11/21/2012

WSES and the facilities operations department hosted the first freecycle event at Webster University on Nov. 15. Students and faculty members trashed unwanted items in exchange for other participants’ treasures.

Editorial: Kicking Ash

By The Journal | 11/02/2011

It’s 2011, do you know where your coal ash is being dumped?

Unsustainable

By The Journal | 10/05/2011

Sustainability was the flagship topic of this year’s Delegates Agenda. Did it sink or swim?

DUMPSTER DIVE: WSES performs campus waste audit

By The Journal | 02/23/2011

Dressed in white Tyvek sanitary suits, members of the Webster Students for Environmental Sustainability (WSES) jumped into dumpsters in the rain and waded through the trash in search of bags of garbage last Saturday.