{"id":3287,"date":"2019-04-18T09:49:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T13:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/?p=3287"},"modified":"2019-12-12T09:58:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T14:58:13","slug":"seven-ways-to-have-a-more-sustainable-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/2019\/04\/18\/seven-ways-to-have-a-more-sustainable-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven ways to have a more sustainable life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earth Day, which is celebrated every year on April 22, is about demonstrating support for environmental protection through events, volunteering and making little, every-day changes. In honor of this day, we&#8217;ve partnered with Sustainability@BU to provide seven tips for having a more sustainable life. And if you don&#8217;t already know, you can volunteer with the BU community around the world via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bostonu.imodules.com\/s\/1759\/2-bu\/dayofService\/interior.aspx?sid=1759&amp;gid=2&amp;pgid=3576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Days of Service<\/a> throughout the month of April!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/alumni\/files\/2019\/04\/sustainability-at-bu-engery-saving-computer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3290 alignnone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/files\/2019\/04\/sustainability-at-bu-engery-saving-computer.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/files\/2019\/04\/sustainability-at-bu-engery-saving-computer-636x333.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/files\/2019\/04\/sustainability-at-bu-engery-saving-computer-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/files\/2019\/04\/sustainability-at-bu-engery-saving-computer-1024x536.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/alumni\/files\/2019\/04\/sustainability-at-bu-pantry-food.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3295 alignnone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/files\/2019\/04\/sustainability-at-bu-pantry-food.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/files\/2019\/04\/sustainability-at-bu-pantry-food-636x333.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/files\/2019\/04\/sustainability-at-bu-pantry-food-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/files\/2019\/04\/sustainability-at-bu-pantry-food-1024x536.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/alumni\/files\/2019\/04\/sustainability-at-bu-ride-bike.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3296 alignnone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/files\/2019\/04\/sustainability-at-bu-ride-bike.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/files\/2019\/04\/sustainability-at-bu-ride-bike-636x333.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/files\/2019\/04\/sustainability-at-bu-ride-bike-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/files\/2019\/04\/sustainability-at-bu-ride-bike-1024x536.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/alumni\/files\/2019\/04\/sustainability-at-bu-volunteer-global-days-of-service.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3297 alignnone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/files\/2019\/04\/sustainability-at-bu-volunteer-global-days-of-service.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/files\/2019\/04\/sustainability-at-bu-volunteer-global-days-of-service-636x333.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/files\/2019\/04\/sustainability-at-bu-volunteer-global-days-of-service-768x402.png 768w, 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Implementing the Climate Action Plan will allow the University to reduce its use of natural resources, operating costs, and improve environmental and social impacts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Earth Day, we&#8217;ve partnered with Sustainability@BU to provide seven tips for having a more sustainable life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16028,"featured_media":3299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"featured_img":"\/alumni\/files\/2019\/04\/sustainability-at-bu-global-days-of-service-earth-day-800x600.jpg","agg_excerpt":"In honor of Earth Day, we've partnered with Sustainability@BU to provide seven tips for having a more sustainable life.","agg_title":"Seven ways to have a more sustainable life","media_icon":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3287"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3300,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3287\/revisions\/3300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}