The Green Tour is a production of The Vanderbilt Hustler.


Executive Producers
Sydney Wilmer
Ben Gotow

Writers
Lakendra Scott
Lily Chen
Joslin Woods
Simon Hirsch

Photo
Kim Monge
Lauren Fondriest

Project Manager
Chris Thompson

Eco-Marketing
JOSLIN WOODS, STAFF REPORTER

Tour guide Michelle Zar leads her group across the stone floor in The Commons on Peabody campus, stopping just before the building’s four-story atrium. The pause signals the group has reached the pinnacle of their tour - the gem of the university’s $154 million investment.

“The interesting thing about this building is that it is environmentally friendly.” Zar said. A new stop on the campus tour this year is The Commons since all freshmen will live there. But central to the pitch is its “green” status...

Information provided by Students Promoting Environmental Awareness and Recycling.
Compiled by Sydney Wilmer.

Campus keeps getting greener
LILY CHEN, STAFF REPORTER
SYDNEY WILMER, SENIOR REPORTER

For students like sophomore Cristina Villarreal, after the completion of The Commons Center on Peabody campus, a place she chooses to spend a good portion of her time eating and studying, the question is not why LEED - it’s why not LEED more?

Studying sustainability
SIMON HIRSCH, STAFF REPORTER

Take the bus. Share a car. Check the tire pressure of your car regularly.

What could sound like impositions to many Vanderbilt students are merely ways of life for Michael Vandenbergh, professor of law at Vanderbilt and director of the Climate Change Research Network, an interdisciplinary approach to looking at environmental problems...

All about the attitude
SYDNEY WILMER, SENIOR REPORTER

The Commons is a publicity powerhouse. But it is more “show” than anything else.

University publicists would likely cringe at this statement, but sophomore Michelle Wijaya said it is not unfounded in her eyes...