The Office of Sustainability has put together summer tips and campus resources for a more sustainable summer. Explore summer travel tips to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, consider biking to campus with the help of the new bike repair station on campus, get outside with a self-led garden tour and take advantage of UChicago Rheaply, the campus reuse marketplace for your summer office clean-out.

Sustainable Travel Guide

The University has a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated from University-funded air travel. Air travel emissions are the third-largest source of GHG emissions on campus. Planning summer travel? See tips and a hierarchy of sustainable travel options.

New Bike Repair Station

There is a new public bike repair and tire-filling station outside Bartlett Commons that makes the choice to commute by cycling even easier. Located on the western side of Bartlett Commons at 5640 South University Ave, the station is open to all UChicago students, faculty and staff. It features a sturdy bike mount, an on-site air pump and a selection of tools to help you tackle basic bike repairs and maintenance whenever needed.

Explore helpful tips for biking at UChicago, learn about Divvy bike rentals on campus and in Hyde Park and brush up on safety guidelines by visiting the Safety and Security website.

Take a Self-led Campus Tour

Did you know the Hyde Park campus is a designated botanic garden? Explore our landscape designers’ top spots on a self-led garden tour or learn more about sustainable features throughout campus on the sustainability tour.

Summer Clean-outs

Is your unit planning a move, a summer clean-out or a redecorating project? Take advantage of UChicago Rheaply, the campus reuse marketplace where anyone with UChicago or UChicago Medicine credentials can share, donate and browse surplus supplies and equipment for internal reuse and free exchange or external donation to vetted nonprofits.

Email the Office of Sustainability at officeofsustainability@uchicago.edu for more information.

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