Is your lack of a bicycle killing your dream of whizzing about the city streets, flattening your fantasy about buying groceries on the 72nd street Trader Joe’s, and placing an involuntary insurrection on your inclination to pop wheelies? The EcoReps want to know if you would be interested in a Columbia Bike Share: While plans are still […]

After postponing the Give and Go Green Sale yesterday, the EcoReps have come through! Those of us who have avoided the annual Bed, Bath & Beyond voyage need not go another night with barren kitchens. Stop by the Broadway Lounge at 11 to pick up “upperclassman items,” such as kitchen supplies, at a handy discount […]

By the sounding of the Conch, we summon you to the Green Sale in the John Jay lobby. At the annual Give and Go Green event, people donate their lightly used fridges and ethernet cords, and now you can buy them for a fraction of their Target prices. We call dibs on that blue chair. The […]

So you’ve finished your finals already… YOU STILL NEED TO PACK. And no matter how many organic chemistry reactions memorized and 10-page papers you’ve BS’d, packing never gets any easier. Seriously! You’re hungover, you’ve got a ton of random shit that isn’t worth storing but not worth taking home either, you forgot to clean out your […]

Most people like to eat. Most people do not like to spend money, hence our free food tips. A great lover of free food has been revealed to us and now reports regularly on the quality, quantity, and pizazz of free food events around campus. Read on as The Scrounger goes green at the Ecopalooza. […]

Midterm hibernators, it’s time to scurry out of your study dens and scamper over to Greenborough (604 W 114th St between Broadway and Riverside) for the Delish-a-thon 2.0, hosted by Greenborough and EcoReps! Your classmates will be participating in an “informal cooking competition” in the categories of Eggs ‘n’ Milk, Squash and Taters, Meaty Times, […]

Remember when these took up so much space? SGA Bureau Chief Zoe Camp reports: Guests were the order of the evening. Claire Fram from Barnard Ecoreps, introduced the brand spankin’ new EcoActs section on their website for students to sign up for projects like the Barnard Clothing-Swap Coordinator, Earth week, etc. Bronwyn Moreno from Relay […]

Katheryn Thayer reports on last night’s SGA meeting. Coming up: Barnard Basketball Night! Saturday, February 5, 7pm at Levien Gym. Support the basketball team and breast cancer awareness! With special appearance from Bacchantae, singing the national anthem. EcoReps will hold their first potluck of the semester February 2 at 7 in the Diana dining room. The […]

Basketball Mania 10:00pm to 11:00pm in the Levien Gymnasium in Dodge (doors open at 9:30pm). The basketball season is beginning, which means that CU Athletics is bribing us all to venture down into the bowels of Dodge and watch whatever shenanigans go on during Bball Mania. Go early and bring your CUID. The first 600 students […]

The Barnard EcoReps have gathered today in front of the Barnard Gates to celebrate Park(ing) Day, an international movement to transform public parking spots into welcoming, more people-friendly spaces for one day. Today, 50 Park(ing) Spots may be found in all five boroughs of New York. For more information, check out blog.parkingdaynyc.org. Bwog visited Greenborough’s parking […]

The Columbia EcoReps are hosting their semi-annual “Reduce, Reuse, Save” Green sale starting today. That’s for you, fridge-less freshman! From noon to 4 pm in John Jay Lounge, the EcoReps will be peddling used dorm essentials– lamps, furniture, etc– for cheap. The sale will also continue from September 7-9 in Broadway Lounge from 3-7 PM […]

The EcoReps are out on College Walk for Give + Go Green today between 12 and 4, collecting your donations of non-perishable food, clothing in good condition, kitchenware, appliances, linens, shoes, accessories, small furniture, books, computers and toiletries. Donations will be distributed to those in need in the New York City area. There are ample […]

Sign-ups close tomorrow for the EcoRep’s third annual “Do It in the Dark” Energy Challenge! The competition is designed to encourage energy conservation and gauge students’ environmental habits and beliefs.  Sign-up now, fill out a brief survey, and potentially win prizes! The dorm that reduces its electricity use the most per capita compared to last […]

EcoReps are giving away free hot chocolate and cold cider if you sign up for their new energy challenge. Lerner ramps. Looks like you will also get a free SMILE!

Well, there could be, if you want them. You probably won’t find them invading uninvited, but if you chose, these creepy crawlers could help to significantly eliminate your own food waste and the university’s carbon footprint. Bwog’s Slime Specialist Liz Naiden reports on the initiatives to bring worm composting technology to students in the first […]