Ongoing Landscaping Projects Add Beauty
to Campuses and Help Reduce St. John’s Carbon
Footprint
July 20, 2009
One thing that strikes a visitor the moment he or she steps onto a
St. John’s University campus is the beauty, variety and arrangement
of the many plantings.
Thanks to the efforts of the Office of Facilities Services and its
dedicated workers, a St. John’s campus is indeed a joy to
behold.
But the plantings are more than just eye candy. They are also a
sign of the University’s commitment to New York City Mayor Michael
Bloomberg’s “Mayoral Challenge for Climate Change for 30 in 10” to
reduce the amount of carbon emissions released into the atmosphere
by 30 percent.
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