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Scared of wasting your lab's resources? Sustainability Outreach Events

Nicole Kelesoglu October 23, 2018

Not every scientist realizes that going green in the lab is not just eco-friendly,…it also improves scientific work! Informed scientists understand that green lab operations are designed to save time, while reducing environmental and financial costs. Check out the latest outreach events!

Events by I2SL, AASHE, Sustainable Labs Canada and Lab Innovations

  • My Green Lab held its My Green Lab Sustainability Summit for scientists at the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories meeting I2SL2018 last week.

    •  My Green Lab’s Erika Daley presented The Top Five Ways to Reduce the Environmental Impact of your Lab

    • Ellen B. Garcia, a Department of Biological Sciences Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech, spoke about inspiring sustainable change in labs. See Virgina Tech’s article Leading the green charge: Ph.D. student Ellen Garcia introduces lab sustainability program to campusl

    • Recycling 101 was presented by the research and consulting company More Recycling

  • The AASHE 2018 Conference and Expo took place in Pittsburgh this month.  AASHE is an organization shares best practices and resources for sustainability in higher education - a sector that includes 207 million people worldwide!

    • This impressive poster session presentation, Integrated Plastics Recycling and Research Facility at UC Berkeley showed that UC Berkeley is setting up its own plastics recycling facility. This effort incorporates the production of 3D printing filaments, and local manufacturing business partnerships.

    • A research award went to the University of South Hampton authors of Towards a universal carbon footprint standard: A case study of carbon management at universities. The study proposes a framework for conducting university carbon footprints, taking into account the energy-intensive activities of research institutions versus teaching-intensive institutions.

  • Sustainable Labs Canada is hosting Sustainability and the Human Element Conference now. Keynotes talks include highlighting the importance of collaboration between lab facilities teams and researchers, as well as the ease of putting Sustainability Platforms in place.

  • The Lab Innovations Conference is being held next week in the U.K. The Sustainable Lab feature is a new area featuring improvements in technology, procurement and best practice to “reduce running costs whilst safeguarding the science”. You can still register to attend!

Hosting a sustainable lab work outreach event? Let us know! Labconscious will share the news with scientists.

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Attend the Go green! Innovative practices for laboratory waste symposium at LabCentral in Cambridge Massachusetts
Nov 27, 2018
Attend the Go green! Innovative practices for laboratory waste symposium at LabCentral in Cambridge Massachusetts
Nov 27, 2018

New England Biolabs and Labconscious invite life scientists and sustainability professionals to attend our Go green! Innovative practices for laboratory waste symposium.   Science funding productivity and changes to worldwide recycling markets have been trending topics this year.  Attend our symposium and get up to date on new solutions with environmental and economic benefits for life science work.  

Nov 27, 2018
Scared of wasting your lab's resources? Sustainability Outreach Events
Oct 23, 2018
Scared of wasting your lab's resources? Sustainability Outreach Events
Oct 23, 2018

Not every scientist realizes that going green in the lab is not just eco-friendly,…it also improves scientific work! Informed scientists understand that green lab operations are designed to save time, while reducing the environmental and financial costs. Check out the latest outreach events!

Oct 23, 2018
Coomassie Blue SDS-PAGE Gel Trends: A conventional dye goes radical
Sep 13, 2018
Coomassie Blue SDS-PAGE Gel Trends: A conventional dye goes radical
Sep 13, 2018

Coomassie blue protein gel staining began in the 1960s, and it’s still a fan favorite in biology labs today. While less sensitive as a colormetric method than silver, or fluorescent staining, Coomassie has undergone a significant revolution in recent years. This post presents a few handy tips for this essential life science pigment.

Sep 13, 2018
List of 10 Life Science Lab Suppliers with Recycling services for End Users
Jul 16, 2018
List of 10 Life Science Lab Suppliers with Recycling services for End Users
Jul 16, 2018

Many scientific facilities are directing their scientists to utilize lab supplier recycling programs to help meet their sustainablility goals. The following list, with links, is meant to be a quick reference.  It may be incomplete.  Please send us the name of any other recycling program that you know of, and we will update this list.

Jul 16, 2018
Faster DNA Synthesis without Hazardous Waste
Jun 19, 2018
Faster DNA Synthesis without Hazardous Waste
Jun 19, 2018

A great advance in DNA synthesis efficiency has just been reported in Nature Biotechnology, that also eliminates solvent hazardous waste requirement.

Jun 19, 2018
CU Boulder Green Labs Case Study Webinar by AASHE
May 16, 2018
CU Boulder Green Labs Case Study Webinar by AASHE
May 16, 2018

Scientists from CU Boulder's Biochemistry Department are now saving over $250,000 yearly from their research budgets, by using a shared cell culture facility, instead of individual lab cell culture spaces.   It's a spectacular result and it makes sense!

May 16, 2018
Used Laboratory Equipment has Value
Apr 12, 2018
Used Laboratory Equipment has Value
Apr 12, 2018

View a list of four options for used laboratory equipment....Plus get inspired by George Washington Carver, an American botanist and early environmentalist.  His epitaph reads "He could have added fortune to fame, but caring for neither, he found happiness and honor in being helpful to the world".

Apr 12, 2018
Laboratory Case Study Shows Big Benefits to Scientists
Mar 21, 2018
Laboratory Case Study Shows Big Benefits to Scientists
Mar 21, 2018

Not only is going green good for the environment, but it's also good for science funding.  This CU Boulder case study shows that shared equipment makes cell culture work more convenient, economical and environmentally friendly.

Mar 21, 2018
The Green Procurement Compilation (GPC) Web Site Has a Category for Biomedical Equipment and Supplies
Mar 7, 2018
The Green Procurement Compilation (GPC) Web Site Has a Category for Biomedical Equipment and Supplies
Mar 7, 2018

As more scientific researchers are becoming aware of the economic, environmental and safety benefits of green procurement, reliable systems are needed to make so called "green procurement" easy to accomplish.

It is well known that putting sustainability upfront is the key to its success in laboratories, and all work places.  That's just why the U.S. General Services Administration (or GSA) provides a comprehensive online resource for green purchasing by federal agencies, called the GPC - Green Procurement Compilation. 

Mar 7, 2018
Labconscious to Present Webinar for University of Virginia Green Labs
Feb 27, 2018
Labconscious to Present Webinar for University of Virginia Green Labs
Feb 27, 2018

This Thursday March 1st, our Editor Nicole Kelesoglu will be presenting a webinar for an event series by the University of Virginia Green Lab Program.  This webinar will cover ways to reduce laboratory waste and highlight how lab minimalism can give you a competitive advantage for research grant funding. 

Feb 27, 2018
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