Embassy New Delhi embraces Secretary Clinton’s call for Green Diplomacy, and we are committed to saving taxpayers’ dollars, conserving resources, and reducing our environmental impact. Our Resource Conservation Unit (RCU), the first of its kind in the Department, consists of a group of committed, resourceful local staff that is dedicated solely to accomplish our greening [...]
In March 2011 Embassy Baghdad established its first Green Team, with the goal to support sustainable living within the Embassy compound. Since our adult community is confined to the compound, without interactions with the local community, and without local infrastructure, we had to focus on what can be done within our “bubble”. All Embassy employees [...]
In honor of Earth Day, April 22, and as a testament to the U.S Government’s commitment to protect the environment, the U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Douglas Jones opened the U.S. Embassy’s own recycling island. This recycling center is just one additional step that the U.S. Embassy is taking to protect the environment. The Embassy [...]
Building off of the success of Consulate Guangzhou’s efforts last year, officers from Environment Science Technology and Health, Public Affairs, and the Green Team worked together to put on the Consulate’s most ambitious set of thematic programming ever. As part of a month of activities focused on the environment (22 in total), the U.S. Consulate [...]
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