Category Archives: Taking Action

Sustainability Story: Simone Lerner

From a very young age, sustainability and green living have been very important parts of my life. In 2004, I was born and so was my father’s non-profit organization, FRESH New London. My father founded the organization and both my parents worked for FRESH in efforts to provide food security and community gardens for our […]

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Sustainability Story: Emma Dannenberg (Our Eco-Rep Captain!)

My love and dedication for environmental issues started at a young age. I grew up spending my summers in Wells, Maine, home to the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge. From a young age I knew who she was, her powerful environmental legacy, and from there grew a love and passion for conserving and advocating for […]

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Community Garden Registration Open for 2023

Are you interested in having your very own gardening plot here on Champlain’s campus? Enjoy the relaxing benefits of gardening by reserving one (or more) of 27 community garden plots. The plots are located behind Rowell Hall and are only $10 for students to reserve, $20 for employees of the college, and free if the […]

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Winter Food Drive for Chauncey’s Cupboard

Take action to fight food insecurity in our college community during the annual Winter Food Drive.  Please consider donating non-perishable food or hygiene products to Chauncey’s Cupboard, the Champlain College Food Pantry. Donations can be made in person by dropping items off in the labeled bin outside the Dining Hall in IDX, or by ordering virtually […]

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Keep Vermont Cool is going on tour!

We’re hitting the road in Vermont for a series of fun, informative, climate action get-togethers and we hope you’ll join us! Over the next several weeks, the Keep Vermont Cool team, Senator-elect Becca White, and many other legislators, partners and special guests will be traveling across Vermont for our Climate Action and Advocacy Tour! Each event will […]

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It’s election season. Get loud on climate.

Reposted From: Citizens’ Climate Lobby CCL Weekly Briefing, Sept. 14, 2022 Get loud, take action: Prepare for election season!  With the midterms closing in, it’s time to make climate an election issue. Fortunately, CCL’s “Get loud, take action” page has some suggestions for making a greener difference during campaign season and at the ballot box. […]

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