Last week, Sustain Champlain hosted a weatherization workshop geared to those who live off-campus. In case you couldn’t make it, here’s a quick summary of some pretty easy steps to take this winter. Heating: You can save 5% of your annual heating costs for every 5 degrees you set your thermostat back (make sure to […]
Continue readingThe 2011 Kill-A-Watt Challenge is here!From January 31- March 6, Champlain College residential halls will compete to reduce electricity usage. The winner of the competition will be determined by the hall that has the largest percentage reduction of electricity over baseline consumption as well as the highest rate of participation in various events on campus […]
Continue readingAccording to several Google searches, the average American shower is 10 minutes long. Still, one must take into consideration that men were also included in this survey, and they have a tendency to get in, scrub, and get out. Sorry ladies, but we have a habit of taking pretty long showers. And who could you […]
Continue readingI just received an e-newsletter from Project Laundry List, an organization that helps communities get the right to dry — a right we have here in Vermont. Can you believe that there are places where you cannot use the sun to dry your clothes?? It’s true! Stay tuned for a new documentary, called Drying for […]
Continue readingWe are making progress. The big Open House event for Perry Hall — was nearly a zero waste event. At least on the consumer side of things, with having the staffed compost bins and using compostable service items, there was very little trash that went to the landfill. Hopefully this event can set the standard […]
Continue readingLast night on the David Letterman show, Vermonter Bill McKibben, talked about his newest book Eaarth as well as the efforts of his organization 350.org. 350 is trying to get people around the world to host a Climate Work Party on October 10. 2010– as a message to our elected officials that it is time […]
Continue readingPowerShift ’09 took place February 27 through March 2, bringing 10,000 high school and college students to the country’s capitol to lobby for climate and clean energy policy. Ten students from Champlain College attended the event. From the moment I entered the Walter E. Washington Convention Center I knew it was so much bigger than […]
Continue readingThere are only two more spaces available to travel to Washington DC for Power Shift 2009. February 27 – March 2 will see over 10,000 students and young adults convirge on the national capital for a weekend of climate education and action. register at www.powershift09.org and email gcalvi@champlain.edu to ensure a space to travel with […]
Continue readingPlay video games? Probably. But do you turn off your console when you’re done? This article gives you some important info about the amount of energy game consoles consume. The NRDC measured the amount of power the Sony Playstation, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo’s Wii use when they are active, idle and turned off and […]
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