Category Archives: Profiles in Sustainability

Profiles in Sustainability: Ben & Jerry’s Sustainability Event at Champlain College by Kiera Hufford ’18

Ben & Jerry’s Sustainability Event by Kiera Hufford ’18 During the Spring 2016 semester, a team of faculty members worked to design and run an event centered around Ben & Jerry’s and their social responsibility policy. The event was launched on April 3, 2016, and was the first time it had taken place. “The [Stiller] […]

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Profiles in Sustainability: Dr. Robin Collins and Students: Helping to Make Champlain College Idle-Free with the Green Revolving Fund

by Elena Gorell ‘16 and Haley Parent ‘18 Christina Erickson, the Sustainability Director at Champlain College, initiated the creation of the Green Revolving Fund, or GRF, in 2013. The goal of the GRF is to work in conjunction with Physical Plant to develop energy efficiency projects around Champlain’s campus in addition to implementing sustainability projects […]

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Profiles in Sustainability: Tanya Lee Stone by Kiera Hufford ’18

CCM faculty and renowned author Tanya Lee Stone is working on a non-fiction book centered on Girl Rising, a film that seeks to answer the question: why are 62 million girls around the world not being educated? The Girl Rising film profiles nine girls in nine countries who were all given the opportunity to conquer […]

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Profiles in Sustainability: Carin McCarthy By Kiera Hufford ’18

What is “sustainability?” It’s more than growing crops or planting trees. It encompasses a type of progress that helps and supports society’s needs without interfering with the future. Often people in our Champlain community consider sustainability, they might about the apiary or the water bottle ban. But what about the inner workings of sustainability? What […]

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Profiles in Sustainability: Kristin Wolf by Jessica Demarest

Beloved CCPI Staff Writer Jessica Demarest interviewed Kristin Wolf during the Fall 2015 semester as part of our Apiary Project. In honor of sustainability month, we’ve transcribed the interview for you to read. What was the reasoning behind starting the Champlain Apiary? While getting her PhD at George Mason University, Kristin’s mentor was very involved […]

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Profiles in Sustainability: Moni Basu | By Kiera Hufford ’18

This blog post is the first in a new series co-sponsored by Sustain Champlain and the Champlain College Publishing Initiative. It’s called Profiles in Sustainability, and will feature periodic in-depth feature stories on individuals in and around our campus community who are working to further institutional goals around sustainability in innovative ways. Profiles in Sustainability: […]

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