VT Interfaith (good read, local events): GREEN MOUNTAINS, BLUE WATER: Earth Care News from Vermont Interfaith Power and Light (VTIPL) February 2015 In this newsletter: Help VTIPL Match Our Challenge Grant! Greening Our Religions: Film & Discussion Series Ecumenical Lenten Carbon Fast Film Showing: “Wisdom to Survive,” Mar. 28, Montpelier Loss of Arctic Sea Ice: Cause […]
Continue readingIn honor of Champlain College’s Sustainability Month, faculty member Rebecca Schwarz assigned an “Eco-Logic” assignment for her sculpture and public art students. Try to find them all around campus… Bring it Back Ireland building by Aubrie Gillam Printed and cut digital paintings These subtle, quiet, and small, but very intentional pieces are designed to make […]
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By Eco-Rep, Morgan Blanchard ’15 On Saturday, November 15th, a group of seven Eco-Reps along with Sustainability Director, Christina Erickson, traveled to the fifth annual Eco-Rep Symposium held at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. The event began with a sit-down lunch of mindful foods (no meat!) and a chance to get familiar with the events […]
Continue readingBy Chloe O’Brien ’17, Sustainability Intern On Friday, November 7th, Champlain held its sixth annual Trash Bash in the Fireside Lounge. We sorted through trash gathered from the IDX Center, Hauke, and the Halfway Café, and found that, by weight, ONLY 51.71% of it was trash! The remainder of our sample was 31.6% compostables, 10.9% […]
Continue readingAs we reported back in 2012, we were making great strides in reducing the amount of copy paper used on campus. Fast forward to 2014 and the story is even stronger. How are we getting there? We continue to shift from desktop printers to shared multifunction printers, which reduce cost from 1 penny per page […]
Continue readingSummary of Bottled Water Reduction/Restriction at Champlain College
December 2013
Summary: Over the past year, there has been significant effort in educating the Champlain College community about the various issues with bottled water (including, but not limited to, privatization of a public resource, access and equity, waste in production and disposal, etc.) as well as adding the physical resources necessary to create an environment where access to free, safe drinking water is easy for all. In April 2013, the campus community was surveyed to see if they would support removing the sale and use of regular, un-flavored bottled water on campus and this was overwhelming supported by those that responded. In June 2013, Champlain switched from solely working with Coca Cola as our beverage vendor to being an open source campus where any retailer can work with any provider. At the time of the switch, the vendors were informed that we were likely to stop the sale of bottled water on campus as of January 1, 2014. Continue reading
If you have toner, laser or inkjet cartridges that you cannot send back to be refilled (often an option for many of our large copiers) you can either drop them off in Skiff 201, 2nd floor mailroom at Lakeside, or the Helpdesk office in Rowell Annex. You can also bring them to Staples on Rt. 2/Main Street to […]
Continue readingMost people do not know that trash is nearly FOUR TIMES more expensive than recycling. It is also TWO TIMES more expensive than composting. So why not compost and recycle the rightful items in our multitude of wonderful waste receptacles around campus? Our goal is that our trash is 100% TRASH. Not compost, not recycling, but all trash so that all other waste can be put in the appropriate containers. Continue reading