11TH ANNUAL TRASH BASH RESULTS After a year off, Center for Service & Sustainability along with our Eco-Reps team hosted our 11th annual Trash Bash Waste Sort in the IDX Student Center at Champlain College on October 19, 2021. In total, we sorted 35 pounds of collected trash samples from across central campus. We sorted […]
Continue readingAmphibian road kill New research from Maine shows a sharp decrease in amphibian deaths due to decreased traffic last spring. Fewer cars meant fewer frogs, salamanders and other wildlife killed by vehicles. The coordinator of Vermont’s Reptile and Amphibian Atlas observed a similar decline in the state. In May 2020 there were 40% fewer vehicles on Vermont’s roads on some key […]
Continue readingHappy Fall and soon to be Halloween!Halloween is one of my favorite times of year. Halloween means fall colors, parties, costumes, candy AND pumpkins!Here are some great ways to REUSE or dispose of your Halloween pumpkins.Eat themHollow out your pumpkin for carving then use the pulp and seeds for all typed of sweet and savory […]
Continue readingWe’re bringing it back! Join us for our 11th annual Trash Bash. We will sort our trash to find out just how well Champlain students, faculty, and staff are separating recycling, compost and trash.Drop by and take a look and learn… ************************************************************************************************************** Christina Erickson, Ph.D. (she/her)Director of Service & Sustainability Learning Center for Service & Sustainability, […]
Continue readingNRC Awards – Nominations from Campus Applied Academic Programs Encouraged – Due September 27 Spread the Word! The National Recycling Coalition announces the “Call for Nominations” for the 2021 Awards – with awards presented at the National Recycling Congress, to be held virtually on November 3-4, 2021. The NRC Awards seek to recognize the best of the […]
Continue readingWant to work with PLAN? We are hiring paid, remote, part-time positions!PLAN: The Post-Landfill Action Network View All Positions Students for Zero Waste Social Media Intern We are hiring a student intern to provide social media and outreach assistance for our 2021 Students for Zero Waste (SZW) Virtual Conference! This intern will work with PLAN’s Director of Communications, […]
Continue readingIntroducing PLAN’s Mental Health in the Movement Series! For Mental Health Awareness Month this May, the Post-Landfill Action Network is hosting a speaker series themed around mental health in the Zero Waste Movement — an important topic as we begin traversing a “post-COVID” reality. We will hear from mental health experts, members of partner nonprofits, previous […]
Continue readingApril 2021 Dear Neighbors, Happy “Almost” Earth Day! April 22nd is Earth Day. The day was created in April 1970 by Senator Gaylord Nelson to bring attention to his environmental agenda. The nation at the time did not have an EPA, a Clean Air Act, or a Clean Water Act. On that first Earth Day, […]
Continue readingWe are so excited to announce that we will be hosting our FIRST monthly at the end of April!Come join us on Saturday, April 17th at Battery Street Park in Burlington, VT at 1 PM, for an hour of trashy goodness. We will have some extra trash pickers and buckets, but we encourage you to bring […]
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