What Do We Do? By Emma Reed Our bees produce a variety of products on Champlain’s campus: honey, wax, pollen, and propolis. The honey produced by our bees is bottled and marketed by Champlain students. It’s never heated, fine-filtered, or processed in any way. The honey is spun from the comb, poured into jars, and […]
Continue readingBeloved 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 […]
Continue readingThis 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: […]
Continue readingNote: this is the next in a series of blog posts from our student-run Champlain College Publishing Initiative. Look for these and others as we bee-come more aware of our flying friends. If you’ve been keeping up with our series of posts about honey bees, then you already know that their populations are rapidly declining, which is […]
Continue readingNote: this is the next in a series of blog posts from our student-runChamplain College Publishing Initiative. Look for these and others as we bee-come more aware of our flying friends. In 2006, the media buzzed with talk about the sudden and seemingly inexplicable mass disappearance of honey bees. This might have gone largely unnoticed by […]
Continue readingIn this our tenth year of Sustain Champlain, we’ve continued making strong headway in making our campus and community a more sustainable place to work/live/study. Here’s a glimpse as to what we’ve been up to: Student Eco-Reps 16 Student Eco-Reps representing diverse academic fields have explored themes including: Waste, Transportation & Conscious Consumption 5 students […]
Continue readingNote: this is the next in a series of blog posts from our student-run Champlain College Publishing Initiative. Look for these and others as we bee-come more aware of our flying friends. What’s the BUZZ? The Mating Ritual of the Honey Bee by Kiera Hufford ’18 Ever wonder about the “bees” part of “the birds and […]
Continue readingNote: this is the first in a series of blog posts from our student-run Champlain College Publishing Initiative. Look for these and others as we bee-come more aware of our flying friends. What is Colony Collapse Disorder? By Elise Price ’17 In 2006, the media buzzed with talk about the sudden and seemingly inexplicable mass disappearance […]
Continue readingNote: this is the first in a series of blog posts from our student-run Champlain College Publishing Initiative. Look for these and others as we bee-come more aware of our flying friends. What’s the BUZZ? Featuring Bella, the Queen Bee by Jessica Demarest ’17 Oh, hello there. You’re rather large aren’t you? What do you […]
Continue reading**Reposted from Champlain College Alumni Relations February Newsletter** In my work as Sustainability Director at Champlain College, I regularly reach out to partners within the community to help further our work of becoming a more sustainable institution. In the past couple of years, those neighboring organizations have included Burlington Electric Department, City Market, and the […]
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