Hey Seniors! Getting ready to depart from Camp Champ? Here are some suggestions on how to make your transition from college life to life-after-college a totally eco-savvy one. 10. Sign on to the Graduation Pledge. While not an official effort here at Champlain, this is something you could do as an individual. The Graduation Pledge […]
Continue readingAs we neared the end of our final exam in Secular and Sacred, our teacher reminded us to keep our intellectual hats on even after we left the class room. He urged us to keep looking for connections and to remain opened minded. I suppose I should say the same to you as well. Keep […]
Continue readingChamplain Employees: Here is the first official reminder to sign up for the annual Way to Go! Commuter Challenge. Whether you try leaving your car home for a day or for the week, your participation matters! Already take the bus, walk, or carpool? Still sign up for the Challenge. We want to recognize your efforts. […]
Continue readingIt’s official. Having someone stand by the trash/recycle/compost bins makes a HUGE difference. It is even ok that I overheard someone calling me the ‘compost nazi’. If that means less stuff going to the landfill, so be it. The only items that went to the trash: plastic forks, plastic straws from the smoothie guy, and […]
Continue readingIn between rain drops, several hardy souls turned out to start laying out plots in the new community garden. The soil was wet, heavy, and getting wetter and heavier by the shovel full. But we made good progress! Before: tilled only After: plots surfacing…
From our Champlain friends up north… Check out their blog for more information. Friday is Earth Day, and there is a lot going on in Montreal! [ROOFTOP GARDENING] Lufa Farms, the world’s largest rooftop gardening project, will be producing fresh produce to customers this spring in Montreal. Another option is to join Equiterre’s CSA (community […]
Continue readingI admit that I was one of the many college students who saw the green voting signs that read Kesha Ram and immediately thought of the blonde, hot mess, Jack Daniel swigging, sounds terrible without auto-tune singer Ke$sha that we all know and love. Folks, I’m sure you can guess that Kesha Ram, who went […]
Continue readingRecently, the President of Bennington College, Elizabeth Coleman gave an address at the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) annual conference on February 25, 2011. According to a colleague of mine, Wynn Calder, “It is a scathing critique of higher education’s failure, in general, to address the challenges we face. It is also a powerful […]
Continue reading“In a state of war the environment is one of the first things that suffers,” Iraqi ambassador Samir Shakir Mahmood Sumaida’ie says to a room full of attendees. It’s not something I often think about when hearing of times of war. Instead my mind goes to broken towns, refugees, crying faces, and desert sands. I […]
Continue readingChamplain College Community Garden! When I was a little girl I had a knack for growing things. For example, one summer morning I woke up and decided to plant squash. I plodded out to a random patch of soil on our property and went straight to work weeding and planting; the motivation of an eight […]
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