Hello, Fellow Beavers, You’ve probably heard your parents talk about ‘back in the day’, when they could buy a Coca-Cola for five cents. The cost inflation isn’t the only thing that has changed since then. It used to be that all soft drinks came in glass bottles- you’ve probably seen the throwback styles sold in […]
Continue readingEarlier this week, a group of 14 Burlington-ites, including yours truly, went to Montreal to see the Bixi Public Bike System in action, and see if it is something that might work here in Burlington. The group’s consensus? We’re going to try! So shout it out if you’d like to see such a system on […]
Continue readingHey everyone,I’m Jocellyn Harvey and this is the year I’m going to start caring about the things I do, be they big or small, and how they affect the environment and community. A little about myself: I spent my high school years at an environmentally conscious school in New Hampshire. We gardened, composted, conducted electricity […]
Continue readingA recent article in Fast Company shows the complexity of the trash-recycling-composting systems and trying to “solve” the issue of one-use items — notably, coffee cups. The moral of the story? Bring your own. You often get a discount on top of the moral gratitude of not adding more to the waste chain (think: before […]
Continue readingLast week I attended the 2010 AASHE Conference in Denver — with 2,000 people who work in campus sustainability. Talk about inspiring! While I’ve been around this crowd for several years, I still learn new things. Most fun idea I heard about? The Buscycle. According to their website, “the Busycle is a 15-person pedal-powered bus […]
Continue readingI just received an e-newsletter from Project Laundry List, an organization that helps communities get the right to dry — a right we have here in Vermont. Can you believe that there are places where you cannot use the sun to dry your clothes?? It’s true! Stay tuned for a new documentary, called Drying for […]
Continue readingWe are making progress. The big Open House event for Perry Hall — was nearly a zero waste event. At least on the consumer side of things, with having the staffed compost bins and using compostable service items, there was very little trash that went to the landfill. Hopefully this event can set the standard […]
Continue readingDear Colleagues, One aspect of my job at Champlain is to track and analyze campus operations such as utility useage and waste generation. Last year was the first year tabulating our waste statistics and now with another year’s data, I am happy to annouce that we are moving in the right direction! Overall, trash decreased […]
Continue readingTomorrow night I’m going to talk to the residents of Rowell Hall about electronic waste. In preparation for this, I was doing a bit of web research and came across this great quick film clip — one of many on GOOD Magazine. What do we do with our e-waste at Champlain? We collect it and […]
Continue readingSo this week (September 11-19) is Eat Local Week, co-sponsored by City Market and by the Burlington Free Press. Everyone is invited to get a scorecard and once you reach 100 points, you can drop it off at City Market to be entered in a drawing for a $250 gift card to City Market or […]
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