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Campus Greening Resume
Feb. 2006: Started an e-waste collection
“Technotrash.”
Dec. 2005: Sterling College Dining Hall becomes a
member of Vermont Fresh Network.
Fall 2005:
Utility usage signs for each building
posted.
Nov. 2005: “A
Small College's Students Take Pride in Growing Much of What They Eat” article
in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Fall 2005: Sustainable
Sterling logo and website launched.
Fall 2005:
Sterling
College
becomes a member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in
Higher Education.
Fall 2005: Caleb Fisher (’07) organizes students
to join National Wildlife Federation ’s Campus Ecology.
Spring 2005: Sterling purchases 7 computer tables from
local manufacturer Neudorfer, in
Waterbury, VT
as a result of the recently published
Vermont
Wood Products Resource Manual. See
article in Summer 2005 newsletter of
Vermont
Sustainable Jobs Fund.
January 2005:
Sterling College becomes a member of the University Leaders for a Sustainable Future.
2004-2005: Sustainability Assessment researched by
Christina Erickson, Sustainability Coordinator, and Josh Wilcox (’06).
Sept. 2004: Sustainable Sterling launched;
Dedicated position of Sustainability Coordinator.
March 2004: Junk mail reduction project begins –
canceling unwanted junk mail for
Sterling
faculty & staff. (Christina Erickson/Meg
Hammond
)
Fall 2003: Placement of scrap paper box by main
copier in Kane Hall and encouraging faculty/staff to use scrap paper when
possible. (Christina Erickson)
Fall 2003:
Sterling College
signs on to the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian
Premiers’ Climate Change Action Plan. (Jed Williamson/Christina Erickson)
Fall 2003: Kitchen starts purchasing Dean’s
Beans, a shade-grown, fair-trade coffee, with influence from a Spring 2003
Systems Thinking project (Alyssa Remy Powers & Israel Kacyvenski)
researching coffee.
Fall 2003: New woodshed built in Tools class with
scavenged metal roofing, logs cut by students with axes and hand cross-cut saws
and a few boards sawed from our own trees. (Adrian Owens)
Fall 2003: Micro wind generator (400 w) installed
by Environmental Science class on off-the-grid campus farm to supplement the PV
system. Funded by Student Activities (senior gift with remaining budget).
(Adrian Owens)
Summer 2003: Electric Car use. Donation initiated by
student interest, followed through by faculty. Campus use by students and
faculty. (Adrian Owens/Tim Fishburne)
Summer 2003: Summer Environmental Science class – student
project accounting for all dorm electrical use, and how to reduce it. About 10%
reduction for one week. (Adrian Owens)
2003, 2002: Sawing firewood for Emergency Heating
Assistance program with cross-cut saws, hand-splitting. (VISTAs Scott Shope, Meg
Hammond)
2002-present: Environmental Science students encouraged to
print lab reports, etc. on the blank backsides of used paper. (Adrian Owens)
2002-present: Environmental Science students & faculty
rode bicycles instead of taking a van for 2 field trips (Stream macro-invertebrate
sampling, 3 miles; and off-the-grid house tour, 3 miles). (Adrian Owens)
2002: Campus sugarhouse completed.
(Kevin Gregoire)
Fall 2002: Summer Environmental Science class –
student project accounting for all dorm electrical use, and how to reduce it.
With a 5% increase for one week once student talked to dorm about conservation.
(Adrian Owens)
Fall 2002: Placement of scrap paper box by
student printer in CRC and encouraging students to use scrap paper when
printing drafts. (Christina Erickson)
2001: Sterling Green Bikes program
begins. (Erik Hansen/Tim Fishburne)
2001-2002: Sterling College is a member of National
Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology. (Christina Erickson)
1996-1997:
Composting toilet construction in Tools class (near
student lean tos). (Adrian Owens)
1996: Mission for Food Service at Sterling College updated. (Allison van Akkeren)
1994: Mission for Food Service at Sterling College written including a menu based
on locally grown & organic foods. (Allison van Akkeren)
Early 90s: Soil Conservation Service funds to
build manure pit (now compost pit) at McCarthy Barns; Vermont Agency of Natural
Resources recycling program funds modified pit to compost area. (Ann Ingerson)
1969-1985: Reduced
fuel oil consumption by 50%. (Ned Houston/Steve Williams)
70s-mid 80s: Fed food scraps to pigs at Kapple Farm.
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