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Sarah Fortner named director of sustainability as Carleton expands sustainable approach across and beyond campus Outside link
1 December 2022Fortner’s new position is part of a recommendation by the college’s Environmental Advisory Committee to extend the reach of the Sustainability Office beyond facilities management and further into the realms of education and community engagement.
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Sustainability and Carleton’s Student Organic Farm Outside link
27 September 2022Carleton’s Student Organic Farm—and its new endowed fund, which will keep it going for years to come—plays a small but important role in the sustainability efforts of the college.
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Martha Larson’s Goodbye to Carleton
26 May 2022When I first arrived in 2010, Fred [Rogers] and Steve [Spehn] said the top two priorities were to install a commercial-scale wind turbine and write a climate action plan to…
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Higher education institutions have an urgent responsibility to act on the values of environmental sustainability by going green, campus by campus. In this podcast, Martha Larson shares how the Carleton College sustainability model leads the way for higher education institutions to reduce operating costs while being influential role models for environmental stewardship.
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STA Project Updates: May 2022
7 May 2022Hello from the Sustainability Office, and happy spring! After an eventful Earth Week and a sad farewell to Alex Miller, our waste, food, outreach, data and energy, and policy and…
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Carleton was selected for pro-bono climate action modeling by Second Nature, see the press release for more information and to learn about the other institutions selected.
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Black Lives Matter Sustainability Letter
5 June 2020A letter to the Carleton Community in regards to happenings surrounding the murder of George Floyd.
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This year’s Real Food results are in! Carleton remains one of the highest scorers in sustainable sourcing among US colleges. Thank you to the Real Food Calculator (RFC) team, volunteers, Bon App, the CCCE, and the Sustainability Office for continuing to work to make our food more sustainable, humane, fair trade, and local.
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Three members of the Carleton community have been recognized by Minnesota Campus Compact for their leadership in the development of campus-community partnerships.
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Fall Sustainability Updates
14 November 2019It’s hard to believe fall term is already coming to an end! This fall was an exciting time for the Sustainability Office. We welcomed two new STAs to our team, Becca Horwitz ’22 and Madhav Mohan ’22. With eleven STAs total working in four focus groups (energy, waste, food, outreach), our office was busy working on various projects and events this term.
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