Posts tagged with “Higher Education” (All posts)
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Read about Climate Action Week, including the numbers and some reflections by the Sustainability Assistants!
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Sustainability is a flexible term that is widely used in society today. However, one must be careful when using it because the word has different meanings in different contexts. This article looks at the difference between environmental sustainability and economic sustainability.
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The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Conference was held in Minneapolis, MN this year and many Carleton students attended some sessions. Carleton was also represented by students and staff who presented at this conference. Read the article to learn more about the conference and what students took away from it.
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This is a reflection on the Students for Zero Waste Conference which was attended by 5 Carleton students. At this conference the students networked and learned about new ideas to promote zero waste on Carleton’s campus.
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Jenny Cross from Mohawk Industries discusses ways to successfully achieve your sustainability goals.
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Want to increase your awareness about food-issues around you? Attend the Tri-College Food Summit on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at Olin Hall from 2-5:30 pm.
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Check out the new Carletonian article on LDC’s transition to trayless dining here.
According to measurements done by Bon Appetit during fall…
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“Now I know the only one who cares about the environment out of 1.3 billion people who don’t,” said an American friend of mine after he was approached by a…
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While I was a student at Carleton I was often frustrated with the Administration for what I felt was occasional feet-dragging on environmental and sustainability issues at our college. I felt that a lack of commitment to environmental sustainability was a poor reflection of the values of the student body. As a staff member then, one of my biggest suprises has been the much more serious attitude toward environmentalism from the staff and faculty as compared to the student body.
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Katie Blanchard recaps a speech given by Micahel Braungart, author of the book Cradle to Cradle. Braungart emphasized his belief that the degradation of the topsoil is the world’s greatest environmental problem, but also discussed how in general the approaches that are taken to changing environmentally harmful behaviors are not very fun or productive and can be seriously improved.
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