Sustainability, Today & Tomorrow
A new map visualizes where Carleton’s commitment to sustainability is being realized, from geothermal and electric vehicles to local food purchases and high-efficiency building practices.
The Problem-Solvers
Climate change requires a multi-pronged response. Carls working in offshore wind, consumer advocacy, environmental coalition-building, and media share how they’re working to address it.
Going Greener
Carleton recently announced it would achieve carbon neutrality in 2025—a quarter century earlier than initially planned. So why, just months later, has the College decided to shift away from its focus on carbon neutrality?
Pedagogy for the Planet
The first goal in Carleton’s Sustainable Futures plan is to equip students with “the interdisciplinary, place-based skills and knowledge needed to advance sustainability and environmental justice.” What does that look like in the classroom?
From Surplus to Sustenance
By diverting unused food from grocery stores and dining halls, Carleton’s chapter of the National Food Recovery Network prevents the equivalent of 320 metric tons of carbon dioxide from being released in a landfill each year.
The Case for Spiritual Resilience
In addition to climate resilience, “psychological, physical, social, and even spiritual resilience are needed to survive and flourish in the future that we are creating,” write Dale Jamieson and Bonnie Nadzam ’99.
Homesteading as Healing
For Chantel Johnson-Walker ’10, a volley of bullets changed the trajectory of her life, leading her to rural North Carolina, where nature has provided both her livelihood and a path to personal and community transformation.
Bald Spot: News from Around & Beyond Campus
Student Research Underpins Carbon Offset Purchase
Despite shifting its focus away from carbon neutrality, Carleton is purchasing verified carbon credits locally—thanks to innovative work by Carleton students.
Introducing Devavani Chatterjea
With expertise in immunology and public health, the first full-time director of Carleton’s Environmental Studies department sees sustainability through a systems-thinking lens.
Colors of Home
Jade Hoyer ’07 investigates belonging in a new artwork made from invasive knapweed that replicates the daily light change in the Arb between the vernal equinox and the first day of summer.
More Bald Spot: The Faces of Campus Climate Action • Carleton Named “Climate Luminary” • Common Time: Sustainability Initiatives • Chronicling the Arb at 100
