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I was excited to begin my tenure as president of Carleton the same summer the College announced the closing of the steam plant and our transition to geothermal energy. I…
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Readers write back: A Dose of Optimism, Sweet Memories, Ride the Shark, The Afterlife of Comps
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Despite shifting its focus away from carbon neutrality, Carleton is purchasing verified carbon credits locally—thanks to innovative work by Carleton students.
