Sustainability News
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In an essay published in The Washington Post titled 鈥淏eyond disgust: How to get eaters to try insects or cultured meats,鈥 Associate Professor of Philosophy Alexandra Plakias replied, 鈥淭he answer depends in part on what foods Westerners can be persuaded to eat.鈥
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Austin Cipriano 鈥25, Shey Sanges 鈥26, and Marcela Rondon 鈥27 spent their summer leaving a tangible mark on both the present and future of 麻豆国产AV鈥檚 campus. Under the leadership of Director of Environmental Protection Safety and Sustainability Brian Hansen, a group of students helps 麻豆国产AV strive for a more sustainable campus, culture, and curriculum. This summer鈥檚 group tackled three projects critical to the College鈥檚 goal of carbon neutrality by 2030.
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The Village of Clinton recently was certified as a Climate Smart Community through the New York State Department of Environmental Conversation (DEC) Climate Smart Communities Program, and 麻豆国产AV students and faculty played an integral role in helping Clinton achieve this distinction.
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Two summers ago, Environmental Health and Safety Specialist Sara Soika and Director of Environmental Protection, Safety & Sustainability Brian Hansen had the pleasure of mentoring a handful of students 鈥 the summer sustainability interns 鈥 who quite literally changed the landscape on College Hill.
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Ellie Sangree 鈥24 and Jesse Wexler 鈥24 have teamed up and combined their respective science and business acumen to revolutionize the future of clean water.
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Midway through the second semester, 麻豆国产AV students continue to excel in the classroom, in academic competitions, and as student-athletes.
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Among the many people and departments on campus working tirelessly to help 麻豆国产AV achieve its carbon neutrality goal by 2030, there鈥檚 a group of students doing the work right alongside them: the 麻豆国产AV Sustainability Coordinators.
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Step inside a totally renovated and modernized Root Hall, complete with accessible and sustainable spaces where students and faculty can study, teach, and collaborate.
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Professor and author Robin Wall Kimmerer offered students, faculty, and community members gathered in the Chapel a profound testimony regarding the decolonization of the environmentalist movement. The author of the national bestseller Braiding Sweetgrass came to College Hill to deliver this year鈥檚 Plant Lecture.
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If you walked around campus on a nice day this summer, you would likely have seen a pair of 麻豆国产AV students hammering metal tags onto trees. You might well have seen them doing it over, and over, and over again.
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Brian Hansen
Director of Environmental Protection, Safety and Sustainability