Articles Tagged ‘ Green Campus ’
Students Go against the Flow to Take Back the Tap
By Lara Southgate, Editor-in-chief
This semester, the students of St. Mary’s Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) are running the “Take Back the Tap” campaign in order to raise awareness about the problems associated with bottled water.
(Read More)Students Plant ‘Smoking Hot Sycamores’ and Other Trees around Campus Paths
If there’s one thing that can be said of St. Mary’s students, it’s that we don’t lack concern for the environment. While the rest of the community was huddled inside early Saturday morning avoiding the cold, rainy weather, about 15 students met at the Campus Center to take action and support the environment by getting [...]
(Read More)Earth Day Fair Educates Students
By Peter Sparklin, Sports Editor
Despite the overcast and sporadically rainy weather, students gathered last week to celebrate their home, Earth. The Earth Day Fair, sponsored by the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC), the Sustainability Committee, EcoHouse, and the St. Mary’s River Project, sought to teach passersby how to live in a sustainable manner and ways to promote environmental change.
Using [...]
Students Save Endangered Trees
By Amanda Zelaya, Arts & Entertainment Editor
Several weekends ago St. Mary’s students in conjunction with Historic St. Mary’s planted chestnut trees on Mattpany Road, behind the Artist house.
“The American Chestnut tree was one of the most indigenous trees in the American forest. Sometime in the 20th century a blight was introduced–a fungus that kills the trees,” said junior Kyle Wichtendahl, who [...]
Usage of Solar Panels to Cut Energy Costs
One reason St. Mary’s is not your run of the mill school is that students have a real say in a lot of the decision making that goes on (depending on the area of course).
In the past year alone, amongst other initiatives, students have spearheaded movements to change the controversial “protest policy” in “To The [...]
Trays Taken Out of the Great Room
By Caroline Selle, Features Editor
After a semester of Trayless Tuesdays (and, eventually, Trayless Thursdays), the Great Room is now completely trayless. As of this semester, trays will only be available to students upon request.
The Sustainability Committee and Bon Appetit decided to move forward after receiving the results of the Trayless Dining Opinion Survey, which was sent out to students [...]
