Articles Tagged ‘ Sustainability ’
February 15, 201112:20 am
Alums Advise Prospective Farmers
By Julia Andrade Rocha, Features Editor
“Farmers should be respected just like doctors and lawyers,” said Meredith Epstein, ‘08, at a presentation she gave with fellow alum Guy Kilpatric, ‘09, on the successes both have found as part of a growing movement of young farmers in the United States.
February 2, 20116:14 pm
Reusable To-Go Box Pilot Program in Progress
Soon about 400 students will be walking around with their new “eco-oyster shells”, or reusable to-go boxes, as part of the campus initiative to be more sustainable. The reusable boxes will be much more environmentally friendly than the current Styrofoam boxes that students use.
November 6, 20101:13 am
Sustainability Brings Out the Bargain-Hunter
By Katie Henry, Staff Writer/Photographer
On Oct. 20, college campuses all over the nation celebrated Campus Sustainability Day, a day devoted to emphasizing the green initiative on college campuses
May 1, 201212:21 am
Sustainability Intern Positions to Continue Next Year
By Steve Rees, Former Managing Editor
In light of College and State of Maryland budget crises this year, the recently terminated Sustainability Fellow position is not scheduled to be reinstated next year despite considerable campus support. Begun in 2008 as a one-year fellowship program, the Sustainability Fellow position was designed as the only full-time sustainability office position. The person holding this [...]
January 31, 201212:06 am
Sustainability: Combining Art with Science
By Darya Baugh-Ruschman, Arts & Entertainment Editor
At a school like St. Mary’s, sustainability is a concept that is emphasized in every sense of the word, from the green buildings to the recycling and composting bins put in place around campus. In many cases, science (e.g., physics or engineering) is combined with art to create something that is not only going to [...]
October 18, 201112:23 am
College’s Sustainability Initiatives Still Going Strong
By Maria Smaldone, Features Editor
St. Mary’s touts itself as a green school, and yet some alumni were still wondering why the College has not shown up in any prestigious green school rankings, such as The Princeton Review, Sierra Club’s Cool Schools, or the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s (AASHE) Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS).
September 27, 201112:21 am
Students Begin Sustainability Internship
By Steve Rees, Former Managing Editor
The Sustainability Fellow position, formerly held by Lisa Neu ’10, has been split into three student internships to be held by two upperclassmen and one first-year student for the academic year.
The decision was announced last semester, when less funding was available for the position due to the recent increase in required staffing positions for the College.
March 1, 201112:13 am
Sustainable Practices While Studying Abroad
By Anna Davis, Former Features Editor
Sustainability is something that is very important to everyone on St. Mary’s campus but, sadly, our efforts in Maryland pale in comparison to the efforts made to conserve environmental resources here in Ireland.
November 16, 201012:02 am
A Plea for Reusable To-Go Boxes
By Chelsea Howard-Foley, Contributing Writer
As anyone who has seen the trash cans on the Campus Center patio on a nice day knows, to-go boxes from the Great Room are used frequently at St. Mary’s. In fact, our food services company Bon Appétit estimates that between 800 and 1000 boxes are handed out on any given day during the academic year.
November 6, 20101:00 am
Students Lead Way in Sustainability
By Chelsea Howard-Foley, Contributing Writer
While the United States Congress has yet to pass comprehensive climate change legislation and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change seems to like negotiating more than creating legally binding treaties, students have been very successful at tackling climate change on campus.
April 27, 201012:05 pm
Student Chronicles A Day in the Life of the Campus Farm
By Kyle Jernigan, Editor-in-Chief
Right off of Route 5, immediate South of Rosecroft Rd., lies a beige-brown house that is about as inconspicuous as one can imagine. Next to that house is a little plot of land that used to look just as unremarkable. Recently, however, it has experienced a transformation with the dedication and hard work of the [...]
April 12, 20109:00 pm
SGA to Start Green Revolving Fund
By Rowan Copley, Contributing Writer
A new bill passed by the Student Government Association (SGA) will allocate roughly $100,000 to a new fund for creating or implementing sustainable, energy-saving technologies and systems on campus. The bill, presented to the SGA by Matt Foerster, Lisa Neu, Danielle Doubt, Becky White, and SGA President Justin Perry, will create a fund for projects [...]
March 30, 201012:00 pm
SMC Gets Serious About Organic Farming
By Kyle Jernigan, Editor-in-Chief
Great strides are already being made on an ambitious new campus farm project, which promises to change the way students look at agriculture and food consumption.
