The document summarizes sustainability activities at Dickinson College during the fall of 2012, including: 1) Events hosted by the Center for Sustainability Education (CSE) such as activities night, composting initiatives, biogas workshops, and a bike-to-farm potluck with over 90 participants. 2) New dorm compost bins and buckets outside several buildings. 3) A class visiting solar panels in Vermont and CSE interns hosting Green Drinks. 4) Activities at the annual Campus Sustainability Day like pumpkin picking, a bike co-op, and EarthNow's initiative to ban bottled water. 5) Ongoing programs involving the Dickinson College Farm

1. Center for Sustainability Education:
Fall 2012

2. Interns Maggie Rees ‘13 and Anna McGinn ‘14 at Fall 2012 activities night

3. Student signs up to learn more about CSE at activities night

4. Students participate in an exercise at Eco Reps training

5. Lindsey Lyons, CSE, with Hobart,
the machine that processes food waste that goes to the Farm compost

6. The Center for Sustainable Living: The Treehouse

7. New dorm compost bins

8. New compost buckets outside of Davidson-Wilson, Drayer, and
the Social Justice House

9. Biogas workshop at the College Farm

10. Evan Kendall ‘12 looks at water boiled by biogas

11. Matt Steinmen of the College Farm prepares for a bonfire

12. Over 90 people participated in the Fall 2012 Bike to Farm Potluck

13. Students enjoy dinner at the Bike to Farm Potluck

14. Professors, staff, and students chat around a bonfire at the Bike to Farm Potluck

15. Fall 2012 Bike to Farm Potluck

16. Eco Rep Svenja Schneider ‘13 empties one of the compost tumblers

17. Eco Rep Steven Finley ’15 working on the composting initiative

18. Lindsey Lyons, CSE, speaks at Treehouse Soup and Bread

19. The Handlebar volunteer training day

20. Glen Peterman at The Handlebar

21. Lauren Bruns ‘13 works on a bike at The Handlebar

22. Glen Peterman and a student work on a bike at The Handlebar

23. Students in the “Reducing Dickinson’s Carbon Footprint” class
visit solar panels during a field trip in Vermont

24. CSE interns host Green Drinks at the Market Cross Pub

25. Student Farm workers Kyle Long ‘14 and Madison Beehler ‘15
press cider at Harvest Fest

26. Eco Reps prepare for 2012 Campus Sustainability Day by picking pumpkins

27. Eco Reps go pumpkin picking

28. Heather Livingston ‘13 and Christine Burns ‘14 organized the
Special Interest Housing Eco-Rep Event at the Farm

29. Molly Leach ‘14 performs at a Treehouse Open Mic Night

30. The Greenhouse and solar panel addition to Kaufman

31. Interns Maggie Rees ‘13 and Jordan Haferbier ‘13 press cider with a farmer from
Three Springs Fruit Farm at Campus Sustainability Day

32. EarthNow’s Take Back the Tap initiative to ban bottled water on campus and
encourage students to drink tap water

33. The Peddler at Campus Sustainability Day

34. Eco Reps at Campus Sustainability Day

35. The Handlebar at Campus Sustainability Day

36. 2012 Campus Sustainability Day Eco-Rep Event

37. Fall 2012 Eco-Reps

38. Eco Rep Annie Dyroff ’14

39. Bobbing for apples with the Eco-Reps

40. President Durden speaks at a Treehouse Soup and Bread event

41. Thriving greater Carlisle Farmer’s Market, Farmers on the Square

42. Farm apprentice Claire Persichetti ‘12 sells produce for the Dickinson College Farm

43. Dickinson College Farm Stand at Farmers on the Square

44. Intern Avery McGuire ‘13 builds a bike for the Green Bike Program

45. The Handlebar

46. CSE interns Kristina Krause ‘13, Maggie Rees ‘13, and Avery McGuire ‘13

47. Fall 2012 CSE interns and Staff

48. For more information about sustainability
initiatives at Dickinson College, please contact
sustainability@dickinson.edu