CSE Fall 2012
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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
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Green Thumbs Growing Kids runs school food garden programs in Toronto to empower children and youth to grow and prepare fresh foods. Their vision is to establish healthy learning gardens in every school. They work with 20 schools, providing curriculum-focused gardening programs from September to June where produce is used in the lunchroom or classrooms. In the summer, they offer day camps and youth programs and surplus produce is donated. The programs are run by paid staff and volunteers, and engage students through activities like composting, harvesting, arts projects, and an annual School Garden Day celebration.0813_p56-58
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Say Yes! to a Garden in Every School: Green Thumbs Growing Kids
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CSE Fall 2012
- 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
- 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