By Jose Vazquez First time I have seen a double rainbow, or even a triple. One April 04, 2012, there was rainbow that I have seen for the first time on Poultney, Vermont. At first, it seemed like there was just a rainbow, but a few minutes later another was being shown on top of [...]
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Sustainability: What’s it to you?
Sustainability is something that many of us at GMC are working toward, and because it is such a large concept, there are many ways to for us to get closer to it. The following is a collection of stories collected and written by GMC students in the Fall 2011 course of Images of Nature, about some [...]
Submit To The Green Anthology
By Luke Dailey Howdy all. Spring is in the air, in a chilly, vague, New England sort of way, and seniors are scrambling to complete an at-least mildly respectable Delicate Balance Project. My Big Idea is to compile a ‘green reader’ of sorts. Basic idea: a diverse collection of environmentally themed writings that is designed to [...]
Filmmakers Donate Fracking Films to Griswold
Filmmakers Donate Fracking Awareness Films to GMC’s Griswold Library By Kristen Moore As NY politicians consider the future of hydrofracking for natural gas in the state, many people have spent an enormous amount of time, money and effort to increase awareness. Jeff and Jodi Andrysick have bceome quite involved. Sustainable builders and farmers in the Finger [...]
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Declinations underlining its progressions
By Minh Ho Human history is a process that is composed of many patterns of improvement and decline, which focus on the enhancement of human life. Many developments in technology and food production have been recognized as the triumphs of humans — however these triumphs have been overshadowed by the resulting problems existed before the [...]
Appreciation for GMC and the Environment!
By: Jesoni “Fiji” Kuruyawa Green Mountain College is at the center of promoting a green environment and sustainable living not only in the town of Poultney but to the rest of the world. With this in mind students from all over the world flock to this institution to learn more about positive impacts they can [...]
Pick Up Your Dog Poop!
By Jesoni “Fiji’’ Kuruyawa It has come to many peoples attention that some community members in Poultney Town and of our GMC community are not being considerate about proper disposals of their animal feces. This annoyance had arose when members of the community would complain about stepping on dog poop around campus. Accidents like these [...]
A New Player in Town- Zero Sort!
By Jesoni “Fiji” Kuruyawa Zero Sort is the new trash disposal that will soon be implemented in our community early next semester. Zero-Sort recycling will be the replacement for our recycling bins and trash cans on campus. Zero-Sort is a new way of disposing of trash, paper products, cardboard, and recyclables all in one trash [...]
Recycling is Back in Business
By Jesoni “Fiji” Kuruyawa The recycling crew were hard at work cleaning up the recycling trailer located at the lower parking lot of the college. This came after actions of irrespective and irresponsible members of the community had decided earlier in the semester it was a good idea to take pallets and organized card boxes [...]
Pallets and Cardboard boxes Stolen
By Jesoni “Fiji” Kuruyawa The Green Mountain College Recycling Team recently discovered that students have been stealing the pallets and commercial cardboard boxes used to hold recyclable materials. After some investigation, it was found that these materials are being used to create a shelter at the rope swing, and the wooden pallets are being used [...]
