By Todd Martin.
I awoke at 6:30 am on a couch I had never slept on. I showered in an unfamiliar bathroom and ate breakfast in a strange kitchen. Ripping the tags off of my new pinstripe suit and pulling the pins out of my bleach white dress shirt, I put the finishing touches on my [...]
by Todd Martin
During the fall 2009 semester, Green Mountain College students voted and approved to fund all fifteen proposed Student Campus Greening Fund projects, the first time in SCGF history. In addition, students Steve Carpenter ’11 and Cody Currier ’11 became the new co-presidents of the fund. SCGF is a student-run and funded program designed to [...]
During the weekend of January 31st, Green Mountain’s own Farm Crew headed to Plymouth, Vermont for a retreat. The crew stayed two nights at one of the retreat facilities at the non- profit Farm and Wilderness campground where they participated in game building activities and brainstormed ideas for the future.
Farm and Wilderness on a normal [...]
As you read this article, world leaders from 192 countries are shaking hands in Copenhagen, Denmark at the United Nations Climate Change Conference. The conference will last until December 18th. The goal of the conference is to establish a global, legally binding climate treaty, much like the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, in order to reduce greenhouse [...]
This past summer I had the opportunity to study at one of the most accredited renewable energy institutes in the United States of America, the Solar Energy International in Carbondale, Colorado. Green Mountain College has partnered with Solar Energy International (SEI) because of its cutting edge technology, resources, and specialized classes based in the field [...]
I had the pleasure of attending “The Future of Vermont’s Energy” forum at Green Mountain College on Tuesday Nov. 17th. The panelists represented different segments of the energy chain (i.e. renewable sales, nuclear production and utility power services) and energy resources. Two audience members posed questions to the panelists regarding the evident size discrepancies in [...]
BY TODD MARTIN
On Wednesday, November 4, 2009, Green Mountain College students, faculty and staff gathered in the Gorge for the Community Conversation. The focus of the conversation was campus sustainability, more specifically, initiatives that Green Mountain College can take in the near future to improve the sustainability of the institution. Atop the handout distributed at [...]
BY TODD MARTIN
The new biomass plant currently being constructed on the Green Mountain College Poultney campus will reduce the institutions dependence on oil as a fuel source and help the institution move towards climate neutrality. According to the College’s greenhouse gas emissions inventory conducted between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009, 71% of the [...]
BY TODD MARTIN
Green Mountain College’s Cerridwen Farm recently received a grant for $15,000 from the Windham Foundation, as well as matching funds from the college, in order to conduct research into the integration of solar thermal (hot water) systems into high tunnel vegetable production. The three-year research project will [...]
As Kermit the frog so eloquently puts it, “Its not easy being green”. This is true a lot of the time, but the dorm-dwelling college student can make it just that much easier by following these simple tips:
If it is your first year away from home, try to avoid the costly activity of purchasing new [...]
