Last night's Sustainability Panel was a great success!
Many thanks to our panelists:
Jon Griesser from Spring Hill Solutions
Jen Chiodo of Cx Associates
Rachel Nevitt of Full Moon Farm
Beth Sachs from VEIC
Mark Lapin from Middlebury College.
140 students were part of the last night's dialogue. Thank you for joining us!
It's also exciting to see coverage of the event in our local news.
We will be posting some YouTubes of the events so check back soon!
Stay Green!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Decidedly not a doom, gloom, and beware of climate change type of talk…
Join us on Monday, Feb. 16th for a different kind of talk about the environment!
Monday, February 16th | 7:00 pm | Alumni Auditorium
Green Grass and High Tides
Hope, Joy, and Opportunity within a New Green Economy
Decidedly not a doom, gloom, and beware of climate change type of talk…
This panel discussion is an attempt to generate excitement at Champlain College about the environmental movement and its potential for positive economic and social change.
It might convince us that the changes needed to counter global climate change, peak oil, and natural resource depletion are the kinds of changes that we want to make anyhow. Full of green jobs, economic opportunity, and bound to increase your quality of life.
Come learn what has made this group of environmental academics, entrepreneurs, business and community leaders an optimistic bunch.
...and there will be a Contra Dance afterwards!
Monday, February 16th | 7:00 pm | Alumni Auditorium
Green Grass and High Tides
Hope, Joy, and Opportunity within a New Green Economy
Decidedly not a doom, gloom, and beware of climate change type of talk…
This panel discussion is an attempt to generate excitement at Champlain College about the environmental movement and its potential for positive economic and social change.
It might convince us that the changes needed to counter global climate change, peak oil, and natural resource depletion are the kinds of changes that we want to make anyhow. Full of green jobs, economic opportunity, and bound to increase your quality of life.
Come learn what has made this group of environmental academics, entrepreneurs, business and community leaders an optimistic bunch.
...and there will be a Contra Dance afterwards!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Power Shift 2009
There are only two more spaces available to travel to Washington DC for Power Shift 2009. February 27 - March 2 will see over 10,000 students and young adults convirge on the national capital for a weekend of climate education and action.
register at www.powershift09.org and email gcalvi@champlain.edu to ensure a space to travel with Champlain College.
Gabe.
register at www.powershift09.org and email gcalvi@champlain.edu to ensure a space to travel with Champlain College.
Gabe.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Green Blogs Worth Knowing
Look Right.
See that list of blogs over there? Green Blogs Worth Knowing?
Well, we are looking for more Green blogs! If you read a blog that you want added to the list, let us know!
Where are you learning more about the environment?
See that list of blogs over there? Green Blogs Worth Knowing?
Well, we are looking for more Green blogs! If you read a blog that you want added to the list, let us know!
Where are you learning more about the environment?
Did you know about CarShare VT?
Hey! Did you know that CarShare Vermont has 2 brand new cars on campus, and 6 more around town? And, if you've had a license for 2 years with a good driving record, you only have to be 18 to become a member! It's a great way to get to out to ski at Bolton for the day, head to Boston for the weekend, or just run errands around town, and you don't have to worry about where to park the car!
If you want to know more, you check out the website, call Karen at CarShare Vermont at 861.2340 or email karen@carsharevt.org. It only takes a few days to apply and you could be driving!
And by the way, it not only helps you, it helps our community too!
If you want to know more, you check out the website, call Karen at CarShare Vermont at 861.2340 or email karen@carsharevt.org. It only takes a few days to apply and you could be driving!
And by the way, it not only helps you, it helps our community too!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Green Up Your Gaming
Play video games? Probably. But do you turn off your console when you're done?
This article gives you some important info about the amount of energy game consoles consume.
Two things you can do?
1. Find that POWER SAVE button on your console.
2. When you are done playing, turn off the console.
Want to level up?
If your console is plugged into a power strip, turn it off when you are done playing, leave the house, or go to bed. Doing so eliminates PHANTOM LOAD.
Stay Green.
This article gives you some important info about the amount of energy game consoles consume.
The NRDC measured the amount of power the Sony Playstation, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii use when they are active, idle and turned off and found that these systems use nearly the same amount of power when someone is playing them as they do when they are unattended..... Video game consoles that are left on all the time might be consuming roughly three times as much electricity as the flat screen televisions they are connected to.
Two things you can do?
1. Find that POWER SAVE button on your console.
2. When you are done playing, turn off the console.
Want to level up?
If your console is plugged into a power strip, turn it off when you are done playing, leave the house, or go to bed. Doing so eliminates PHANTOM LOAD.
Stay Green.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Champlain partners with CarShare Vermont
Champlain College’s new partnership with CarShare Vermont makes a great story.
Starting as early as December 8th, two Subaru Imprezas will be parked at Champlain College for you to use when ever you want to. Or you could choose to drive a Toyota Prius from a Downtown parking location. CarShare Vermont is a Non-profit, grant subsidized organization so rates will be kept low: $4.95 an hour and $0.25 a mile with a $15.00 monthly fee. CarShare will pay for the gas and insurance and up keep and everything else, so this is cheaper than owning your own car. And multiple drivers could be on one account which would reduce costs even more.
More topical to Sustain Champlain, and the reason I’m really excited about this, is studies show that each CarShare vehicle put on the road in other cities has replaced 7 to 20 privately owned vehicles. As well as being convenient for us, it all works out as a benefit for the environment.
Between free CCTA bus passes, emergency taxi rides, and a brand new CarShare program, we are really chipping away at they reasons why people need to drive a car to campus. And that’s the idea.
Commute smart!
Gabriel Calvi
Sustainability Coordinator
Champlain College
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