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Once and future Eco Fair…

Post prepared by Sustainability Intern Kendra Held with photos by  Katherine Mattinen. Senior Rachel Belvedere organized Gustavus’ first Eco Fair of the current academic year, held on Monday, November 18th. A platform for students, staff, faculty and administration to learn about on-campus initiatives, the Eco Fair celebrated successful initiatives on campus and encouraged the community […]

Wait…we have sustainability interns?

By Kendra Held, Sustainability Intern This fall, Jim Dontje, Director of the Johnson Center for Environmental Sustainability, has been working with seven driven interns on an array of projects promoting sustainability at Gustavus. On the physical science side of sustainability, Senior Brooke Bernhardt and Sophomore Collin Carlson have teamed up with faculty in the Environmental […]

Bike Repair Stand!

Check out the new bike repair stand by Lund. Just in time for the April 25 Wellness Fair and more importantly, for a long overdue spring, we have a new self-service bike repair station at Lund. And if you see Katie Barta and Sam Good, tell them thanks for applying for the Coke Educational Partnership […]

Climate change and clean energy presentation in Mankato April 23, 2012

Climate Change and Clean Energy Solutions in Minnesota Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 7 PM St. John’s Episcopal Church 302 Warren St Mankato, MN 56001 the speaker is J. Drake Hamilton, science policy director at Fresh Energy speaking about progress on effective climate actions that benefit our health and economy.

Renewable energy installations on the Gustavus campus

Over the past year, several renewable energy installations have come online on campus. As they have become operational, I have been working with the installers, Gustavus Physical Plant staff, and the Physics department to make these installations live up to their potential as teaching tools as well as energy generators. Here is an update about […]

Now you see it, now you don’t

The first sustainability actor I want to highlight has, unfortunately for Gustavus, already left us. Jason Stratman left Gustavus just a few weeks ago. Jason was our Manager of Environmental Health and Safety. In that position, he was in charge of range of “must do” tasks ranging from disposing of laboratory wastes safely to making […]

Highlighting sustainable action at Gustavus

We tend to think about sustainability in terms of the hardware we install, like these solar thermal panels on the Melva Lind Interpetive Center but the reality is that the software, particularly that installed between our ears, is usually the most important. Making the analogy explicit, the people of Gustavus, and their collective choices, that […]