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The future of Goshen College

By Jesse Landis-Eigsti • Apr 15th, 2009 • Category: funnies

The end is near – the end of the semester, I should hasten to clarify. Finals and projects are flying left and right, bludgeoning passersby. I am not enrolled in a single class, and I have seven presentations, four essays and 13 bibliographies to complete, just because...

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Earth Day sparks First Fridays ‘Green Day’

By Alysha Landis • Apr 1st, 2009 • Category: news

In recognition of Earth Day during the month of April, the First Friday downtown is declaring a Green Day. The Mill Race Farmer's Market will be at the center of many of the activities on Friday, beginning at 5 p.m. The farmer's market will mark the starting and...

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Lights off: Saving energy one hour at a time

By Tyler Falk • Apr 1st, 2009 • Category: news

It was only an hour, but Goshen College joined 50 million people around the world on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. to raise awareness about global climate change and energy consumption by turning off unnecessary lights during Earth Hour, sponsored by World Wildlife...

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Speaking from Experience…

Mar 25th, 2009 • Category: perspectives

When I was young, I was not materialistic – at least not by my own society's standards. Every time I moved, I divested myself of possessions so that I could mail what I owned to myself. Several factors protected me from accumulating belongings. I liked working at...

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Making sustainability fair

By Matt Harms • Mar 18th, 2009 • Category: perspectives

Coming away from Bill McKibben's lecture on Wednesday, I was struck by the gravity of the current global climate change problem. Clearly, we have to do something to address this crisis, or we'll cause irrevocable environmental harm to our world. When we talk about...

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Warming up our climate responsibility

Mar 11th, 2009 • Category: perspectives

Last week, Bob Yoder talked about global climate change in convocation. He did an excellent job, but the situation is scarier than he said. Ice core records going back 800,000 years show that atmospheric carbon dioxide levels stayed below 300 parts per million until...

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Top ten things you can do to save the planet

By Jesse Landis-Eigsti • Mar 11th, 2009 • Category: funnies

Top ten things you can do to save the planet: 10. Do not bathe 9. Avoid drive-throughs (stock up on Combos for the times at 1 a.m. that you crave salty semi-food). 8. If you have a hobby of spraying bald eagles with aerosol cans and gasoline, consider...

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Earn natural academic credit: Merry Lea offers land stewardship options

Mar 4th, 2009 • Category: lead, news

Dale Hess dhess@goshen.edu Ryan Sensenig rlsensenig@goshen.edu Two recent Record articles explored Goshen College's decision not to accept Heifer International's donation of a nine-acre farm a few miles south of the college. Tyler Falk, a senior, in his news...

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A movement to fight climate change: environmental activist Bill McKibben to speak on campus

By Tyler Falk • Mar 4th, 2009 • Category: news

For anyone losing trust in the current economic environment, Bill McKibben might be the right guy to listen to. McKibben will visit Goshen College on Mar. 11 to present his Yoder Public Affairs Lecture "The Most Important Number in the World: Building a Worldwide...

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A call for a ‘power shift’

Mar 4th, 2009 • Category: news

Jennifer Speight jennyns@goshen.edu "Power shift! Power shift!" Cries of hope and fear filled the air on Monday as 3,000 college students, professors and environmentally conscious individuals rallied on the lawn of the Capitol, including nine Goshen College students and...

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Power (and sheep) to the people

Feb 18th, 2009 • Category: perspectives

Until recently I was hoping to spend my sunny summer days in Goshen, working toward the beginning of a transformation: blank-slate farm to sustainable-earth-friendly-dream-farm. My aspirations were laid to rest a few weeks ago, though, when I read the Record article...

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Sustainable farm unsustainable for college budget

By Tyler Falk • Feb 4th, 2009 • Category: news

In today's unstable economy, it's difficult to imagine anyone turning down a donation. However, Goshen College recently turned down a nine-acre farm with a house and barn that would have been donated from Heifer International, an organization that works toward building...

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Physical Plant cleaning products are going green

By Annalisa Harder • Jan 14th, 2009 • Category: news

The Physical Plant is in the process of converting to cleaning products that are “green seal certified,” or products approved and determined sustainable and biodegradable by national standards. This is one of many steps President Jim Brenneman is encouraging, aiding in...

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