Sustainability
September 4, 2014
‘Cool School’ And Global Citizens At Goshen College
This summer, Goshen College was named one of America’s greenest schools in the Sierra Club’s...
April 17, 2014
Planning for Carbon Neutrality
When Jim Brenneman, president, signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate...
April 2, 2014
Merry Lea Sustainability Semester Changes
The fall sustainability program at Merry Lea will arrive next year with a name. Formerly known as...
April 2, 2014
Ecological stewardship committee looks to honor trees
Three years ago Joe Friesen, a 2010 graduate, started the process of applying for Goshen to become a...
March 19, 2014
Everence moves to eco-friendly endowment
Almost all of Goshen College's $102 million endowment will fund environmentally friendly companies,...
March 5, 2014
Spring break with old food, hard work
Natasha Weisenbeck, a senior, and three other students, along with Lew Naylor, adjunct professor of...
March 5, 2014
Improved STARS rating shows commitment to sustainability
Every section of wild grass on campus means one less time a mower runs. Every food scrap in the...
February 19, 2014
[POST AT 9:30] Campus Living Changes Made for Financial Savings and Sustainability
Changes to residence halls, small group housing, campus housing and Residence Life staff are to come...
February 19, 2014
Campus living changes made for financial savings and sustainability
Changes to residence halls, small group housing, campus housing and Residence Life staff are to come...
February 5, 2014
Divestment: Students Lead Movement for Discussion
Recycling a can or milk jug here or there, using re-usable water bottles, and taking shorter showers...
February 5, 2014
Around the Cluck at Merry Lea
Students are maintaining Merry Lea’s new livestock barn each day in the environmental education...
January 29, 2014
Dumpster Diving: A Brief Treatise Regarding Methodology and Legality
For some students, eating food taken from a Dumpster is an ethical decision. The official term...
September 18, 2013
Community from the ground up
What began as “seed money” from last year’s graduating class has blossomed into...
April 10, 2013
Making peace with dandelions
This spring, GC students are setting out on a campus-wide dandelion harvest to be served at a...
April 10, 2013
Glenn Gilbert: Technology meets sustainability
Not a minute passes for Glenn Gilbert without the static overtone of a hand radio, the buzz of a...