Sustainability
Students Strive to Live Greener Lives as Part of the TREEhouse
Believe it or not, 18 Lafayette students live together in a treehouse right here on campus. Well—not quite. But they are residents of the TREEhouse special living group on the third and fourth floors of Keefe Hall, where they have committed to live in a low-impact, environmentally conscious culture. TREEhouse (“TREE” is an acronym for [...]
Lafayette Honored by Delaware Valley Green Building Council for Campus Sustainability Efforts
The Lehigh Valley Branch of the Delaware Valley Green Building Council (DVGBC) has honored Lafayette for its contributions to sustainability and green design. The College received the Green Campus award at the council’s gala earlier this month. DVGBC is a nonprofit membership organization whose mission is to transform the Delaware Valley through sustainable and environmentally [...]
Lafayette’s Dramatic Strides in Sustainability Earn Jump in Green Report Card
Lafayette College received a B from the Sustainable Endowments Institute in its annual Green Report Card, an assessment of sustainability in campus operations and endowment practices launched in 2007. The report for 2011 was released Oct. 27 via the Green Report card web site. The College has made dramatic progress in just three years, rising [...]
Turning Food Scraps into Compost
Jennifer Bell ’11 (Purcellville, Va.) is crouched near a row of bell peppers at Lafayette’s student-run garden in Metzgar Fields, pulling thin weeds from the soft dirt. A few rows back her mother, wearing a straw hat to deflect the midday sun, waters a plot of potatoes. “She came to visit me and I put [...]
Greening Easton’s West Ward
Technology Clinic is collaborating with local community to create more welcoming public spaces Lafayette students feel a strong sense of community on campus, and now a Technology Clinic team of six students is trying to foster those same feelings in the surrounding Easton community. Working with the West Ward Neighborhood Partnership and supported by a [...]
Volunteers Needed for Green Move-Out
Annual drive collects items discarded as students leave and donates them to local charities Students, faculty, and staff have worked together for the last six years as part of the College’s Green Move-Out to gather items discarded by students and deliver them to local charities. This year, community residents are also being welcomed as volunteers [...]
College Community Will Explore Environmental Issues During Earth Week April 19-23
Lafayette will be observing Earth Week April 19-23, and numerous green activities have been planned for the campus community, including a new Student Conference on Sustainability April 23. The conference will feature 19 student presentations on sustainability topics. Lafayette students were invited to submit papers they had written for classes, independent studies, honors theses, and [...]
Students Work Toward a College-Wide Sustainable Food Loop
Their goal is to compost and reuse all food waste generated by Lafayette dining services A team of students in Lafayette Environmental Awareness and Protection and the Society of Environmental Engineers and Scientists have been working toward the goal of a large-scale, campus-wide sustainable food loop. Through composting, community gardens, and solar panel projects, the [...]
Green Move-Out Continues Success
Students, staff, and faculty collect more than 7,000 pounds of clothing, food, and household items for local organizations Students, staff, and faculty have collected 7,130 pounds of items discarded by students moving out for the summer as part of the green move-out initiative. All items are being donated to various local organizations to minimize waste. [...]
Green Move‐Out Continues Success
Students, staff, and faculty have collected 7,130 pounds of items discarded by students moving out for the summer as part of the Green Move‐Out. All items are being donated to various local organizations to minimize waste. More than 30 volunteers collected items from designated drop‐off areas established throughout the campus May 13 – 17, and [...]
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