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Macalester Talks Podcast Series
Several episodes of this weekly series has dealt with sustainability issues.
Environmental Studies Professor Chris Wells shared his thoughts about the issue of transportation and the real problem: land use. listen
Macalester's EcoHouse was given $50,000. Environmental Studies Professor Chris Wells talks about their changes and changes that people can make in their homes right away. listen
Student Timothy DenHerder-Thomas ’09 talks about the campus energy wars to the clean energy fund to investing in a utility-scale wind turbine. listen
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Press
Macalester Is 2008 Sustainable
Saint Paul Award Winner
more
January 18, 2008
"Reading, Writing, and Being Green", Minneapolis StarTribune, January 18, 2008
Read about it in the Star Tribune»
January 21, 2008
“Sustainability is everyone's job, but some get paid for it”
Read about it in the Star Tribune»
October 5, 2007
Macalester's eco-house is both student housing and lab
Listen to the story on Minnesota Public Radio
February 8, 2007
'Energy War' pushes students to conserve
Read about it in the Minnesota Daily
MacWeekly Articles from 2000- the present
about sustainability are compiled by the Environmental Studies Department:
Publications
Macalester Campus Sustainability Publications
Debate Rages as Café Mac Examines Low Carbon Diet, May 2008, By Jamie Macpherson (.PDF 174KB) Student journalism project
An outline of Macalester Colleges progress towards Environmental Sustainability - 1990 to 2008, By Izaac Holt '08, Rebecca Orrick '08, Mariah Smith '08, and Andrew Ehrmann '08.
Environmental Studies Senior Seminar Report
Campus Environmental Audits by Environmental Studies students are available in pdf form. These include the Environmental State of the College Report from 2004, as well as student campus sustainability projects from 2000-2004.
Creating a Sustainability Revolving Loan Fund: a guide for students,
By Asa Diebolt '09 and Timothy Den Herder-Thomas '09
Published by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education in 2007 (.PDF 400KB)
Macalester College’s First Green Roof,
By Alese Colehour '09 and Ellie Rogers '09
2006 (.PDF 1.9MB)
Student presentation on Macalester's first green roof
The Environmental Studies department maintains a listing of student projects:
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