environmental stewardship
Last updated by dostafinski on Thu, 03/27/2008 - 12:44.
As students from Grand Valley State University's PHI 376: Community Working Classics II Ecological Literacy and Sustainability class we have taken on the task of developing a project to further sustainable living. With our school President, Thomas Haas, having signed the American College & University Presidential Climate Commitment, thus committing our school to taking the steps in pursuit of reaching climate neutrality, we have taken the initiative to create Grand Valley State University's first organic community garden (hereby referred to as the garden).
Last updated by otterbein_colle... on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 11:26.
Students plant herbs for sustainability and their campus food service.
Otterbein students in conjunction with Bon Appetite Food Service have begun an potted herb garden to plant the beginning seeds of sustainability. In the tripartite model of Sustainability; communities, economies, and the environment work hand in hand together to live in equal harmony.
This garden is an example of this model. The community- the Otterbein students- grow the plants for the meals they'll eat. This lowers the price of meals because food does not have to be shipped into Westerville city.
Last updated by PreshrunkIWU on Sat, 06/30/2007 - 23:23.
Preshrunk, as we are calling our campus thrift store, is meant to be the starting point for much much more. We hope for it to become a hub for sustainability activism on campus as well as an educational experience for as many students as possible. We hope to spread the word environmental stewardship and the message of hard work to as many students on campus and members of the surrounding community as possible.
From the moment of its inception, it has been almost an entirely student controlled project.
