Shrinking Footprints :: Carleton College

Carleton featured in Audubon Magazine

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:51:38 -0500

Carleton has been featured in Audubon Magazine's September/October special issue on Green Design!

Field Notes from the Tiger-less Tiger Reserve

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:52:42 -0500

Orion writes about tigers, or the lack of tigers, in a reserve in Myanmar.

Myanmar Government Accidently Lowers Pollution

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:11:04 -0500

Orion writes again and describes how sometimes using local resources encourages more than just foreign independence.

Energy and water consumption data for campus buildings now online

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:39:57 -0500

Want to know how much electricity your favorite building on campus used in March 2007? Now you can look it up online!

Emissions Standards: Exporting Pollution

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:44:20 -0500

Another post from Orion, this time about exporting old, inefficient technologies to foreign countries. Myanmar gets Japan's leftovers, but what is the US doing to stop its own unwanted items from entering countries with lower standards as well?

Carleton's plans for a second wind turbine in the Northfield News

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:51:02 -0500

Sam Friedman '09, here in Northfield for the summer, has gotten an article published on the front page of the Northfield News about Carleton's plans to install a second wind turbine near campus.

Summer in the Arb

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:14:45 -0500

Nancy and the Arb Crew are hard at work this summer. Here's an update on what they're working on!

Mandalay cracks down on plastic bags

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:16:00 -0500

Orion Martin '11 writes again, and this time discusses plastic-related policy in Burma, Australia, and Bangladesh. If recycling alone isn't a long-term solution to over-consumption of plastic, what is being done to encourage people to cut back?

2008 GHG Emissions Inventory posted

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:26:41 -0500

Last year's greenhouse gas emissions have been calculated and the information is now available. Check it out and compare it to 2007's data and even to other schools!

What's Up with the Carleton Garden?

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:54:14 -0500

The Carleton Farm Interns gave us an update on the gardens near Farm House!

Trash in Yangon, Myanmar

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:31:36 -0500

Orion Martin '11 writes to us as he is volunteer teaching in the city of Yangon, Myanmar! Yangon has no regular garbage removal service. Without garbage trucks and large street cleaning machines to quickly whisk away garbage, residents of Yangon must 'live with their garbage'. Most American communities are able to 'hide' their garbage in massive landfills. Orion has found that the people of Yangon have a more realistic understanding of the garbage they create than most Americans.