Shrinking Footprints Blog
Welcome to Shrinking Footprints! Begun in Spring 2006, Shrinking Footprints, the Carleton sustainability blog, serves as a forum for information and communications regarding sustainability at Carleton College. Blog articles are written by the STAs (student Sustainability Assistants), Environmental Studies Educational Associates, and interested faculty, staff, and students. Articles cover a broad array of information from international news pertinent to campus to seasonal developments in Carleton's 880-acre Arboretum and is consistently read by an audience both inside and outside the Carleton community. In October 2008 the Shrinking Footprints homepage received more than 4,500 visits.
Categories
- Building and Planning
- Carleton
- Carleton
- Carleton's Wind Turbine
- Climate Change
- Conferences
- Cowling Arboretum
- Ecosystem Management
- Energy, Sources/Uses
- Environmental Justice
- Events
- Food
- GHG Emissions and GHG Offsets
- Higher Education
- International News
- National News
- Student Projects
- Sustainable Plannning/Development
- Transportation
- Waste
Introducing the Carleton Community Waste Program
January 16, 2012 at 2:27 pm
As the temperatures finally dip into frigid 10s and 20s, members of the Carleton community are warming up to waste through a new…
LDC To Go Trayless
May 27, 2011 at 11:15 amCheck out the new Carletonian article on LDC's transition to trayless dining here.
According to measurements done by Bon Appetit during fall…
A Busy Spring Term
May 17, 2011 at 9:02 amOnce again, this term has been a busy one for the STAs and other environmental groups at Carleton. Here's a sampling of some major events and achievements:
- A group of about…
Powershift 2011 - Final Update
April 20, 2011 at 10:21 amThe final update from Powershift 2011!
Powershift 2011 - Update #3
April 18, 2011 at 6:53 amPowershift update from day three of the conference.
Powershift 2011 - Update #2
April 17, 2011 at 6:11 amUpdate #2 from Powershift 2011.
Powershift 2011 - Update #1
April 16, 2011 at 12:13 amThe first update from the Carleton contingent at Powershift 2011.
Take Back the Tap!
April 11, 2011 at 7:36 pmThis week our guest blogger is Ellen Drews, a sophomore at Carleton and campus organizer for the national "Take Back the Tap" campaign:
Bottled water is one of the least-regulated industries…
Rally for a More Sustainable Food System
April 4, 2011 at 8:33 amBen Hellerstein, a junior at Carleton and leader of our MPIRG (Minnesota Public Interest Research Group) chapter, is our guest blogger for the day:
This Tuesday, a group…
A WinTERRIFIC Term!
March 3, 2011 at 4:33 pmIt's been a productive term for sustainability at Carleton. STAs Alex Lai and Michelle Hesterberg successfuly worked to implement bathroom composting in nearly every dorm on campus and took a survey…
Students have their voice heard for our Climate Action Plan
November 10, 2010 at 1:57 pmAs part of our Climate Action Plan, Carleton solicited input from students at a town hall style dinner. The students generated a tremendous amount of ideas which can be found here.
