Students Organized for the Protection of the Environment
Welcome to SOPE!
Meetings Wednesday 9-10PM, Sayles-Hill 251
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Earth Week T-Shirts! Here is the design for the new shirts in support of upcoming Earth Day, April 22nd! Buy a shirt, wear it, kick Global Warming where it hurts! email Ryan Noe to order.
SOPE T-Shirts! We have selected a winner for our t-shirt design contest, and here it is. If you would like to order one, email Ryan Noe and tell him your size.
(Updated 4/4/09)
SOPE is a student organization dedicated to promoting environmental awareness and activism at Carleton and in the greater Northfield community. Every week we meet for discussion and action while working towards our goal of helping to increase environmental stewardship and sustainability in the world around us.
Our past projects have included Earth Week preparation and organization, Adopt-A-River, Green Bikes, composting, and collaborating with our peers across the state and the nation. Each year, we also send students to various regional and national environmental conferences across the country. This February we will be sending a group of students to the PowerShift conference in Washington, DC. If you are interested in hearing speakers, doing workshops, and meeting with your senators and representatives to discuss sustainability, email bhattaca.
We have four active task forces right now: Sustainability Revolving Fund (SRF), Thrift Store, Earth Week, and Publicity, Education, Awareness, and Education (PEAR). For more information about these and other task forces, click here.
The co-presidents of SOPE for spring 2009 through winter 2010 are Tess Dornfeld '10, Ray McGaughey '11, and Ryan Noe '12.
Pictured above: Carleton’s 1.65 megawatt industrial wind turbine—the concept and support for which came from students.
