Students Organized for the Protection of the Environment
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.
This term we will be focusing on sustainable clothing practices.
The co-presidents of SOPE for spring 2012 are Chelsea Wagner '14, Anne Sledd '14, and Amber Kim '14.
SOPE's secretary is Fay Li '13.
Pictured above: Carleton’s 1.65 megawatt industrial wind turbine—the concept and support for which came from students.
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. Last April we sent a group of students to the PowerShift conference in Washington, DC.
