Dartmouth Earth Week 2013: ‘A Time For Both Action and Reflection’

Dartmouth Earth Week 2013: ‘A Time For Both Action and Reflection’

Speakers will include writer Terry Tempest Williams and Harvard Professor James McCarthy.

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Sustainability Shines as New Barn Rises

Sustainability Shines as New Barn Rises

Members of the Dartmouth community worked side-by-side, constructing a new barn at the Organic Farm and generating greater awareness for sustainability.

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Going Green (<em>Salina Journal</em>)

Going Green (Salina Journal)

Dartmouth’s Big Green Bus journeyed across the country this summer, promoting sustainability and encouraging communities to address environmental issues.

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First Academic Lecture for Class of 2016 Focuses on Sustainability

First Academic Lecture for Class of 2016 Focuses on Sustainability

Professor Anne Kapuscinski will discuss the summer reading assignment, Strange as This Weather Has Been, which follows a family in the coal-mining area of West Virginia.

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Lebanon Landfill May Light Up (<em>Valley News</em>)

Lebanon Landfill May Light Up (Valley News)

Dartmouth professor partners with an energy company to use byproducts from a local landfill’s gas-to-energy project for production of fresh fish and vegetables.

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Students Recreate Road Trip with ‘Big Green Bus’ (WVIR-TV)

Students Recreate Road Trip with ‘Big Green Bus’ (WVIR-TV)

Powered by reused vegetable oil, Dartmouth’s Big Green Bus is garnering attention as it makes its way across the country this summer promoting sustainability.

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Dartmouth’s Life Sciences Center Wins Platinum Award for Green Building Practices

Dartmouth’s Life Sciences Center Wins Platinum Award for Green Building Practices

The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded its top honor of LEED Platinum certification to the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center.

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Debating Genetically Modified Salmon (NPR)

Debating Genetically Modified Salmon (NPR)

Professor Anne Kapuscinski speaks with “Talk of the Nation” about the public concerns surrounding transgenic fish.

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“A Rooster Named Betty” and Other Community Goods and Services Now Available on Dartlist.com

“A Rooster Named Betty” and Other Community Goods and Services Now Available on Dartlist.com

Need to sell a mini-fridge and get a ride to Boston? Head to Dartlist.com, a new service for the Dartmouth and Dartmouth-Hitchcock communities.

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Members of the Class of 2015 Come from 47 States, 37 Countries

Members of the Class of 2015 Come from 47 States, 37 Countries

Officially welcomed as Dartmouth students in a Matriculation ceremony on September 14, members of the Class of 2015 come from a range of cultural and geographic backgrounds.

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