The Environmental Conservation Organization (ECO) played an integral role in bringing recycling to the dorms in the 1990s. Today the group continues to educate students about recycling but also works on broader issue campaigns in the areas of climate change and energy efficiency. ECO is responsible for arranging Carry Your Trash Week and other Earth Week celebrations. You can also see their Lorax mascot around campus. E-mail ECO for more information.
The Big Green Bus is now on its third cross-country tour of the United States. The twelve-member student crew prepare for the summer trip by converting a school bus to run on veggie oil, painting it green, and planning their itinerary. This year's odyssey has already taken them to Bonnaroo, Washington, D.C., and New Orleans. Keep up with the bus by checking out their blog and photo albums. E-mail TheBigGreenBus for more information.
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Located just 3 miles north of campus on Rte. 10, the Dartmouth Organic farm relies fully on student labor.The students involved with the farm consult with Farm Manager Scott Stokoe about which crops to plant each year and how to tend them. Recent additions to the farm include a timber-framed maple sugar shack, a solar-powered greenhouse, and a wood-fired bread oven. E-mail TheFarm for more information.
For the third year running, students have orchestrated the Sustainable Move-Out in June and the Sustainable Move-In in September. Motivated by the huge volume of reusable appliances and room decorations that entered the waste stream as students cleared out of their dorms in June, a small group of Sustainable Dartmouth students established the first Sustainable Move-Out in 2006. With the help of administrators and custodial staff, they collected these items, stored them over the summer, and sold them to returning students and first-year students in the fall. E-mail sustain for more information.
In September 2008, the Sustainable Living Center opened its doors for the first time. With a program based on the three pillars of academics, community outreach, and residential experience, the eighteen residents and other dedicated students will teach and learn the daily practices that contribute to a more sustainable lifestyle. E-mail SLC for more information
