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, Recyclemania, and other Earth Week celebrations. You can also see their Lorax mascot around campus.
Meetings: Mondays, 8:00-9:00pm, Haldeman 125
Contact: ECO@Dartmouth.edu
The Big Green Bus just completed its 5th cross-country tour of the United States. The fifteen-member student crew visited 41 cities in ten weeks, promoting and educating Americans about simple actions that improve the environment and save money through energy conservation and recycling, energy efficiency, renewable energy, sustainable food choices, and civic action. The Big Green Bus is a retired coach bus the students converted to run on waste vegetable oil and retrofitted with recycled, sustainably-produced materials, energy efficient appliances, and solar panels. Check out the blog, photo albums, and lots more at www.thebiggreenbus.org.
Contact: TheBigGreenBus@Dartmouth.edu
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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.
Meetings: Tuesdays, 7:00-8:00pm, Robinson Hall basement
Contact: TheFarm@Dartmouth.edu
For the fourth 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, items are collected in the spring, cleaned and sorted over the summer, and sold to new and returning students and community members in the fall. Proceeds from the Sale go to support environmental initiatives on and off-campus, including the Hanover High reusable Green Bags project, aquaculture at the Dartmouth Organic Farm, and the weatherization of homes in the Upper Valley. Check out the website at www.dartmouth.edu/~moveout for more information.
Contact: sustain@Dartmouth.edu
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.
Contact: SLC@Dartmouth.edu
The Ecovores aim to increase campus awareness about where our food comes from and the economic, social, and environmental tradeoffs between various modes of agricultural production. The group builds connections with Upper Valley farmers and producers to support a more local, sustainable food supply. In the long run, the group hopes to work with Dartmouth Dining Services to expand the Farm to Dartmouth Initiative and provide more options to students who wish to be educated consumers and eat more responsibly.
Meetings: Tuesdays, 6:00-7:00pm, Sustainable Living Center
Contact: Ecovores@Dartmouth.edu
The Dartmouth Council on Climate Change is a climate change educational and activism-oriented group. Funded by the Dickey Center, DC3 aims to connect Dartmouth students to how global warming and climate change have social, environmental, economic, and political impacts at the local to international level. Last winter, DC3 brought nearly 40 Dartmouth students to Washington D.C. for Powershift, one of the largest student lobbying efforts in the history of the United States. Students attended workshops and lobbied Congress for effective climate change legislation. This fall, DC3 plans to support the UN-wide Seal the Deal! campaign and develop 1) a national climate change teach-in day, October 22nd; 2) a demonstration on International Climate Action Day, October 24th; and 3) a Political Activism Team to take action to help pass climate legislation this year.
Meetings: Mondays, 8:00-9:00pm, Haldeman 124
Contact: DC3@Dartmouth.edu
The Dartmouth Animal Welfare Group seeks to raise awareness about issues of animal ethics on campus, increase students' interactions with animals, and support national movements that also promote animal welfare. The group focuses on concerns of animal welfare related to the food industry, product testing, and scientific laboratories, among others. DAWG works to connect students to animals through volunteer opportunities at local shelters as well as pet-sitting opportunities within the Hanover area.
Contact: dartdawg@Dartmouth.edu
