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Ryan Wall ’20 and Jay Carhart ’21 are contributing to Hamilton’s growing culture of environmentalism as summer sustainability interns. In this role, Wall and Carhart are working with Director of Environmental Protection and Safety Brian Hansen on projects ranging from maintaining the many trails around campus, overseeing recycling efforts at weekly community lunches, to improving the reforestation area located on the former golf course.
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Some 30 students and Hamilton community members joined with the College's Sustainability Coordinators to plant around 400 trees to reforest the golf course on April 21.
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Approximately 30 students and parents had the unusual opportunity to see more than two dozen northern saw-whet owls on college land beyond the glen.
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As a part of their summer summer sustainability internship, Emma Karsten ’18 and Olivia Shehan ’18 researched ways to both reduce Hamilton’s carbon generation and beautify the campus at the same time. One strategy they identified was to reduce certain acreage mowed by the College, by way of low mow zones and pollinator gardens.
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Happy bargain hunters left this year’s Cram & Scram program with everything from small appliances and school supplies to room furniture and decor.
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Although most students have gone home for the summer, Enogie Omoregbee ’21 and Christopher Hart ’19 are sticking around to make the campus a greener, more environmentally friendly place.
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Working with Hamilton’s Sustainability Coordinators, more than 40 students planted 500 seedlings on 3-acres of the old golf course off Campus Road on April 15.
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Plastic tablecloths, can tabs, and foam packing material took on a new life in the form of a dress for 2018 Sustainability Trashion Show winner Sarah Magee ’18.
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Cram & Scram began formally in 2008, after President Stewart’s decision to commit Hamilton to a path toward climate neutrality.
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If you’ve walked or run through the Glen recently and noticed signs that identified where you’re going, you have Hayley Berliner ’19 and Nick Pace ’19 to thank.
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