Mindful Eating Days for Skidmore College

Action Plan Logo by Bradley Sachs For my action plan, I hope to incorporate a “mindful eating day” as a monthly tradition at the Skidmore College dining hall. Currently, the Skidmore dining services strives to offer food from sources that are as local as possible....

Presidential Residence Eco-House

Action Plan Logo by Hailey Nase Ithaca College is building a new house for the college’s president. Currently, the college is in the planning and designing phase and I would like to work with the college to make this new construction sustainable. Ideally, the...

New Feats With Local Eats

Action Plan Logo by Casey May Robison For my Action Plan, I choose to focus on the locality of my food sources. Being a student studying Sustainable Agriculture, I am always thinking about food. I want to challenge myself to eat a diet that is sourced locally, with...

Sustainable Business Model

Action Plan Logo by Nicole Marino I believe that businesses should do everything in their economic power and availability to work with sustainable systems to provide quality, environmentally safe, and low/carbon neutral goods and services. Currently, I run a small...

Turfed

Last week we went on an overnight trip to the Íslenski Bærinn Turf Houses. This has been one of the best experiences of the semester. Hannes, who runs the place, probably knows more about turf houses than anyone else in the world, and I was delighted to be in his...