| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 54.25 |
| Liaison | Sarah Fortner |
| Submission Date | March 1, 2019 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Carleton College
EN-10: Community Partnerships
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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3.00 / 3.00 |
Martha
Larson Manager of Campus Energy and Sustainbility Facilities |
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1st Partnership
Carleton's Food Recovery Network Partners
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? :
Yes
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe?:
Multi-year or ongoing
Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus?:
The partnership simultaneously supports social equity and wellbeing, economic prosperity, and ecological health
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners in strategic planning, decision-making, implementation and review? (Yes, No, or Not Sure):
Yes
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability, including website URL (if available) and information to support each affirmative response above:
Food Recovery Network (FRN) is a national organization that unites students to fight waste and feed people by donating surplus food from their colleges to local community partner organizations. Carleton’s chapter recovers food from Burton and LDC dining halls and Sayles Cafe every weeknight and involves over 50 student, faculty, and staff volunteers each term. Carleton’s FRN delivers recovered food to seven organizations serving food-insecure community members in Northfield and Faribault. They recover food six days a week with an average of 300 pounds a week. The seven community partners are Greenvale Community School, Northfield Food Shelf, Area Learning Center, The Key, St Dominic's Church, Faribault Adult learning Center, and Laura Baker. This year Carleton's FRN added retail rescue to their volunteer service, they recovery from two large grocery retailers every Monday morning and deliver the food directly to the local food shelf. In addition to this direct service, Carleton’s FRN also raises awareness on campus about issues of food waste and food insecurity--locally and nationally. The national Food Recovery Network website is https://www.foodrecoverynetwork.org/ and the Carleton chapter Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/CarletonFRN/
2nd Partnership
Greater Northfield Sustainability Collaborative
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (2nd partnership):
Yes
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (2nd partnership):
Multi-year or ongoing
Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (2nd partnership):
The partnership simultaneously supports social equity and wellbeing, economic prosperity, and ecological health
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners in strategic planning, decision-making, implementation and review? (2nd partnership) (Yes, No, or Not Sure):
Not Sure
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability, including website URL (if available) and information to support each affirmative response above (2nd partnership):
The Greater Northfield Sustainability Collaborative brings together participants from Carleton College and St. Olaf College and various community organizations to facilitate and coordinate sustainability initiatives in the greater Northfield area and to support implementation of Northfield’s commitment to the Minnesota Greenstep Cities Program.
The GNSC website is http://northfieldsustainability.org/
The MN Green Step Cities website is https://greenstep.pca.state.mn.us/index.cfm
3rd Partnership
Northfield Community Action Center
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (3rd partnership):
Yes
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (3rd partnership):
Multi-year or ongoing
Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (3rd partnership):
The partnership simultaneously supports social equity and wellbeing, economic prosperity, and ecological health
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners in strategic planning, decision-making, implementation and review? (3rd partnership) (Yes, No, or Unknown):
Yes
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability, including website URL (if available) and information to support each affirmative response above (3rd partnership):
Carleton College partnered with the Northfield Community Action Center and the City of Northfield to write a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Grant to increase the amount of recovered food available for the community through additional refrigeration at the food shelf. The grant was awarded and the food shelf will be adding a walk-in cooler/freezer.
Optional Fields
Carleton College's "Lighten Up" garage sale is a partnership between three community partners, Special Olympics, Project Friendship and the Northfield Union of Youth. Each spring members of the Carleton community collect the items left on campus by departing students and then sell the items in a large garage sale. The community partners provide the volunteers to sort and prepare the items for sale, earning them a split of the proceeds. Last year's sale brought in $36,000 dollars and diverted over 20 tons from the landfill.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Greater Northfield Sustainability Collaborative website: northfieldsustainability.org
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