Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.90
Liaison Megan Butler
Submission Date July 19, 2011
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Macalester College
ER-T2-1: Student Group

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Allison Greenlee
Assistant Director
Campus Programs
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Does the institution have an active student group focused on sustainability?:
Yes

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A brief description of the student group, including its activities:
MacCares (Macalester Conservation and Renewable Energy Society) focuses on student projects and practical implementation, MacCares works to bring the way we live into alignment with the ideals we hold. MacBike is a student-run organization at Macalester College that promotes bicycle-use both on campus and in the greater Twin Cities community. It support bicycling as a fun, sustainable, and socially just form of transportation. MULCH (Macalester Urban Land and Community Health) is a student group with a mission to educate Macalester and the surrounding community about urban agriculture, environmental justice, food and gardening. MULCH maintains a garden on the Macalester campus and provides fresh produce to Cafe Mac. The recent addition of chickens has also brought with it the opportunity to further teach small scale urban agriculture.

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