Macalester College
EN-4: Outreach Materials and Publications

The Macalester College Sustainability blog provides at least monthly posts about sustainability work initiatives, events, and updates present on our campus as well commentary on how sustainability topics and world events like COVID connect with what we do at Macalester. Blog posts are also posted in the MacWeekly- a student run campus newspaper, the Community Engagement center also publishes a montlhly sustainability newsletter which includes events on campus and in the community where students can get involved. In addition, the Macalester Sustainability office maintains a facebook and instagram account where campus initiatives and events are published

Signage throughout campus indicates where efforts to be sustainable are underway. In the cafeteria, maps display where the farms from which our food is sourced as well as highlighting the farm to fork initiative and which meal options would constitute a low carbon diet. Macalester's Pollinator Path for encouraging bee activity is also marked with educational signage; our Urban Wind Turbine comes with similar signage, and signage about Macalester as a Bike Friendly University are present. Our campus buildings also have signage about sustainability features; for example, the revolving doors as an energy saving mechanism in Kagin Hall are marked by informational signs.

The sustainability tour map was compiled in 2008 and provides information for self-guided tours all across campus. The map includes the LEED platinum Markim Hall, Green roofs, the EcoHouse and Veggie Co-op, as well as 31 other sustainability tour sites.

Students originally developed a 'How to be a Sustainable Scot' guide. This guide has been developed into a website. A sustainable dorm room flyer was also developed for orientation in 2016.

The Sustainability Plan update is published every one or two years with data and a summary of the college's progress on sustainability projects.

In addition to a website, the Sustainability Office has a Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter account that posts information relevant to our events and goals as well as educational information about the concept of sustainability and why environmental justice must be central to our work.

The Sustainability Office also has regular submissions to the school daily newsletter, the Mac Daily, that publishes similar content.