Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.19
Liaison V.S. (Raghu) Raghavan
Submission Date Sept. 6, 2012
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Mount Holyoke College
ER-T2-6: Sustainability Events

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Nancy Apple
Director
Environmental Health & Safety
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Does the institution hold major events related to sustainability, such as conferences, speaker series, or symposia, that have students as the intended audience?:
Yes

A brief description of the event(s):

Each semester the Miller Worley Center for the Environment invites noted guest speakers, which have included author Barry Lopez, Native American rights activist Winona LaDuke, and environmental health expert Sandra Steingraber, to engage the community in dialogue on critical environmental issues. A fall ice cream event is "Lick It Green" which exposes students to a wide range of environmental stewardship departments and activities on campus. A spring event is MHC's Pangy Day community picnic which takes place to celebrate Earth Day. Dining Services participated in Farm to School week bringing local farmers to campus.


The website URL where information about the event(s) are available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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