Bowdoin College: What Are Their Environmental Efforts

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Bowdoin College What Are Their Environmental
Efforts?

• Jina Lee
• ENST 302 Environmental Issues Rice in the Future

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The Campus Sustainability Report

• The value of sustainable living has been
  supported by the student body.
• Bowdoin College integrates principles of
  sustainability into many campus programs and
  events.

• to work to spread awareness about the benefits
  of reducing our impact on the natural world.

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In An Octopuss Garden

• The Bowdoin Organic Garden
• located on 2 plots, one at Crystal Spring Farm,
  and the other on campus at South and Coffin Sts.
  
• size of land an acre, producing around 26
  vegetable crops and 15 different herbs

• wide range of produce fennel, kale, 6 varieties
  of lettuce, jalapenos, thyme, zinnias
• funded by their Housing and Dining by paying a
  management position and student workers
• organic means of cultivation

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Cultivation and Organic Practices

• use of a mixture of seaweed and fish emulsion,
  rotted compost, protein meal, plant residue to
  fertilize the soil
• Spring salad scraps to prepare beds for seeds
  and seedlings
• Winter beds planted with a cover crop of winter
  rye, vetch, and oats
• pest control with floating row covers, organic
  insecticidal soap, crop rotation and companion
  planting with naturally repellent plants

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A Green Green Grass of Home

• Green Buildings at Bowdoin
• follow LEED (Leadership in Energy and
  Environmental Design) guidelines
• use of sustainable sites, water efficiency,
  energy conservation, indoor air quality, recycled
  materials

• The Thorne Dining Hall
• high ceilings, heat absorbing slate floor,
  natural day lighting, operates with minimal or no
  air conditioning
• IDEA possibility for the new servery next to
  McMutry College?

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Composting..the Bowdoin Way!

• EarthTub and the cedar-slatted bins in the
  organic garden
• Their secret composting weaponthe Green Cone!
• grën.kön a personal sized composting option
  processing up to 20 lbs of food waste per week,
  has an underground composting basket, and the
  solar heated cone bakes the waste.

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Tired of Dumpster Diving? Then, Dump and Run!

• dump/run
• essentially a big yard sale with stuff left
  behind by Bowdoin students. everything is
  salvaged and resold, and volunteers collect,
  clean, and sell donations. food go to the
  Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program.
• Profits are divided amongst the non-profit
  organizations by participation!
• Daughters of isabella, Habitat for Humanity,
  Brunswick-Trinidad Sister City Association, and
  Sweetser

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ABC!123!Do Re Mi!

• Overall Performance A
• All aspects of green living, from recycling
  efforts to awareness tips on their website
  available to Bowdoin students and community,
  covered!

Students are proactive about preserving the
environment around Bowdoin as well as
the college itself!