Green Commute Week – PRIZES!

Now in its 17th year, the Macatawa Area Coordinating Council (MACC) is excited to announce the return of Green Commute Week from September 8 to 14, 2024. They are giving away $600 in donated gift cards and admission tickets, plus an additional $500 in West Coast Cash! MAX Transit is also offering free fixed-route rides …

Hope College Student-Led Project Puts Surplus Food to Good Use

By Natalie Hammer and Dallas Fisher – Hope Advocates for Sustainability  “Fighting Waste. Feeding People.” This is the motto for Food Recovery Network, a student-led organization that unites more than 6,000 college students to fight against food waste and hunger in the United States.  Surplus food is recovered by volunteers and donated to local nonprofit …

Alumni Sustainability Affinity Group Spring 2024 Newsletter

Click the image below to see the full copy of the Spring 2024 Hope Sustains Newsletter. Are you a Hope College Alum working in the field of sustainability or simply interested in the topic? If so we’d love for you to join our affinity group! Click here https://bit.ly/HopeSustainsAlumni . hope.edu/sustainability

2024 Creation Care Summer Book Read

Dr. Debra Rienstra’s book Refugia Faithhttps://www.facebook.com/events/960863988775983/ 6/18, 7/16, and 8/2012:00pm-1:00pmLight Refreshments Provided. Discussion Leaders:6/18 – Dr. Thomas Boogaart, Western Theological Seminary, EmeritusIntro and Chapters 1-2 7/16 – Dr. Steven Bouma-Prediger, Hope College, FacultyChapters 3-5 8/20 – Dr. Debra Rienstra, Refugia Faith Author and Calvin University, FacultyChapters 6-7 

2024 Sustainability Research Projects

In Holland, we believe that in order to become a vibrant, world-class community we must look at all aspects of our community.  This includes the “Triple Bottom Line” and the economic, social, and environmental impacts we all have. Our City of Holland Sustainability Committee created a seven-pillar framework with “lenses” to help us evaluate and make more sustainable …

Earth Month Can Drive

Friday, April 12 and Friday, April 19 the Hope Advocates for Sustainability will be hosting an Earth Month Can Drive to raise money for the Green Revolving Fund, which helps support sustainable projects on campus. Please consider donating your returnable cans or bottles to the bins located at the Physical Plant driveway that faces 10th …