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 …
Category Archives: Environmental Awareness/Action
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 …
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2023-2024 Sustainability Year in Review
Read all of the highlights by following the link below. https://hope.edu/offices/sustainability/campus-sustainability/year-in-review.html
Students Engineer New Solar-Powered EV Charging System at Hope
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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
Community Slow Roll Rides
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 – April 2024
View a full list of events hosted at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IBvL6jWLhwVfPLlj6lwUDjmiezsVeGMRGKt8ojmhbkQ/edit?usp=sharing
Hope Celebrates Women Transforming the World Through Sustainability
By Carly Ervin and Lily Shergill – Hope Advocates for Sustainability Marking National Women’s History Month in March, Hope Advocates for Sustainability is taking time to celebrate a few women who have contributed to the work of environmental activism across the globe, including Wangari Maathai, Rachel Carson, Vandana Shiva, and Autumn Peltier. For the rest …
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