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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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Documentary Film Screening “Climate Sisu”
Registration is not required, but is appreciated for planning purposes: https://forms.gle/rHSQaoWTDALDNvkR8
Hope College Takes Action Against Plastic Pollution: Transforming Trash into Art
Envision walking along the beach at Holland State Park. You wind through the beach path and around the dunes. You look down, what do you see? Small pieces of plastic. Beaches all around the globe are rife with plastic pollution, and West Michigan is no exception. Students at Hope College have decided to do something …
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Earth Month 2023
Hope Advocates for Sustainability and GreenHope have a FULL month of activities and events planned to help you learn more about how you can help protect and connect with nature this Earth Month (and any day after that)! Follow this link to see details about all of the events.
Lakeshore Cleanup Events – Fall 2022
Join Hope Advocates for Sustainability at one of our fall cleanup events as we put Creation Care into action. We will be hosting cleanups at Kollen Park and Holland State Park in October. Additional details can be found at this link, and you must RSVP in advance. Registrations close a couple of days prior to …
Food Service Industry Protein Sustainability Scorecard
“Our food system has major impacts on the environment. Agriculture occupies half of all ice-free land on Earth, and the global food system is responsible for 20%-37% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Animal products have a much larger environmental footprint than plant-based foods, using more resources and causing more greenhouse gas emissions… A shift toward plant-based foods …
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NEW Environmental Internship Fund for Hope College Students
Are you considering pursuing an internship addressing environmental advocacy and/or education with a non-profit organization for this summer? If so, Hope College is offering a new funding source to support a low or non-paid role: the Environmental Internship Fund. This new fund will provide up to $4,000 to support a full-time summer internship addressing a …
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Nurturing Stewardship Through Peer Mentoring
ExploreHope and the Office of Sustainability are recruiting Hope College students who love the outdoors and want to share their enthusiasm with area k-12 students. We are looking for students to help nurture environmental stewardship through peer mentoring and volunteerism in our educational programs. Students, if you are interested in being contacted when we have …
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FREE Trees With HBPW’s Energy Saving Trees Giveaway
Reserve your FREE TREE (while supplies last) arborday.org/HBPW Hurry, before they’re gone! Energy Saving Trees – Holland BPW and the City of Holland are providing free trees to HBPW electric customers through the Arbor Day Foundation’s Energy-Saving Trees program. Tree distribution will be Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021.