The Compost

If you’re in need of packing peanuts or wooden pallets, come by the ROCKS office, we have lots of both looking for a good use.

From Mary Jensen, Recycling Coordinator:
Over the past several years, the R.O.C.K.S. program has been adapting to a new waste and recycling management program in various academic buildings. The Science Center, Morrison and Parker Halls and the Huntress classrooms have all moved to a centralized waste and recycling collection system. What that means, in a practical [...]

From the food subcommittee of the President’s Council for a Sustainable Future:
This has been the long-standing argument for many years by vegetarians and vegans alike. Can we heed the warnings and overcome entrenched habits? This will, no doubt, be a social marketing challenge of great importance. Read the article:
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/02-7

From Dave Morrill, Asst. Recycling Coordinator: Earth Week events were wonderfully successful. Thank you to everyone who participated and attended.
The Trash Audit on Wednesday showed some very interesting results. We collected 30 bags of trash totaling 117 lbs. from all over campus. Eco-Reps helped separate out the recyclable materials and the results are below. (Percentages [...]

Keene State College is one of the country’s most environmentally responsible schools, according to The Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 Green Colleges.

Adams Tech/Butterfield Hall design criteria includes design for Net Zero Energy use. Ultimately, the building would be as energy efficient as possible, and through on or off site mechanisms would produce or offset what energy it uses.
Bart Sapeta, Assistant Professor in the TDS department, nominated the KSC ROCKS program for the first annual City of [...]

On Thursday, April 22 the Dining Commons is offering the 4th Localvore Lunch from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Enjoy the flavors of New England, support local agriculture and food producers, and reduce your carbon footprint, all for $5.95 at the Zorn Dining Commons. Join us as we welcome local farmers and food producers who [...]

Phenology is the study of recurrent biological events. Great interest has focused on plant phenology (such as the timing of the emergence of leaves) as a sensitive indicator of climate change. However, ground measurement techniques are time consuming and limited in scope. With the development of consistently archived remotely sensed imagery it is now possible [...]

Monday, April 19 - Speaker Jim Merkel: 1 p.m. in the Mountain View Room, L.P. Young Student Center
Jim Merkel is author of Radical Simplicity, and a former engineer for the military. After seeing news coverage of the Exxon/Valdez oil spill he radically changed his lifestyle and began living off of less than $5,000 of income [...]

Earth Week is April 19 - 24, and there is a great event or activity planned for each day.