Photos from summer research with Dr. Christians and Dr. McMullen. Mark Krudy’s work focused on researching best practices for establishing a campus green fund. Gracie Hill and Bella Tafarello focused on analyzing the HVAC system in Hope’s Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts. Their analysis is helping the Hope Physical Plant better understand the real-world system performance of this LEED Silver building, helping to save Hope money and reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.#sustainablehope.
Photos from Dr. Philben’s summer research team! Their team is studying how the release of nutrients from organic matter will increase with warming due to climate change. This will determine if the bog will be able to sequester additional carbon due to faster plant growth. #sustainablehope
“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 thanplant-basedfoods, using more resources and causing more greenhouse gas emissions… A shift toward plant-based foods is the most impactful way food companies can reduce their carbon footprint, prevent deforestation, minimize demand for water and land resources, improve food security and preserve natural habitats.”
Thank you to Hope College Dining Services, Creative Dining for your efforts in this area,congratulations on your top 10 ranking!
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 choices. We have used this framework model as a way to identify the 2022 Hope College Sustainability Research Projects.
TheSustainability Institutewould like to formally recognize the following projects that presented during the2022 Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (CURCA) on Friday, April 22.
PDF Document: 2022 Sustainability Research Projects
Framework Categories:
SMART ENERGY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TRANSPORTATION
COMMUNITY & NEIGHBORHOOD
QUALITY OF LIFE
COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION & AWARENESS
For more information about the Annual Celebration visit:
//m.icarseries.com/academics/celebration-undergraduate-research/
The students and their projects represented all of the college’s academic divisions — the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural and applied science.
The research and performance celebration, first presented in 2001, is designed to spotlight the quality and importance of student-faculty collaborative research at Hope. Undergraduate research is a hallmark experience for many Hope students and has been a teaching model used at the college for more than seven decades. Mentored collaborative research happens year-round, with approximately 300 students conducting faculty-supervised independent research during the academic year and 200 doing research over the summer, making Hope’s summer research program among the largest in the nation at a liberal arts college. Since faculty are active in scholarship year-round, many more students engage in research during the academic year.
Research has a long and storied history at Hope College. More than 100 years ago, biologist Dr. Samuel O. Mast designed research laboratory space for the college’s Van Raalte Hall, which opened in 1903. The late Dr. Gerrit Van Zyl, who taught chemistry at the college from 1923 to 1964, is widely recognized for developing research-based learning at Hope in its modern sense.
CLAIRE FURJANIC,APRIL 22, 2022
Hope Advocates for Sustainability (HAS) is an organization that works to promote sustainability at Hope College. On Wednesday, April 20, HAS partnered with The Bridge, a local non-profit located in downtown Holland, for an educational event at Hope about environmental justice and fair trade.
这座桥以代表超过35个国家的公平贸易礼品和工艺品而闻名。公平贸易旨在帮助发展中国家的工匠实现可持续和公平的贸易关系，重视他们的权利，为他们的工作提供公平的报酬。这不仅极大地帮助了工人，而且公平贸易也保证了为购物者提供高质量和合乎道德的产品。
Tsion Weldetsadik (‘24) recently became an intern for Hope Advocates for Sustainability. Weldetsadik is passionate about educating people about environmental justice and the issues that are happening around the world today. She hopes to teach people how to be more aware of environmental racism and the ways in which one can get more involved.
“I’ve always been interested in social issues and social justice and sustainability also intrigues me,” Weldetsadik said, “so when I came across this position, I was really excited to be a part of it.”
The Bridge的经理凯特·马丁(Kate Martin)谈到了如何让希望小学的学生在购买衣物时更加谨慎，尤其是在他们所穿的衣服上。马丁既有热情又有见识，他提出了一个挑战，不仅要做一个有意识的购物者，而且要真正选择购买更可持续的、更合乎道德的采购产品。
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Monday, April 25 – Thursday, April 28
In partnership with Heart to Heart Resale, we will be setting up move out collection stations in the lobbies of Kollen, Phelps, Cook, Gilmore, and Dykstra.
There will also be a station for students not living in those halls in the BSC inside the Student Life Office (open weekdays 10am-3pm).
Accepted items include:
clothing
shoes
mini fridge
small furniture pieces
small miscellaneous items
Unopened non-perishable food items can also be dropped off at the Student Life Office for the Hope Care Pantry.
Questions? Email sustainability@m.icarseries.com
If you do not live in one of these residential halls or have larger items to donate, please click the link below for a list of other area locations to donate gently used items.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fgaxpc4e4y7qDGWQcB0VGwkHs_hCbTO22GFAiD9IWvY/edit?usp=sharing
Hope Advocates for Sustainability student interns have put together an AMAZING series for you celebrate our Earth and put Creation Care into action.
Click this linkto see ways you can participate and join in the fun!
Earth Week kicks off Tuesday, April 19 and even includes a cosponsored Earth Jam CoffeeHouse on Thursday, April 21.
#SustainableHope
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 pressing climate change issue.Apply through this linkby Monday, March 21st.
Hope Advocates for Sustainability (HAS) is NOW HIRING for the 2022-2023 school year!Apply now on Handshaketo join this amazing team of interns who are passionate about sustainability and making a change on campus.
Head toHandshaketo read more about each position.
碳足迹夏普研究职位欢迎申请。这项研究的重点是霍普的碳足迹和能源使用。If this is something that interests you,click herefor more information.
