Get on the Path to Sustainability  Fort Lewis' sustainability initiatives have a new home. You can vote on the logo for the Pathways to Sustainability program on the new sustainability website for the College. Getting a sustainability website was a priority of the Sustainability Action Plan.  The current draft of the plan is now posted.  The Center is helping collect comments over the next six weeks to improve the plan and clear the way for approval.

The Latest:  Students from the EC helped out with composting, apple pressing, and pie-eating at last weekend's 2nd Annual Homegrown Festival. Alex Colvin from our Zero-Waste team brought home the pie-eating contest trophy with a fierce display of frenzied, face-first scarfing. Students from our Sustainable Business Team baked a triple-decker apple pie to demonstrate how we can grow our local economic pie by shifting our purchases to locally-owned, independent businesses.
Featured Project The Zero-Waste team has started a Funky Free Box that is available for things that you don't want or need. The team will hold give-away days through the year. This is all part of our initaitive to reduce waste on campus and keep things out of the landfills.	Green Freedom Green Freedom goes multimedia.  Check out our first issue of the new school year with audio and video at your fingertips. Students are writing about creative solutions to wildlife issues in our region.	Featured Event Michelle Long, the executive director of BALLE (business alliance for local living economies) and co-founder of sustainable connections will be in durango on Wednsday November 11 to speak on local and sustainable business. This talk will be from 6-8 PM at the Fort Lewis College ballroom.

 

Take Action	The Roundup
The Columbine Ranger District is seeking input on the grazing allotments in the Silverton region of San Juan and Rio Grande National Forests.	Regional Roundup is the place to go to find out about environmental and social justice issues inthe Four Corners region.  Our students blog on what you need to know about. We track the news and issues so you don't have to.