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Yearly Archives: 2009

Feeding the neighborhood youth

by Wendi Wheeler ’06 The Campus Kitchen program at Augsburg College not only feeds people’s bodies—it also feeds the minds of students. Last spring, the program moved… more >

Core to Compost: The journey of an apple

by Stephen Geffre A year ago, all food waste from Augsburg’s dining center was hauled away and dumped in a landfill with the trash of thousands of other Twin… more >

Green Planning

The Center for Science, Business, and Religion (CSBR) is Augsburg’s first new academic building in 60 years and will replace the 60-year-old, inefficient Science Hall. CSBR will… more >

Studying sustainability

by Wendi Wheeler ’06 If you want to study sustainability, you need to go where it’s done best. Students in the Sustainable Cities in North America summer course… more >

Environmental Connections: Green starts here

by Jeff Shelman The topic of conversation on this early December afternoon was pumpkin ice cream, a dessert that summed up many of the conflicts that go along with making… more >

How GREEN is Augsburg?

College initiatives • American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment—completed the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory for 2001-08 • Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities will collaborate on studying urban sustainability… more >

Toward a more sustainable Augsburg

by Betsey Norgard Living sustainably is no longer merely an option. As a vast majority of the world’s people struggle for resources to sustain even simple lives, a small… more >