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Student group tackles energy conserva...
by Micah Sommer
The idea is simple: monitor energy usage by Earlham-owned houses, and when residents use less energy than average, reward them with a portion of the utility bill savings. This is the objective of the Earlham Energy Awareness Project (EEAP), currently being run by the applied Computer Science group, Green Science.
According to [...]
Investment class, committee move ahea...
by Terah Primack
The Socially Responsible Investment Committee, composed of three members of the board of trustees, three faculty members and three students, is getting ready for its first meeting this year to review the companies Earlham is invested in.
“The committee as I see it from where it stands right now, we really have two and a half [...]
All-student forum discusses sustainab...
by Terah Primack
On Sunday, Sept. 27, there was an All-Student Forum put together by the Environmental Responsibility Committee (ERC) in Stout Meetinghouse to increase networking among groups at Earlham about environmental issues. Environmental groups and individuals concerned with everything from composting to sharing bikes came together to [...]
Obama prompts Congress on health care...
by Adam Tobin
On Sept. 29, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee rejected the idea of a public option in new health care legislation. Ths was the first official setback to a policy advocated by President Barack Obama.
On Sept. 9, Obama delivered a speech in front of Congress and addressed the nation on the need to act swiftly and promptly to refo [...]
The faculty meeting report
In this week’s faculty meeting, the faculty approved Richmond’s public, student-run radio station, WECI, to have a student observer in faculty meetings. The next item on the agenda was the Curricular Policy Committee’s recommendation to the faculty that Environmental Studies be implemented as a major at Earlham; the proposal was approved. Loo [...]
The Weekly Update by ESG
Sunday, Sept. 27 saw ESG’s first All-Student Forum. The forum was hosted by the Environmental Responsibility Committee (ERC), one of the college’s standing committees with three student representatives.
This forum brought together many of the college’s concerned students who are working, in many different ways, to increase the school’s susta [...]
ECstravaganza SlideShow