Category Archives: Environmental Impact
EI Spring Field Trip: Organic Mechanics Soil
(written by Felicia Yu; photos by Dongah Shin) The Organic Mechanics Soil processing facility, complete with industrial found-object landscaping. On a not-so-unlucky Friday the 13th, Laura Vogel, Rebecca Pineo, Dongah Shin, Ashby Leavell, Raakel Toppila, and I went on our … Continue reading
Electronics Recycling Day – perfect spring weather edition
(written by Felicia Yu; photos by Raakel Toppila) Tis the season…for getting rid of trunk-loads of old electronics! Some junk items just have more character than others. Our fifth Electronics Recycling Day for the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources … Continue reading
EI Spring Field Trip Part 2: UD Chrysler site
(written by Felicia Yu; photos by Ashby Leavell) In the afternoon following our EI field trip to the Dansko headquarters, Raakel Toppila, Ashby Leavell, Hagley Fellow Chris Chenier, and I paid a visit to the Chrysler site, just across the … Continue reading
EI Spring Field Trip: Dansko Headquarters
(written by Felicia Yu; photos by Ashby Leavell) Part of the purpose of the Environmental Impact team is to equip the Fellows with a sustainability-focused mindset and the knowledge of how sustainability can be practiced in all kinds of settings, … Continue reading
ERD: Where does it all come from??
On Thursday, October 14, the Environmental Impact team put together the 4th Electronics Recycling Day for the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Despite the dreary weather, enough people took advantage of the free two-hour collection of electronics waste and … Continue reading
Third time’s a charm…
The third Electronic Recycling Day went surprisingly well. You’d think maybe after the first two events of this type that the faculty, staff, and students of CANR would run out of electronics to recycle…But they haven’t! At today’s Electronic Recycling … Continue reading
Bags to Bricks
On Wednesday April 2nd, the Environmental Impact team organized a trip to Precision Air Convey (PAC) just down the road from Townsend Hall. This local recycling facility gave us a tour and an up-close look at how the process of … Continue reading
