Junior Jordan Langer is making the most of her time at Central College—volunteering at a fair trade store, climbing the cliffs of Lake Red Rock and studying abroad in London. Changing her major twice has not set her back, only opened up more options.
Central College has been chosen as one of the most “green” colleges in the nation by The Princeton Review.
Over spring break, a group of 10 students tackled garbage and compost in a Guatemalan village. They also taught local women about sustainability.
The students of the Epidemiology course organized an Oxfam Hunger Banquet to raise awareness of global food disparity. Those dining on tiny meals got to thinking about what waste and nutrition really mean.
From March 18-22, author Scott Russell Sanders will be in residence at Central College, and on March 21, he will read from his latest book, “Earth Works,” for the Writers Reading series.
Central College receives a $20,000 grant from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for a new commercial-grade food pulper, which will keep 47 tons of food waste from landfills each year.
James Farrell, professor of history, American studies, environmental studies and American conversations at St. Olaf College, will visit Central on November 15.
The Central College Organic Garden teaches students about sustainable agriculture and provides healthy food for Central Market.
Central College welcomes Novella Carpenter to campus as a part of the Writers Reading series. Author of “Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer,” Carpenter is visiting Central College Oct. 18 to read from her book about the process of growing her own food in the middle of downtown Oakland.
Students weed the prairie bioswales in a campus parking lot to showcase the fall wildflowers that reduce toxic run-off.
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