Here's what's happening this week in Sustainability!
Dartmouth Bikes mechanics are hard at work getting bikes tuned up for the spring season!
TUESDAY, February 13th
DARTMOUTH BIKES "OPEN SHOP" HOURS
8:30 - 10AM | Dartmouth Bikes Shop (Basement of Fahey Hall)
Stop by to put some free lube on your crusty salty chains and air in your cold tires!
This is also a time for you to work on your own bike using our tools for free!
If you can’t make it during these times, Collis Front Desk also has a bike pump to check-out for a few minutes at a time.
Note: Mechanics are only there to supervise and clean-up and will not be assisting in bike fixes. Please be respectful of their time.
More info here.
FREE MARKET THRIFT STORE VOLUNTEER HOURS
7 - 9PM | North Mass Basement
Excited by our new thrift store and want to help sustain our efforts? Shocked by the amount of waste on campus and want a tangible way to curb it? Join us for a volunteer work session at the Free Market!
Help fold and sort clothing, organize the thrift store space, and more.
WEDNESDAY, February 14th
SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE HOURS
12:00 - 1:30PM | Robinson 106
Join us for delicious homemade sweets and refreshing susty conversation!
All are welcome, whether you've been involved in the past or are looking to get started with Sustainability now!
HEALTH & SUSTAINABILITY: Reflections on Community, Food, and Planetary Health
Wednesday, February 14th | 5:00 - 6:30PM | Project Hub (Irving 155)
Join Dartmouth Sustainability staff and students for this special event on the intersections between health, sustainability, and equity. This event includes dinner, insights and reflections from panelists, and small-group discussion.
Hear three unique perspectives on community health, environmental justice, food and health equity, sustainability in healthcare, and more. We'll be hearing from Charis Boke, Teaching Faculty in Anthropology at Dartmouth, Kali Smolen, MD-PhD Student at Geisel, and Chelsey Canavan, Adjunct Faculty in Public Health at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice.
Directly following the panel, there will be an opportunity to engage further with these topics of health and sustainability and reflect on what the panelists share through small-group discussion and individual reflection.
Dinner will include local veggies from Honey Field Farm in Norwich, VT and empanadas and salad from Moon and Stars. Moon and Stars, based in the Upper Valley, connects community, traditional food, and regenerative farming through heirloom corn and the food-making process. The organization strives to provide nutrient-dense and culturally vital food, while both engaging community in ancestral knowledge and creating new ideas about cultural and environmental sustainability.
This event is open to campus. All are welcome!
THURSDAY, February 15th
FREE MARKET THRIFT STORE OPEN HOURS
12:30 - 2PM | North Mass Basement
Check out our new day time weekday hours! Swing by during your lunch break.
Everything is free, and all are welcome!
SATURDAY, February 16th
FREE MARKET THRIFT STORE OPEN HOURS
12PM - 3PM | North Mass Basement
Come swing by our on-campus thrift store, the Free Market, this weekend! All clothing is reclaimed from Dartmouth's waste streams. Instead of buying new clothing, get second-hand for free!
SUNDAY, February 17th
FREE MARKET THRIFT STORE OPEN HOURS
12PM - 3PM | North Mass Basement
See above–same thrift store, with perhaps some new finds! 👀
WEEKLY FEATURE
So much of our media is mired in gloom and doom–and don't get us wrong, there's a lot to be wary of when it comes to our fight for a just, livable future in the face of intensifying injustices and climate change. But, there's also SO much good work being done, too, that rarely gets highlighted, and we're here to begin to change that.
In a major win for public health and the environment, the EPA finalized new, tighter standards on PM2.5 air pollution, also known as soot. According to the Washington Post, the stricter standards could prevent thousands of premature deaths, particularly in communities of color where people have breathed unhealthy air for decades. Read more about this climate win here.
If you want to see more climate wins, advocacy, and activism, follow @earthjustice on Instagram!
If you've got a climate win or sustainability star you're excited about, big or small, email us at sustainable.dartmouth@dartmouth.edu, and we'll include it in next week's newsletter! According to the IPCC, every action that prevents further degrees of global warming, no matter what scale, is meaningful.
OTHER EVENTS
Below, find events from other campus and local organizations related to sustainability, climate, and social justice!
ENERGY AND CLIMATE CAREERS OFFICE HOURS
Tuesdays | 12 - 1PM | IR 155
Curious about career possibilities in climate and energy? Wondering about internship options? Looking for advice on networking? Stop by our weekly Climate and Energy Career Office Hours and talk with Irving Institute Experiential Learning Coordinator Angus McReynolds about find answers!
No registration necessary, just drop by!
FOSSIL FREE DARTMOUTH MEETING
Thursday, February 15th | 6:30 - 7:30PM | Hornig Library, 108 Fairchild
Join us to call on Dartmouth to take bold climate action by disassociating from fossil fuels! Snacks will be provided. All are welcome.
SUNRISE DARTMOUTH MEETING
Thursdays | 8PM | Robo 106
Passionate about climate justice? Join Sunrise Dartmouth to learn how to get involved in the fight for environmental and social justice here on campus and nationally. Learn more about Sunrise Dartmouth here.
THE IRVING INSTITUTE SEEKS YOUR ART FOR A SPRING/SUMMER '24 EXHIBIT
Undergraduate and graduate Dartmouth students are invited to submit proposals for a spring/summer 2024 exhibit in the Irving Institute Gallery for Art, Science, and the Humanities (3rd floor, Irving Building).
All art welcome! Physical media or objects, installations, written word, photography, cinema, music, computer-generated art... bring us your creations!
Submit your proposal by February 19. Questions? Email molly.s.dunn@dartmouth.edu
ENERGY ACTION NETWORK 2024 SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Energy Action Network (EAN) is pleased to announce their 2024 Summer Internship Program. Applications are due March 1, 2024 for college students (rising juniors and seniors in 2024) and 2024 college graduates excited by EAN’s mission of achieving Vermont’s climate and energy commitments in ways that create a just, thriving, and sustainable future.
Read more about EAN and learn how to apply here.
ELECT NEW ENERGY JUSTICE COURSE (GEOG 40.04/ANTHRO 50.48)
Elect this new course taught by Dr. Sarah Kelly for 24S before course election closes on Feb 15th at 11:59PM!
