Here's what's happening this week in Sustainability!
SAP students made it out to the Farm for a work day!
MONDAY, October 9th - Indigenous People's Day
HARVEST DINNER
Dinner Monday, Oct. 9 | '53 Commons
A special dinner celebrating the fruits of the harvest season featuring Indigenous recipes and local products put on by Dartmouth Dining!
TUESDAY, October 10th
FARM CLUB WORKDAY
8:00 - 9:45AM | O-Farm (meet behind Robo)
Join Avery '24 (she/her) and Evan '24 (he/him) on a lovely Tuesday morning farm workday! We will head out from behind Robo promptly at 8 and drive ~10 minutes to the farm (~3 miles away), then help out with various harvest tasks and be back in time for 10As. Please bring a water bottle and warm layers - mornings can be very cool!
Details and sign-up on Trailhead.
DARTMOUTH'S CARBON ZERO AMBITIONS ADN ENERGY TRANSFORMATION
12PM | Irving 075
Join Senior Vice President of Capital Planning and Campus Operations Josh Keniston and Sustainability Director Rosi Kerr for a Climate and Energy Week conversation about Dartmouth's plans for and progress on Dartmouth's progress toward a more sustainable future.
DARTMOUTH ENERGY ALLIANCE FT. SUSTY INTERN GRACE MENDOLIA '24
8PM | Irving Building
All are welcome to join DEA and hear Grace Mendolia '24 talk about research opportunities in energy, climate, and her work in geothermal research on the Dartmouth campus.
FREE MARKET THRIFT STORE OPEN HOURS
7 - 9PM | North Mass Basement
Our racks are fully stocked, including winter clothing! Come swing by to get shirts, jackets, warm layers, jeans, shoes, and more–all for free!
WEDNESDAY, October 11th
SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE HOURS
12 - 1:30PM | Robinson 106
Join us for delicious homemade sweets and riveting susty conversation!
All are welcome, whether you've been involved in the past or are looking to get started with Sustainability now!
POP-UP BIKES SHOP (PUBS)
3:30 - 4:30PM | Bikes Shop @ Fahey-McLane
Come get your set of wheels in shape with our Bikes Team! Whether it's a rusty chain or squeaky brakes, get rolling with help from our team of student mechanics!
THURSDAY, October 12th
O-FARM WORK DAY
8 - 10AM | O-Farm (meet behind Robo)
Come get your hands dirty (or borrow gardening gloves) at the O-farm on Thursday morning with Laurel and Hannah! There's no better way to start your day than at the farm. Come enjoy the best of New Hampshire fall with new friends, many vegetables, and beautiful views of the Connecticut River. No prior farming experience required--we'll teach you everything you need to know!
Details and sign-up coming soon on Trailhead.
FRIDAY, October 13th
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 – sign up to volunteer here!
SATURDAY, October 14th
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, October 15th
FREE MARKET THRIFT STORE OPEN HOURS
12PM - 3PM | North Mass Basement
See above–same thrift store, with perhaps some new finds! 👀
We've got lots of new winter clothing to keep you warm for the cool temps on the horizon!
FOOD DAY 2023
FRUITS OF LABOR
7PM, Tuesday, Oct. 17 | Loew Auditorium
A Mexican American teenager dreams of graduating high school, when increased ICE raids in her community threaten to separate her family and force her to become the breadwinner. She works long days in the strawberry fields and the night shift at a food processing factory. Set in an agricultural town on the central coast of California, Fruits of Labor is a lyrical meditation on adolescence, nature and ancestral forces, and coming into one's power as a working young woman of color in the wealthiest nation in the world.
ROWEN WHITE FOOD DAY KEYNOTE
4PM, Monday, Oct. 23 | Steele 006
Rowen White is a Seed Keeper/farmer and author from the Mohawk community of Akwesasne and a passionate activist for indigenous seed and food sovereignty. She is the Educational Director and lead mentor of Sierra Seeds, an innovative Indigenous seed bank and land-based educational organization located in Nevada City, CA. Rowen is the Founder of the Indigenous Seedkeepers Network, which is committed to restoring the Indigenous Seed Commons, and currently serves as a Cooperative Seed Hub Coordinator.
HARFEST
12-3PM, Saturday, Oct. 28 | Dartmouth Organic Farm
Join us for fall farm fun at the O-Farm, featuring delicious foods from our very own fields and the farms of other local producers, pumpkin painting, live music, games, and more!
CLIMATE WINS
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. We've added this "climate wins" section to our weekly newsletter to counterbalance the bad news and reinvigorate our community in this good and hard work by celebrating wins.
On Thursday, the U.S. Climate Alliance, an association of 25 governors of states accounting for half of the country’s population, announced a major move to reduce GHG emissions, including installing 20 million heat pumps by 2030. At least 40 percent of those pumps will go in disadvantaged communities.
The European Union just launched a carbon tariff implementing fees on goods imported from cement, steel, iron, aluminum, fertilizers, hydrogen fuel and electricity industries.
If you've got a climate win 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 organizations related to sustainability, climate, and social justice!
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY DEMONSTRATION
Monday, 12:30PM | The Green
SUNRISE DARTMOUTH MEETING
Thursday, 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.
CLIMATE AND ENERGY WEEK
All week long | Irving Institute
Mark your calendars for Dartmouth Climate and Energy Week taking place October 9-14. The week will showcase the breadth and depth of climate, energy and society activities at the College, and will give faculty, researchers, students, staff, alumni, and local community members the chance to connect with each other, and learn more about the interdisciplinary work on climate, health, sustainability, and energy-related topics happening at Dartmouth.
There will be something for everyone during Climate and Energy week, from a panel discussion on the energy transition in Vermont and New Hampshire, to a poster session and competition, to 2023 McGuire Prize for Social Impact winner Rose Mutiso's public talk, "Reframing the Debate on Africa's Energy Transition," to the second annual Dartmouth Faculty Symposium on Climate, Energy and Society.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' FASHION SHOW
Thursday, 8PM | Hood Museum
Join this annual celebration of Indigenous fashion, creativity, expression, and design. This program is co-sponsored by Native Americans at Dartmouth, Hokupa’a, the Native American Program, and the Hood Museum of Art.
Learn more here.
ANNUAL CONTEMPORARY ART LECTURESHIP WITH KENT MONKMAN
Friday, 5PM | Hood Auditorium
Known for his provocative interventions into Western art history, Cree artist Kent Monkman explores the complexities of historic and contemporary Indigenous experiences across painting, film, performance, and installation.
Learn more here!
DEA ENERGYHACK
Saturday, 8:30AM | Irving Institute
Want to address real world problems at the Dartmouth Campus, the Upper Valley, and beyond? Sign up for the Dartmouth Energy Alliance's 2nd annual EnergyHack on October 14th! Students form teams and are given a list of problems they can choose to tackle, ranging from local sustainable practices, to energy technology, to policy, to communications, and other fields.
Students get mentorship from energy professional judges and present their ideas. No previous energy experience needed. There will be free breakfast, lunch, swag, networking opportunities, and cash prizes for winners. Sign up here.
FARM TO FILM FEST, JUNCTION ARTS & MEDIA
October 21, 9AM - 10PM | Downtown White River Junction
Farm to Film Fest 2023 is a collaboration between JAM – Junction Arts & Media, Vital Communities, and King Arther Baking Company, made possible in part through support from Vermont Humanities and media sponsor Vermont Public that aims to build awareness of the importance of agriculture as a climate solution and of the harms the current exploitive, racist, and unsustainable food system creates. Our mission is to promote Upper Valley farms that are taking direct climate action and to share hopeful solutions for climate crisis.
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