Stories about "Sustainability"
Bates strikes Gold with new sustainability rating
Friday, September 15, 2017 10:01 am
Reflecting strong collaboration and projects large and small, Bates earns a major rating for sustainability.
The major Bates College stories of 2016–17
Friday, June 30, 2017 9:23 am
It was a year of never-befores and how-about-thats, with a few way-to-goes along the way.
Paper coffee cups soon to be an un-Commons sight
Thursday, March 30, 2017 3:39 pm
As of April 24, as a way to reduce the amount of waste Bates College sends to the landfill, Dining Services will no longer stock paper cups in Commons.
Video: Kevin Tejada ’17 and the Trashion Show
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 11:06 am
In our latest "Voices from the Class of 2017," Kevin Tejada explains how designing outfits for the Trashion Show led to self-discovery.
Look What We Found: A photograph of a Russian protester raising her voice
Thursday, March 2, 2017 11:18 am
Jane Costlow explains the significance of the photo in her office showing a St. Petersburg woman holding a protest sign in one hand and her snacking child in the other.
Trash talk: Bates boosts its waste-management game
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 4:09 pm
Bates College's sustainability coordinator has come up with waste-sorting stations that make it easier for Bates people to do the right thing with their trash.
Campus Construction Update: Jan. 27, 2017
Thursday, January 26, 2017 3:32 pm
A product related to the food flavoring Liquid Smoke is helping Bates cut the costs — in dollars and carbon emissions — of heating the campus.
Maine aquafarmer Matt Moretti ’06 flexes his mussels on Casco Bay
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 10:44 am
Moretti's love for the ocean was "undefined" for a long time. That was before his time in Mo’orea. And before he found a Maine mussel farm for sale.
Video: ‘Modeling trash was something to get used to!’
Thursday, November 17, 2016 4:42 pm
Scenes and comments from the annual Trashion Show, where students design and model outfits made of trash and recyclables.
Campus Construction Update: Oct. 21, 2016
Friday, October 21, 2016 9:41 am
The irrepressible Campus Construction Update returns with Bates' entry into solar electricity production.