Sustainability

After nearly 20 years of hard work on campus, Bates College is now carbon neutral! By using renewable fuel oil…

The 2018 Garden Party served as the opening event for the Plot. Fresh tomatoes, homemade cookies, and other appetizers were…

The Garden group hosted weekly meetings and open hours this year, opening up the Plot to the community for people interested in…

This year, the Green Bike team has been busy keeping the collection of bikes online. They also have hosted open hours at…

In the Spring of 2018, Bates swapped out its vans for electric cars to run the community shuttle. Each day,…

Many buildings at Bates still use paper towels in the bathrooms. This year, EcoReps are hoping to implement high efficiency…

Periodically, the waste and recycling team performs waste audits around campus. This consists of sorting through trash and recycling in…

One of the main tasks for the Media and Outreach team is to create monthly newsletters that spread the word…

This fall’s trashion show was one for the books. Contestants modeled dressed made out of plastic straws, plastic bags, packaging,…

Bates hosts a biannual Eco Service day, on which the campus pitches in for various projects. The Fall 2018 EcoService…