Sustainability Archives
Bates is Carbon Neutral!
After nearly 20 years of hard work on campus, Bates College is now carbon neutral! By using renewable fuel oil…
2018 Garden Party
The 2018 Garden Party served as the opening event for the Plot. Fresh tomatoes, homemade cookies, and other appetizers were…
The Bates Garden
The Garden group hosted weekly meetings and open hours this year, opening up the Plot to the community for people interested in…
Green Bikes
This year, the Green Bike team has been busy keeping the collection of bikes online. They also have hosted open hours at…
Electric Cars
In the Spring of 2018, Bates swapped out its vans for electric cars to run the community shuttle. Each day,…
Hand Dryer Implementation
Many buildings at Bates still use paper towels in the bathrooms. This year, EcoReps are hoping to implement high efficiency…
Waste Audits
Periodically, the waste and recycling team performs waste audits around campus. This consists of sorting through trash and recycling in…
Outreach
One of the main tasks for the Media and Outreach team is to create monthly newsletters that spread the word…
Trashion Show
This fall’s trashion show was one for the books. Contestants modeled dressed made out of plastic straws, plastic bags, packaging,…
Eco Service Day
Bates hosts a biannual Eco Service day, on which the campus pitches in for various projects. The Fall 2018 EcoService…