Center for Environment & Society
Earth Day
April 26, 2008
The Kent County Humane Society and Washington College's Center for Environment & Society presented the annual Mutt Strut, Pet Fair and Earth Day Celebration in Wilmer Park.
The winners for the 2008 George Goes Green competitions were also announced at Earth Day. We had quite a year… between swimming in the bathtub to studying by cell phone, the WC campus went out of their way to go green with George! But as always, some went a few steps further- there’s something to be said for spending all your time in the dark!
Congratulations to Somerset, Wicomico and Worchester, winners of the 2008 Do It in the Dark competition! They reduced their energy consumption by the highest percentage from last year. Each student in these dorms will win a $10 iTunes gift certificate.
View photos of creative energy conservation from this year’s George Goes Green.
On the academic side, congratulations to Toll! The faculty and staff of Toll made that extra effort to go green, which is especially difficult considering the number of appliances consuming electricity in their building. From turning off office and hallway lights to lab equipment and computers, the occupants of Toll did their very best. In addition, many faculty members walk to work, bring their own mugs, and teach sustainability in their regular classes. Toll also puts out the most recycling, thanks to the dedicated efforts of the building’s faculty. Overall, they’ve made a concentrated effort to go green!
Check out the profile of Toll faculty member Jeff Brown on the George Goes Green blog.
A final congratulations goes to Jake Deal, winner of the 2008 George Gets Ingenious prize! His idea for sustainability on campus, as well as the rest of this year’s submissions, can be viewed here.
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CES Climate Action Coordinator Briggs Cunningham at the CES booth.
CES raffled off a rain barrel for home water conservation.
Puppies up for adoption from the Kent County Humane Society.
The Sultana cruised by several times throughout the day.
The Student Environmental Alliance offered tie dying for Earth Day tshirts.
Interspecies affection blossomed in the spring sunshine.
Members of the Anthropology Club demonstrated the historic atlatl throw.
CES Director John Seidel shows the younger generation an atlatl works.
CES Associate Mark Wiest gives the atlatl a try.
Phil Doccolo ’08 pitches a spear at Murray the Mastadon.
Students enjoyed both the beautiful weather and the music.
Sam Bulkilvish ’09 displays her tie dyed Earth Day shirt.
Many dogs wore green bandanas to show their support for Earth Day.
Alisha DiGiandomenico ’10 educates a park-goer about electronics recycling.
Kascie Herron ’07, Cynthia Sebian-Lander ’07 and Sam Bulkilvish ’09 display the finished 1Sky banner. Park goers drew images representing their hopes in the face of climate change.
Tonie Domino ’08 shows some love to one of the dogs up for adoption.
Assistant Director, Rose O'Neill Literary House Kate Bursick holds one of the kittens from the Humane Society.
CES Program Manager JoAnn Fairchild, Director John Seidel and Public Archaelogy Director Liz Seidel announce the winners of the rain barrel raffle.
Ian Trusheim ’07 rocks it on the bass.
Brooks Long ’08 sings out for the Earth.
The Big Picture rocks Earth Day for the third year running.
The Metermaids came all the way from New York to freestyle about WC.
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