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Sustainability Scavenger Hunt. Bring your floor together to complete the Sustainablility Scavenger Hunt! Designed to help students get familiar with different features of sustainability on campus, clues will lead you and your residents to various buildings and locations where sustainable initiatives have been introduced. All students who complete the scavenger hunt will earn a Klean Kanteen water bottle. Download the clues and see the instructions at the Sustainability Scavenger Hunt webpage. Happy hunting!
 Farmers Market Field Trip. The Winneshiek Farmers Market is a great place to meet local farmers, stock up on healthy snacks, and purchase artisanal crafts and gifts. Only a 15 minute walk from campus, head down to the Farmers Market on Saturday mornings from 8-11 AM or Wednesdays from 3-6 PM to check out what they are selling! Farmers Markets will continue through the end of October, but take advantage of the good weather now that allows you to walk or bike!
River Clean Up.
The Chimney Rock Campground is hosting the 16th annual Upper Iowa River Clean Up on Saturday, September 24th. This event is a fun and rewarding opportunity to give back to the river that supports life and provides entertainment for all ages. Volunteers will receive free breakfast, sack lunch, canoe, transportation and potluck supper for their work throughout the day. If you have residents who like to get outside, or want to help protect the local environment, this is the activity for your floor! Check out the calendar event on the Visit Decorah webpage and get registered!
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Carbon Neutrality goal. This spring marked a major milestone in Luther's quest towards becoming a carbon neutral campus. As of May 2016, Luther has reduced its carbon output by 50% since its peak in 2003. This has been achieved through energy efficiency updates on campus, more renewable energy, and waste reduction strategies. Our next goal is achieving a 70% reduction in carbon by 2020, and with your help, we can continue to meet our goals and make Luther a more sustainable place.
Personal composting bins. The Center for Sustainable Communities is excited to provide every student with a personal composting bucket. The Winneshiek County Recycling Center has donated recycled containers that are the perfect size for collecting small amounts of food waste that may accumulate in individual rooms, that can then be taken to larger composting sites in each resident hall. Contact Energy and Waste fellow Arianna Cocalles to pick up individual composting containers for your residents!
Chargepoint station. This summer, Luther installed a
Chargepoint Electric Vehicle Charging Station behind Olin. Drivers of electric vehicles can pay the nominal $0.50 hook-up fee to charge their vehicle. If you or your residents (or their parents) have electric vehicles, we encourage you to take advantage of this device that allows you to lessen your driving footprint on the environment!
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Tips for a Greener Residence Hall
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 Have you ever thought about which products you are using in the laundry room and in the shower? Next time you need laundry detergent, shampoo, or conditioner, pick a product that is phosphate-free. Phosphates are not only bad for your skin, but are also hard on the environment. Too much phosphate in our lakes and rivers contributes to algae bloom that choke up waterways. Seventh Generation, BioKleen, and ECOS are all phosphate free laundry detergents; read the ingredients on your purchase to make sure it doesn't have this harmful ingredient!
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This newsletter is provided by the Center for Sustainable Communities in collaboration with the Luther College Wellness Department. The mission of the Center is to promote sustainability and be a catalyst for change on campus and in the region. We believe that physical wellness is an important component of sustainability, and advocate for the physical, mental, and emotional health of our campus and local community. For more information on initiatives at Luther and the outreach work of the Center for Sustainable Communities and Wellness Department, please visit:
www.luther.edu/sustainability and
www.luther.edu/studentlife/wellness/.
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Shopping Shuttle
Wednesdday, September 21st
7:30pm SOS room
The shopping shuttle will be taking students to Walmart and to downtown-area shopping locations. The shopping shuttle is free of charge, but students are asked to register.
Learn more
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Taste of Northeast Iowa Local Food and Farm Crawl
Saturday, Sunday, September 17th, 18th
Twelve independent food and farm businesses, all within an easy drive of each other in beautiful northeast Iowa, are jointly hosting free open houses where local foods can be sampled.
Learn more
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Alley Cat Bike Ride
Friday, September 23rd
8:00pm Luther College Bell
Luther's nighttime bicycle scavenger hunt is back again! Join SPOKES, Luther's biking club, for an evening of biking and prizes!
Learn more
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Upper Iowa River Clean Up
Saturday, September 24th
8:00am-6:00pm
This annual event is a fun and rewarding opportunity to give back to the river that supports life and provides entertainiment for all ages.
Learn more
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Arianna Cocalles
Energy and Waste Fellow
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The Center for Sustainable Communities is excited to welcome Arianna Cocalles as the new Energy and Waste Fellow. Through this position, Arianna will work to conserve energy and reduce waste by engaging students, staff, and faculty through outreach, programming, and research.
She is a recent graduate of Beloit College in Southern Wisconsin, where she studied Environmental Geology. Her work in sustainability began as a Sustainability Fellow studying energy conservation within Beloit College's Facilities Department, which she continued throughout college. If you have any questions about her work, or suggestions for improving energy and waste in the residence halls feel free to contact her at cocaar01@luther.edu.
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