Discover(ing) Sustainability

Check out this article in today’s Portsmouth Herald, “Learn more about Community Supported Agriculture (and fisheries!)” Attend CSA Day on Saturday February 27th at the Winter Farmers’ Market in Rollinsford, and find out how to buy a share in a local farmer’s or fisherman’s harvest. For more info about the event, click here. Written by [...]

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This past Wednesday evening I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Gables to have a discussion with fellow students about sustainability. Like my conversation with the students of the Green Living floor at Hunter Hall, we explored a wide array of sustainability topics (what sustainability is and why its important, projects like ZipCar [...]

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Last night was a special night for UNH as Provost John Aber and Chief Sustainability Officer Tom Kelly did a special book reading of “The Sustainable Learning Community: One University’s Journey to the Future” at RiverRun Bookstore in Portsmouth. Thank you Michele at RiverRun for organizing this with UNH! And thank you to everyone who [...]

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Marli and I went to the Winter Farmers Market in Exeter today, and I’m sharing this experience because it was our first time to a FM in NH. Despite some confusion in locating it, the experience was terrific! The variety in products was much more than expected given that its winter. We got a great [...]

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Slow Food UNH recently launched “Less Canned, More FRESH,” a new initiative to help get fresh, seasonal food into the local food pantries. Student volunteers will be collecting donations at the Winter Farmers’ Markets on February 27 and March 27 in Rollinsford, NH, to be delivered to the Cornucopia Food Pantry.  Find out more about upcoming Slow [...]

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We blog. We Facebook. Now we’re tweeting! Follow us on Twitter! See you in cyberspace. Written by Sara.

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Today Governor John Lynch and UNH President Mark Huddleston announced the new Green Launching Pad. How cool is this? As its website says, the Green Launching pad will: “…connect entrepreneurs and private industry with technical, scientific and business faculty and students at UNH and statewide to successfully launch new green businesses. The goal is to [...]

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