Sustainability News
Luther to host ‘Energy Idle’ concert in Marty's Feb. 6
February 4, 2010 at 9:31 amFeb. 4, 2010
Luther College will host “Energy Idle,” a concert to kick-off the college’s energy competition month, Saturday, Feb. 6, at 9 p.m. in Marty’s in Dahl Centennial Union. Read more...
College to host community’s fifth annual Empty Bowls project March 7
February 3, 2010 at 9:16 amFeb. 3, 2010
Luther College and the tri-state community will join together in March in an effort to fight hunger. The community’s fifth annual Empty Bowls project will be held Sunday, March 7, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the Center for the Arts. Read more...
Luther receives $85,979 grant for permeable pavement construction
February 2, 2010 at 10:47 amFeb. 2, 2010
Luther College has been awarded an $85,979 grant from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to replace the asphalt paving of an existing 24,600-square-foot parking on the Luther campus with a more environmentally beneficial permeable surface. Read more...
Luther brings vermicomposting to residence halls
January 22, 2010 at 1:58 pmJan. 22, 2010
Ask Luther College students, “What is the Diet of Worms?” and they may explain it was the assembly in 1521 in Germany at which Martin Luther refused to recant his writings, stated “Here I stand. I can do no other,” and inspired the Protestant Reformation. Or they may say “fruits and vegetables.”
Luther students have started disposing of fruit and vegetable waste in worm composting bins installed Jan. 15 in seven of Luther’s residence halls by students from the Luther Sustainability program. Read more...
Sustainability expert Anthony Cortese to speak at Luther convocation Feb. 4
January 20, 2010 at 4:40 pmJan. 20, 2010
Anthony D. Cortese, Sc.D., co-founder with U.S. Senator John Kerry and Teresa Heinz and president of the nonprofit organization Second Nature, will be the featured speaker at the Luther College spring convocation, Thursday, Feb. 4, at 9:40 a.m. in the Center for Faith and Life. Read more...
College creates Sustainable Living House
January 8, 2010 at 1:30 pmJan. 8, 2010
Luther College will open Luther’s Sustainable Living House, dedicated to building a sustainable lifestyle, in the fall of 2010. Read more...
Luther Sustainability and ECO to conduct fourth annual energy competition Feb. 5-March 5
January 5, 2010 at 11:19 amJan. 5, 2010
Luther College Sustainability and the college’s Environmental Concerns Organization (ECO) will conduct the fourth annual Luther College Energy Competition from Feb. 5–March 5, challenging students to reduce energy use in the college’s residence halls. Read more...
Author Michael Pollan to present Farwell Lecture, ‘In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto,’ Feb. 23
December 18, 2009 at 4:30 pmDec. 18, 2009
Michael Pollan, journalist and author of the best-selling books “In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto” and “The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals,” will speak at Luther College Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. in the Center for Faith and Life main hall. Read more...
Luther announces ACUPCC Climate Action Plan
December 1, 2009 at 4:14 pmDec. 1, 2009
Luther College joined colleges and universities across the nation that announced their Climate Action Plans on Sept. 15. The plans developed by the educational institutions, which are all signatories of the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), contain the specific steps the schools are taking to reach climate neutrality by drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions and long-term operational costs. Read more...
Luther College to host first Oneota Film Festival Jan. 22-23
November 2, 2009 at 4:44 pmNov. 2, 2009
Luther College will be the site of the first Oneota Film Festival, Jan. 22-23, as the college hosts the showing of several nationally and internationally acclaimed sustainability-themed films as the focal point of a community discussion of local sustainability issues including food, energy, economies and life choices. Read more...
Roger Thurow to present ‘Why the World’s Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty’ at Global Poverty Conference Nov. 21
November 2, 2009 at 4:12 pmNov. 2, 2009
Roger Thurow, Wall Street Journal reporter and co-author of “Enough: Why the World’s Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty,” will serve as the keynote speaker when Luther College hosts the Upper Midwest Global Poverty Conference on Saturday, Nov. 21. Read more...
Sebesta Blomberg consultants help Luther develop energy conservation program
October 28, 2009 at 2:10 pmOct. 28, 2009
Luther College has hired consultants from Sebesta Blomberg, a worldwide engineering firm, to lend direction to a new initiative at Luther on energy conservation. The college is using a portion of the $45,000 Rocky Mountain Institute grant received this summer to bring the consultants to campus Nov. 3-4. Read more...
