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Articles by Catherine Hagenbush

Tips for a sustainable holiday season

Catherine Hagenbush
Campus
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December 7, 2016

The most wonderful time of the year leaves us full of cheer, home cooking and holiday memories. This season also leaves us with mountains of accumulated Yuletide rubbish destined for the landfill. As you gear up for your holly, jolly Christmas, consider these sustainable improvements to your favorite tradition: 1. Lights are perhaps the most…

Hope Recycles Week: The Dutch go green

Catherine Hagenbush
Campus
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November 9, 2016

Do you feel a pinch of guilt every time you drop your garbage into the trashcan? Do you occasionally place your food wrappers or plastics in the recycling bin in hopes that it will be recycled somehow? If so, you’re like many other Hope College students, according to my recent informal observations of our campuses’…