The Hope squirrels are no longer the only ones who get to use the maple trees in the Pine Grove for resources. A new initiative on campus is underway to promote sustainability. Senior Biology and Spanish double major Monica Elliott had the brilliant idea to extract the sap from our very own beloved maple…
This past week, Hope Advocates for Sustainability, Green Hope and the Greenteam paired with the Holland-Hope Sustainability Institute to sprout Earth Week full of education, art and fun. For many, Earth Week is reserved for April and Earth Day festivities but on a campus and in a town that calls homage to the great lakes…
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’…