Colorado College Environmental Program

Our first faculty research lunch talk is starting in 30 minutes! Come hear professor Howard Drossman talk about Sustainability Literacy Assessments!! Tutt science building 122 (the lecture hall)!

It was an eventful Block 4 for students in our Energy class. We took several trips, including a visit to the National Renewable Energy Lab in Golden, CO, and a tour of the Front Range and Ray Nixon Power Plants that generate electricity for Colorado Springs. Students also undertook some exciting projects. Earlier in the block, the class did an energy retrofit to improve the energy efficiency of an off-campus house earlier in the block, getting some hands-on experience. Last week ended with a lab session making and testing different kinds of batteries, and students will finish out class this week with presentations on different types of renewable energies. It's been a great end to the semester, thought I'm sure students will be glad to be done with problem sets and off to break!

On Tuesday students stood outside Worner protesting the election results. Today, my Facebook feed is filled not with anger and fear, but calls for action and togetherness. So let's not think about what this might mean for environmental policy in the next four years, or the supreme court, or any of the setbacks that might come. This is a chance for us to come together as a nation and fight for real change.

Check out our Fall 2016 Newsletter to hear about upcoming events and lectures, students' adventures over the summer, and alumni travels! Find it on our website:https://www.coloradocollege.edu/academics/dept/environmentalprogram/docs/Newsletter%20Fall%202016.pdf