Sustainable Bates

The 2024 Eco-reps at their most recent meeting after planting asparagus in the PLOT (Bates’ garden!!!).

This year’s final approved Green Grant was proposed by Caroline Mayer and Sarah Smith. Using the grant, they worked on educational posters to put around Page Hall to help educate Bates students about how to reduce contamination in recycling. Read more above!

Our next Green Grant proposal was written by Liza Bell. This grant was created in order to help the green bike program here at Bates, where students can rent out a bike for free in order to help sustainable transportation more possible at Bates. Liza’s Grant goes towards new materials and improvements for the program! Learn more by reading the information above!

Do you want to borrow a bike during Short term? The Bates EcoReps and the library have teamed up to create a Bates bike library! You can now check out a bike for a week, on a first-come, first-served basis, similar to checking out a book.

The Ladd front desk will be able to set you up with a bike by issuing you a key which matches one of the bikes outside the entrance. The Bike ID on the keychain will let you know which bike you have.

⭐️Treat the bikes nicely, and please return them in time so others can use them as well. We suggest wearing a helmet.⭐️

Learn more and find more resources in the link in our Bio!🚴🏽‍♀️

Congratulations to our Green Grant winners! This year grants written by five students were accepted by the Bates Committee for Environmental Responsibility. Each grant received between $200-$2000 to bring their sustainability project to life. Thank you to everyone who applied to make an important impact!