{"id":465,"date":"2009-11-30T16:46:53","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T20:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admissions.me.holycross.edu\/?p=465"},"modified":"2009-11-30T16:46:53","modified_gmt":"2009-11-30T20:46:53","slug":"purple-is-green-environmental-sustainability-at-holy-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2009\/11\/30\/purple-is-green-environmental-sustainability-at-holy-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"Purple IS Green: Environmental Sustainability at Holy Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-426\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2009\/11\/SuzanneTimmons.BLOG2.jpg\" alt=\"SuzanneTimmons.BLOG2\" width=\"105\" height=\"150\" \/>I can\u2019t begin to tell you the number of times I\u2019ve had students ask me about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holycross.edu\/departments\/CISS\/website\/environmental_studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmental Studies<\/a> major at Holy Cross. On these occasions, I typically can easily rattle off the number of majors we have on campus and the requirements of the program. Today though, I learned some even more important facts and statistics about the way in which Holy Cross is pursuing environmental sustainability. Listed below are a few things that I took away from this professional development opportunity:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Holy Cross has adopted a green building policy, with the intent of meeting LEED silver certification standards with all new major construction and renovations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The College manages an active composting program (using leaves, hedge clippings, etc.) that generates approximately 700 yards of compost for use in the College\u2019s flower\/plant beds. Additionally, the College has purchased and employs mulching mowers for the 100+ acres of lawns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kimball Main Dining Hall went \u201ctrayless\u201d in March 2009. It is expected that 25 to 50 percent less food will be wasted, and up to a half gallon of water will be saved per tray not washed, saving 900 gallons of water a day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beginning in the spring of 2009, the College began growing vegetables and fruits in a <a href=\"http:\/\/pictureperfect.me.holycross.edu\/2009\/08\/31\/taking-root\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">community garden<\/a> adjacent to the Hart football practice fields. Faculty, staff, and students are involved in this collaborative project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So, if you are considering Holy Cross and wonder if we plan to \u201cgo green\u201d, the answer is, we already have! For updates on our sustainability, keep an eye on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sustainability website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Suzanne Timmons<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Director of Admissions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can\u2019t begin to tell you the number of times I\u2019ve had students ask me about the Environmental Studies major at Holy Cross. On these occasions, I typically can easily rattle off the number of majors we have on campus and the requirements of the program. Today though, I learned some even more important facts &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2009\/11\/30\/purple-is-green-environmental-sustainability-at-holy-cross\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Purple IS Green: Environmental Sustainability at Holy Cross&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":615,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[57,95],"class_list":["post-465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-suzanne-timmons","tag-campus","tag-environment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/615"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}