Power Summer

Hey Eco-Readers!
Sorry for the lack of posts as of recently.  We would like for you to keep tuned for some easy summer posts and to give you a heads up for some reformatting to come this summer.
Additionally, we'd like to wish good luck and offer thanks to our seniors who graduated a few weeks ago:

• Jon Cohn, blog-poster extraordinaire, and ex-President/Treasurer/general holder-together-er, who will be going to graduate school
• Tripti Bhattacharya, peace loving, plant loving, ex-board member and voice of reason, who will be going to graduate school
• Mike Durante, generally awesome guy, ex-Monk, who will be working with his non-profit, Compass Partners, over the summer and then into the working world come Fall
• Anique Drumright, enthusiasm-expert and spear-header of the off-campus composting movement
• Maggie Curme, outdoor lover and kayaking master
• Annie McBride, artistic genius and ex-board member

Peace out everyone and look forward to some great posts
Love,
Kristin 

Greening Graduation

As this weekend is Parents' Weekend, Jostens set up cap and gown pick-up/purchase in the bookstore, and I was pleasantly surprised/intrigued to see Jostens injecting some environmental responsibility into their messaging.

Here are the points presented:
1) Fiber from renewable, managed forests
2) Fabric proven to decompose in soil
3) Eco-Zip coil zipper
4) Earth-friendly plastic gown packaging
5) Student give-back program



What makes a zipper eco-friendly? Apparently, it is made with 100% recycled PET plastic.

I think it is cool that the fabric will decompose, but I am not planning to test that out.

However, what I would recommend testing out is the Student give-back program. I still have my gown from Commencement, but if you are buying a new one, go to the Jostens website. Fill in the code from the hang tag, and Jostens will donate $1 to the Green Belt Movement or the Nature Conservancy.

(Note: The attached photo is the graph of aforementioned donations--currently at $121.)