Groups on Campus

Areas of Action

Environmental Action Alliance

The EAA is a student group that works to educate the campus on sustainability initiatives and takes on projects that better the relationship of the College to the environment. Recent projects include the introduction of new recycling bins on campus and the Sustainability Theme House. The EAA also runs the Fair Trade Café, a weekly luncheon that promotes locally grown organic foods. The group meets once a week and joining is a great way for interested students to get involved.

Campus Sustainability Committee

The Sustainability Committee advises the College President regarding sustainability issues, promotes sustainability awareness throughout the campus community, promotes local action and global thinking, promotes individual and community responsibility, oversees regular assessment of the sustainability of the College, makes recommendations for changes in College practices that will reduce its impact on the environment, and researches and initiates specific sustainability projects. The Committee puts together activities for Sustainability Week, carries out CFL bulb exchanges, and hosts campus speakers.

Sustainability Award

The Franklin & Marshall Award for Innovation in Sustainability is given to the student or students who propose and implement the project that has or will contribute the most to the sustainability of the Franklin & Marshall Community.

Sustainability Theme House

The Sustainability House, at 550-552 West James Street, provides a home for a community of students who are dedicated to preserving the environment for future generations. The house has two goals: to live communally and minimize environmental impacts, and to offer information to the campus at large. This project was designed entirely by students. Their most recent accomplishment is the awarding of a $30,000 grant for solar panels that are currently being installed.

College Organic Gardens

Three students, fondly referred to as the 'The Dirt Army', established an organic vegetable garden at Baker Campus as part of an internship program in sustainable food sources in the spring and summer of 2009. The garden internships continue this year. In addition, college staff and faculty are also growing vegetables in a revived College Community Garden program at Baker Campus.