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May E-Cycling Event

Event

The next electronics recycling event is on Saturday October 6th. It will take place at the UCC Church at 300 Union Street in Northfield from 10am to noon.

Please drop off materials on the collection day only. Jim, the recycler, is still accepting CRT televisions and monitors, but they must be transportable by one person and there is a small cash fee for each, depending on the size.

Any other electronic items will be accepted, as will metal items. If you have questions about what can or can’t be dropped off, please contact Jim directly at 651-214-3857.

Tapping Into Sustainability

Focus: Food, Resource

This paper is a senior thesis by Carleton students James Harren, Mayte Aldrett, and Emma Dempsey. They studied three local breweries, focusing on the motivations of brewers and brewery customers for creating and consuming local beer. By using a mixed methods approach that includes surveys, interviews, ethnographic observations, and website analysis, the authors find that, as indicated by the literature on alternative food movements, local beer producers and consumers are motivated by notions of economic justice, high-quality goods, environmental responsibility, and sense of place.

Light Pollution in Northfield video

Focus: Energy, Focus: Land, Resource

New innovations in LED lighting has created a jump in light pollution. The blue light of these LEDs can lead to more health problems for humans. This video was created to give an overview of light pollution, what it is, how it affects us and what we can do to combat it. To see video, follow this link: https://vimeo.com/296543107.
Created by Carleton College students Isaac Reynaldo, Lance Xiong, & Alan Zheng.