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sustainability

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Webpages:

Beech Hill Farm
www.coa.edu/farms/beech-hill-farm/
Environmental Commitment
www.coa.edu/about/environmental-commitment/
Farming & Food Systems
www.coa.edu/academics/areas-of-study/farming-food-systems/

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Stories:

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The Most Beautiful College in Every State

College of the Atlantic’s campus is cited by Travel and Leisure as the most alluring in Maine with its seaside location and the Turrets’ storybook charm.
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Renewable Energy Plans Reap $10,000 Award

A Projects for Peace grant to bring renewable energy to an impoverished elementary school in Ghana is awarded to first-year College of the Atlantic student Sara Löwgren.
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These 5 Colleges are Green Year-Round, Not Just on Earth Day [USA Today]

Instead of just pushing students to recycle and take shorter showers or use just one paper towel here and there, a number of schools have made deeper commitments to being green — including plans to cut down fossil fuel usage, increase spending on local and organic food and teach about sustainability.

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Courses:

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Faculty:

Gray Cox

Faculty, Philosophy, Peace Studies, & Language Learning
Jay Friedlander

Faculty, Sustainable Business

Residences:

Kathryn W. Davis Village