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	<em>Au Sable has teamed up with Renewal Coordinator, Tyler Amy, to highlight the environmental work taking place at our Christian colleges and universities across North America. <a href="">Renewal</a>&nbsp;knows the creation care landscape at Christian colleges better than anyone. As an organization, it supports student groups at Christian colleges in raising awareness of environmental issues and implementing environmental projects on campus. Au Sable is very pleased to partner with Tyler to provide insight into how students are doing kingdom-building work and making inroads for creation care at Au Sable&#39;s <a href="http://ausable.org/courses/participating_institutions/">63 participating colleges</a> and beyond.</em></p>
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	<em>If you know of sustainability initiatives happening on your campus that you think should be featured in future blogs, let Tyler know by e-mailing him at tyler@renewingcreation.org.</em></p>
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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Eastern-University-Garden.jpg" style="width: 200px; height: 133px; float: right;" /><strong>Eastern University (St. David&#39;s, PA)</strong>: The student-run <a href="http://www.eastern.edu/academic/cas/depts/biology/science_clubs.html">Earthkeepers club</a> is preparing for its second year of high yielding produce in their campus garden. They are continuing to establish distribution sites, including on-campus options and local church ministries. Also in terms of food production, honey is beginning to be made in the university&#39;s <a href="http://www.eastern.edu/news/releases/2012/honeybees.html">new on-campus apiary</a>. Lastly, Eastern University is in the early stages of beginning a more permanent composting project.&nbsp;</p>
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	<strong>Bethel University (St. Paul, MN)</strong>: The Bethel Creation Restoration club has been busy this winter. As Minnesota is in a decision making process of whether to move away from coal and towards alternative energy sources, the students of the on-campus Creation Restoration club campaigned for clean energy at the state capitol. The club has also been working alongside Bethel University faculty and staff to <a href="http://www.bethel.edu/news/clarion/articles/2012/november/buckthorn-bustin">remove invasive Buckthorn</a> around campus. In December, the club partnered with the Christian environmental group <a href="http://restoringeden.org/">Restoring Eden</a>, to bring <a href="http://www.bethel.edu/news/articles/2012/december/polar-visit">renowned explorer and environmentalist</a><a href="http://www.bethel.edu/news/articles/2012/december/polar-visit">, Will Steger</a>, to campus to talk about climate change and how it relates to Minnesotans.</p>
