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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.&nbsp;<a href="http://ausable.org/core/index.php?S=a7957abf4d931deefd87f5eca6da2a38f184f4db&amp;D=cp&amp;C=content_publish&amp;M=entry_form&amp;channel_id=2&amp;entry_id=474">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&nbsp;<a href="http://ausable.org/courses/participating_institutions/">63 participating colleges</a>&nbsp;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&nbsp;<a href="">Earthkeepers club</a>&nbsp;is preparing for its second year of high yielding produce in their campus garden (on right). 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&nbsp;<a href="">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&nbsp;<a href="">remove invasive Buckthorn</a>&nbsp;around campus. In December, the club partnered with the Christian environmental group&nbsp;<a href="">Restoring Eden</a>, to bring&nbsp;<a href="">renowned explorer and environmentalist</a><a href="">, Will Steger</a>, to campus to talk about climate change and how it relates to Minnesotans.</p>
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	<strong>Houghton College (Houghton, NY)</strong>: The school&#39;s Environmental Club has been working with campus sustainability coordinator, Brian Webb, to make some big changes on campus, including reducing waste on campus from the coffee shop and food services. They spent last semester readily supporting the new and growing local co-operative market by buying food and hosting dinners for club members and friends. This semester started with a workshop on making windowsill gardens to grow vegetables and herbs in dorm rooms, with more on the horizon. The rest of the spring will see more dinners and larger events promoting environmentally conscious decisions as college students. During the last full week of January, they held a campus-wide&nbsp;<a href="http://www.houghton.edu/praxis/schedule/">Praxis series exploring sustainable food systems</a> through workshops, Chapel talks, and dinners.</p>
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	<strong>Calvin College (Grand Rapids, MI)</strong>: The Calvin College student life has turned the January Interim into a time to raise awareness for environmental sustainability through a <a href="http://www.calvin.edu/news/archive/kill-a-watt-points-for-sustainability">Kill-a-Watt competition</a> between dorms. Each dorm organizes educational events around the themes of Earth, Wind, and Water and encourage students to adopt practices that lower energ use, eat less meat, and take shorter showers. By participating in each of these activities, students earn points for their dorm. In conjuction with Kill-a-Watt month, Calvin held chapel services around the <a href="http://new.livestream.com/calvin-college/events/1737972">theme of creation care</a>, including <a href="http://new.livestream.com/calvin-college/events/1737999">testimonies from students</a> involved with the <a href="http://www.calvin.edu/student-orgs/index/environmental-stewardship-coalition.html">Environmental Stewardship Coalition</a>.</p>
