All levels of education embrace creation care as a central theme impacting all disciplines. Students of all ages are guided in reconnecting to the natural world. Youth are instructed and counseled in value, lifestyle, and career choices that demonstrate stewardship of the earth. Schools practice sustainable building design and transportation patterns.

SCHOOLS IN ACTION

CMU's Braintree Creation Care Centre Gains Director, Heritage Site Status

Canadian Mennonite University's Braintree Creation Care Centre recently received a new director and a new classification: the Nature Conservancy Canada has named the 800-acre property a heritage site. Kenneth Reddig will serve as director. Reddig brings extensive administrative experience and a lifelong love of nature to the position.
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EMU to Host Signature Solar Power Project on Campus

HARRISONBURG, Va. - Eastern Mennonite University will soon feature another
shade of green on its campus: the site of Virginia’s first
commercial-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) installation in the Commonwealth
of Virginia.

The new installation is part of a proposed revision to the campus master
plan to allow for approximately 600 kilowatts of solar energy panels to be
installed on the campus. The installation is expected to generate about
12 percent of EMU’s total electricity use and save the University an
estimated $2 million in avoided electricity costs over the 25-year
project. read more

Goshen College cuts mowing, adds biodiversity with new prairie

In October 2009, a team of ecology students, professors and Physical Plant employees began two tall-grass prairie restorations at Goshen College. The prairies will sequester carbon, provide habitat, reduce mowing costs and educate students about restoration. read more

Prairies are important parts of other Mennonite campuses as well. In 2008, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA, created a prairie on the north side of EMU's hill. Meanwhile, at Bethel College, Bethel, KS, stewards two prairie preserves, Sand Prairie Natural History Reservation and Broadie Prairie Preserve.

Dining Halls Combat Waste with Trayless Dining, Composting

Dining halls across the country have figured out that students waste less food if they carry their food piecemeal rather than putting it on a tray. Eastern Mennonite University, Bethel College and Goshen College all went trayless in the last two years.

In addition, EcoPax, Goshen College’s environmental group, is implementing a pilot project to compost waste from the dining hall, beginning in January 2010. read more

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Mennonite Creation Care Network seeks examples of schools of all levels, from kindergarten to graduate education, where environmental stewardship is taught and practiced. Send stories to lukeag@goshen.edu or jenniferhs@goshen.edu.

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