Like VLS, Dartmouth College (in Hanover, NH, about a half hour’s drive from SoRo) is devoted to the principles of sustainability.  Last week, for example, the college provided a waste-free cookout for the entire school community (thousands of people).  I always appreciate free food, but it was especially gratifying to have such an event with a reduced ecological footprint.  Much of the food was grown nearby.  We used real dishes.  The food scraps and unbleached paper napkins were composted afterward.

In addition to last week’s festivities (it was the first week of the term), Dartmouth makes a significant effort to provide food from area farms in at least one of its dining halls on a regular basis.  The college has its very own working organic farm.  And every Friday this term, the college’s engineering school is hosting a seminar on a topic related to renewable energy, carbon, and/or climate change.  The one-hour seminars begin at 3:30pm on Fridays (with coffee/tea and desserts provided at 3:15) in room 100 of Cummings Hall at Dartmouth.  Please feel free to attend if you are in the area.  The seminars are definitely interesting and worthwhile, in my opinion.  (Yes, everything I write in these posts is my opinion, and not necessarily Vermont Law School’s.  I must remember to say that periodically, mustn’t I?  Maybe I should also say that I’m not speaking for Dartmouth, either; I am employed by the college, but my comments are still my own!)

Anyway, I thought maybe I should say something about all this because (1) Vermont Law School and Dartmouth College offer a joint degree program (MSEL/MBA) as well as occasional opportunities for students of one institution to take classes at the other, and I thought maybe this would be of interest to some (hypothetical) readers, (2) obviously matters of environmental sustainability are of interest to a great many people at Vermont Law School, and (3) Dartmouth’s relative proximity to VLS makes it somewhat relevant to life at VLS and it might not be too far to travel if you wanna go to one of those seminars.  So, yeah.

I’m not very coherent today.  Don’t know if it matters, but I have been having a rather tough time lately… not necessarily with school, but just personal stuff (although that rubs off on school and everything else, doesn’t it?).  I think I’ll pull through, though.  I sure hope so.

On an unrelated topic, I see that my VLS email is already at 36% of its capacity.  How the not-heaven did it get that full in barely a month?!  Maybe I should go through and delete a bunch of stuff… but seriously.  That’s pretty full pretty quickly, and I already do delete most of that junk…