Sustainable Hanover Walking Tour
In collaboration with Antioch College and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Dartmouth College hosted in mid-September the sixth biannual conference on “promoting a rural Northeast region that is climate resilient, equitable, economically revitalized, and decarbonized.” Organizers invited Sustainable Hanover to showcase some of the Town’s sustainability initiatives, including a walking tour of downtown Hanover and brief presentations at Town Hall.
Local Solutions Conferences
Local action on climate change has always been important, and perhaps never more so than in the current period while we have drastically reduced support from our federal and state governments. This September, two conferences sought to help attendees by providing a forum for them to share and network with others also promoting local action.
Dartmouth Leads & Hanover Supports
Anyone driving through Hanover this summer has surely noticed the construction along East Wheelock, especially the once very deep and huge holes in front of the New Hampshire and Topliff dorms. “It looks like the College is building a subway system,” my husband commented.
Prominently displayed signs suggest otherwise. “Turning the corner from steam to hot water,” says one. “In the trenches to reach our goal,” says another. This construction is the initial stage of a $500m effort by Dartmouth to decarbonize.
Dartmouth College Sustainability
Sustainable Hanover’s first meeting of the new year featured an important update on Dartmouth College’s sustainability developments and plans. Rosi Kerr (Sustainability Director), Josh Keniston (Senior VP for Capital Planning & Campus Operations) and Abbe Bjorkund (Director of Engineering & Utilities) joined together to present a wide-ranging review of what has transpired in the immediate past and what they foresee for the future.