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Travel / Service Opportunitiesfor StudentsLooking for international / intercultural experience? Considerjoining our service trip teams this year. Learn more at ourupcoming info session.

Learn more about this year's Service Trips

Upcoming Events & VolunteerOpportunities

Everybody Wins! Reading mentoring program is lookingfor more weekly mentors at Edmunds ElementarySchool. Several Champlain employees participate, butthis opportunity is open to students also. Learn morehere. October is Fair Trade Month & Campus SustainabilityMonth - look for events across campus and in thecommunityThursday 10/10 A Return to the Mad House: ClimateChange in the Age of Trump (UVM) Sunday 10/13 Harvest Run for Sustainability in theIntervale - volunteer opportunities also availableMonday 10/14 Indigenous People's DayThursday 10/24 UN Day, Vendors, Tabling, Food Trucks,Speaker and PanelSaturday 10/26 Turtle Beach Clean Up volunteeropportunity

See more events and info on our calendar

Burlington producesfirst Equity Report According to the report's website, "Thisreport is not intended to be acomprehensive analysis of all datarelated to the City of Burlington and itsresidents, but rather a resource to help inform discussion,evaluation, and policy decisions that improve the provision ofaccess to City services and programs. As such, the EquityReport concludes with a series of initial recommendations andcontains several requests for public feedback to improvecontinued efforts to examine the City’s work through an equitylens."

The report features information on demographics, economicwell-being, housing, community and natural resources,education and workforce development, public safety andcommunity health, and findings and recommendations. See thefull report at www.burlingtonvt.gov/it/reports/equity

As of October 9th,ChamplainCollege is leadingforcolleges/universitiesin this year'snational ProjectGreen Challenge .And Julia Leonardand Holly Francisare in the topindividuals! Keep itup, team!

CommunityPartnerSpotlight:ParentUniversityPU is hoping to findstudents who wouldvolunteer with themon providing activitiesfor youth that attendwith their parents(while the parents arein the workshops) -along the lines of artprojects and otherengaging activities.For the fall session,they will have 25parents, who typicallycome fromBurlington's NewAmerican population.The fall program runsOct. 22- Dec. 20, M-Th from 3:30-5pm atCP Smith School.The coordinator ishoping to findstudents who are ableto commit to at leastone day per week(realizing that oursemester ends earlierthan their program).Contact SydneyHinckley for moreinformation.

Champlain College Representatives attend UNUniversity's Regional Center of Expertise Meetingof the AmericasFrom September 22-25, 2019, Dr. Valerie Esposito and Dr. Christina Erickson representedChamplain College at the RCE Meeting of the Americas , hosted by the Greater BurlingtonSustainability Education Network , of which Champlain College is a member. This meeting broughttogether delegates from North, Central and South America (from Venezuela to Saskatchewan,Canada) to discuss the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, Education for Sustainability, and inparticular Human Health & the Environment. For more, see this WCAX clip featuring Jen Cirillo from Shelburne Farms.

Missed

Monday's workshop? Check out the slides by clicking on the image or here .

10th Annual Trash Bash ResultsOn October 9th, we had our 10th annual Trash Bash Waste Sort in the IDX Student Center atChamplain College. We sorted trash into recyclables, food waste/liquids (compost), batteries (e-waste), and single-use coffee cups. We found that roughly 41.4% of items (by weight) placedinto the trash were not trash items . See the full results on our blog.

Green Revolving Fund - NextProposal deadline is November 1,2019What is the GRF? Primarily a fund thatsupports energy efficiency projects here oncampus, but also has a portion available forprojects proposed by Champlain Collegestudents, faculty or staff. Have an idea for a project? Email us the ideaand we'll give you feedback on how best toproceed. Proposals for projects are due November 1 andMarch 1. Learn more at

www.champlain.edu/greenfund

Champlain College student gleaning with the Intervale Center team at Jericho Settler's Farm,October 4, 2019.

The Center for Service and Sustainability works to connect the students of Champlain College with the broadercommunity in beneficial ways that provide educational opportunities to reflect, to learn and to work toward a

flourishing world for all.Check out our Google Calendar and Blog for other upcoming events and service opportunities.

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