Marissa Ciampi Micrograntee 2015/16

Marissa Ciampi, Photography Sustainability Microgrant Awardee 2015/16 For the past six years I’ve been working at a retail greenhouse, which is part of a larger 60-acre greenhouse corporation. This past summer was my first time working with the wholesale production of plants and it completely changed the way I looked at the flowers we sell. …

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REUSE REVOLUTION

 Clean Water Action Reuse Revolution campaign   The Sustainability Incubator is a no single use classroom.  What does this mean?? Do you ever notice the pile of trash that is left over when you’re done with your take-out meal? Our “throw-away” lifestyle creates tons of waste from single-use products that we use for just a …

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Global Ecologies Studio @ Burren College of Art in Western Ireland

Please find attached information on a unique summer course in Ireland called “Global Ecologies Studio”. This 6 credit course ( 3 Studio, 3 Science ) is being offered at the Burren College of Art in Western Ireland. It is a joint project of the Partners in Academic Leadership in Sustainability ( PALS). This course is …

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Ellen Driscoll: From Plants to Plastics, artists talk

Visiting Artist Talk: Ellen Driscoll FROM PLANTS TO PLASTICS: STUDIES IN CROSS-POLLINATION Thursday, January 28, 6:30PM Lecture Hall, Design and Media Center Working in public art, sculpture, drawing, and installation, Ellen Driscoll‘s artwork draws inspiration from sources as varied as ancient memory arts, shadow play, and astronomy. Based on the exploration of paradoxes, her work features …

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Sustainability Incubator

The Sustainability Incubator is a spring 2016 interdisciplinary platform for developing and cross-pollinating innovative curriculum and art/design projects at the intersection of social justice, health, and the environment. The Incubator brings together work by faculty, staff, and students from classes, studios, and offices in a hybrid studio classroom that produces, synthesizes, performs, and activates new …

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Future Designers: Eco Remix Fashion F15

EILEEN FISHER gave sustainable fashion students from Massachusetts College of Art and Design gently used garments from GREEN EILEEN as part of their coursework. These photographs are from the reception displaying and celebrating the fashion students who refashioned garments for a second life. Wednesday, November 4, 2015   Eileen Fisher  The Mall at Chestnut Hill

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