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The Allen Memorial Art Museum will close for the summer starting May 27 in the lead up to the completion of Oberlin College and Conservatory’s Sustainable Infrastructure Program (SIP), according to a news release.This project will transition the campus to a geothermal heating and cooling system and bring it within sight of the goal of […]
I hate car-dependent culture, and I recognize that’s a real privilege. I grew up in Cambridge, MA, a semi-urban city with infrastructure that enabled me to bike to middle and high school almost every day. When it was too cold or rainy, or when I just wasn’t up for it, I took a public bus...
The Office of Environmental Sustainability signed a contract last month with Old Slate Farm — a sheep and cut flower farm in Mount Vernon, OH — to bring sheep onto campus that will eat the grass around the College’s solar panels. The contract will bring around 150–200 sheep to mow three times this year —...
Oberlin’s drive toward carbon neutrality will continue this spring with the third phase of construction for the Sustainable Infrastructure Program (SIP). Removing and replacing trees is necessary to upgrade the existing steam pipes with new low temperature hot water and chilled water pipes for the new geothermalenergy system. This week trees are being planted after the
Each year, Green Energy Ohio presents Green Achievement Awards to individuals, businesses, universities, nonprofits, and government and community entities for the work they have accomplished in advancing GEO’s mission. Oberlin College will be recognized as the 2022 recipient of the Green Achievement Award for Academia.