Environmental Health
… Smoking Policy Preventing and Responding to Building Water Damage Vehicle Idling Compact Fluorescent Lights: Use and Disposal Mercury Disposal on Campus 2021 Water Quality Report: Town of Amherst Infectious Disease Fact … Smoking Policy Preventing and Responding to Building Water Damage Vehicle Idling Compact Fluorescent Lights: …
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Wetlands Boxes as Water Filters
… Wetlands Boxes as Water Filters The water pouring from spigots on the wetlands boxes into buckets … brown. Each group of students is measuring how tap water is affected when filtered through the constructed …
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R.W. Kern Center's Water Treatment System
… R.W. Kern Center's Water Treatment System The R.W. Kern Center’s design documents explain that the building’s greywater—water from the bathrooms and kitchen sinks and drinking … the atmosphere and undergo an aerobic treatment process. Water that cannot be absorbed by
the planter will continue …
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Pick Your Own
… wish to bring a Mason jar or other container full of cold water into which you can put your bouquet to help prevent … cutting your flowers, put them at least temporarily into water using a water bottle, a Mason jar, or whatever else you have to hand. …
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Cole Science Center Laboratory Safety Manual
… Corrosive Chemicals 5.3 Reactive Chemicals 5.4 Compressed Gas 5.5 Cryogenic Systems 5.6 Acute Toxins 5.7 Reproductive … Corrosive Chemicals 5.3 Reactive Chemicals 5.4 Compressed Gas 5.5 Cryogenic Systems 5.6 Acute Toxins 5.7 Reproductive …
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New Collaborative Solar Facility Goes Online
… emissions by more than 3,200 metric tons and greenhouse gas emissions by 17.5 percent. The College had already … building” that harvests its own energy from the sun, water from the rain, and treats its own waste, and is net … building” that harvests its own energy from the sun, water from the rain, and treats its own waste, and is net …
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How To Build A Non-Toxic Net-Zero Living Building
… Mass., to design a building that supplies its own water and energy on-site, and processes its own waste. … in the U.S. contributing to our country’s greenhouse gas emissions; no strategy to control climate change can … national news of hazardous levels of lead in drinking water in US communities, formaldehyde in flooring products, …
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Outdoor Fire Procedure
… Burning must be constantly attended and a garden hose or water source must be readily available in addition to … Contact facilities and grounds for locations of water sources. 413.559.5431 After the fire event is over and … Burning must be constantly attended and a garden hose or water source must be readily available in addition to …
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Malama 'Aina:
… Lo‘i (taro patch project), Uka (uplands project), and Wa‘a (sailing canoe project). Through such projects, students … important, and students will be required to have a water bottle with them. Sometimes hazy air pollution caused … Lo‘i (taro patch project), Uka (uplands project), and Wa‘a (sailing canoe project). Through such projects, students …
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Compact Fluorescent Lights: Use and Disposal
… in your residence hall or office, and prevent greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global climate change. … in your residence hall or office, and prevent greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global climate change. …
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Employee Safety Programs
… Equipment Respiratory Protection Vehicle Drivers Water Damage Response and Mold Remediation Workplace … Equipment Respiratory Protection Vehicle Drivers Water Damage Response and Mold Remediation Workplace …
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Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich 07F’s Debut Feature “The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire" Premieres at the Rotterdam Film Festival
… including at the 2023 Berlinale, the 2022 La Biennale di Venezia, the Guggenheim Museum, the Tate Modern, and the … including at the 2023 Berlinale, the 2022 La Biennale di Venezia, the Guggenheim Museum, the Tate Modern, and the …
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Hampshire College Sustainability Revolving Fund
… in fossil fuel energy costs, waste disposal costs, and/or water use costs. Innovation and Engagement Projects - Involve … fossil fuel energy costs, waste disposal costs, or water use costs. Efficiency projects should have a payback … in fossil fuel energy costs, waste disposal costs, and/or water use costs. Innovation and Engagement Projects - Involve …
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Narrative Evaluation Example
… of an integrated science learning experience combining water resources, mathematical modeling, and energy using the … and developed good skills analyzing innovative energy and water system's in the Kern Center building. Students first … Later in the semester, student groups analyzed the grey water treatment system in the building. As they had for the …
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Our Living Land Acknowledgement
Our Living Land Acknowledgement We offer this as an example of what a living land acknowledgement can be. Members of the Hampshire Community are welcome to draw on this and offer their own. Today, we begin by recognizing the histories and current …
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Hampshire and Four New England Colleges Partner on New Solar-Power Facility
… by more than 3,200 metric tons, decreasing its greenhouse gas emissions by 17.5 percent. “The group spent more than two … in our region, and allow us to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions in a cost-effective, collaborative way,” said … solar complex will reduce Bowdoin’s own-source greenhouse gas emissions by about 11 percent. Given the new facility’s …
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Hampshire Student To Attend U.N. Climate Talks in Morocco
… with the Sugar Shack Alliance to resist another fracked gas pipeline: the Connecticut Expansion, in southwestern … Energy Direct — a pipeline that would have carried fracked gas through Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York State and released methane, the most potent greenhouse gas — after we pressured them from all angles for two years,” …
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Area Of Study
Global Studies and International Relations
… Imperialism in the Works of Halldor Laxness and Ngugi wa Thiong'o Identifying Agamben's Conception of the Homo … Imperialism in the Works of Halldor Laxness and Ngugi wa Thiong'o Identifying Agamben's Conception of the Homo …
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Area Of Study
Jewish Studies
… Project Titles The Magic Mirror: Avrom Goldfaden's 'Di Kishefmakherin' and the Creation of a Yiddish Literary … Project Titles The Magic Mirror: Avrom Goldfaden's 'Di Kishefmakherin' and the Creation of a Yiddish Literary …
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Course Listings
… Sundiata, Fanon, Diop, Kenyatta, p'Bitek, Lumumba, wa Thion'go, Achebe, Ba, Biko, el Sadawi, Rugero,Tadjo and … Sundiata, Fanon, Diop, Kenyatta, p'Bitek, Lumumba, wa Thion'go, Achebe, Ba, Biko, el Sadawi, Rugero,Tadjo and … the environment. Course topics will span from drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment, solid waste …
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Charging Station for Electric Vehicles at Hampshire College
… College, and look forward to speeding the transition from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles for many drivers." … College, and look forward to speeding the transition from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles for many drivers." …
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Hampshire Places High In National RecycleMania Tournament
… decomposes anaerobically, producing methane, a greenhouse gas with 32 times more global warming potential than carbon … data, Hampshire College has reduced its greenhouse gas to date by 129 metric tons of CO 2 equivalent, comparable … decomposes anaerobically, producing methane, a greenhouse gas with 32 times more global warming potential than carbon …
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Faculty
Lawrence J. Winship
… research and teaching interests include the biophysics of gas diffusion into and out of root nodules and compost piles; … research and teaching interests include the biophysics of gas diffusion into and out of root nodules and compost piles; …
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R.W. Kern Center
… generates its own electricity, collects and treats its own water, and is built with local, non-toxic, and low-carbon … generates its own electricity, collects and treats its own water, and is built with local, non-toxic, and low-carbon …
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Hampshire Conducts Final Test for 100% Solar Campus
… have a capacity of 4.7 megawatts DC. The greenhouse-gas emissions eliminated — 3,000 metric tons/year — is equal … throughout its campus for the conservation of energy and water, such as renovating the Cole Science Center, funded by … throughout its campus for the conservation of energy and water, such as renovating the Cole Science Center, funded by …
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