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Leaf Litter Management
This class project compares the impact of the presence of leaf litter on the invertebrate diversity in various locations on Vassar's campus.
Campus Arboretum
This class project looks at the species diversity, age, and spread of the trees in Vassar's arboretum.
The Retreat Waste Audit
This project looked at how waste is managed in the Retreat dining area and looking into the possibility for installing a compost system to reduce landfill/incinerator waste.
Vassar College First Year Guide to Sustainability
This is an essential read for any incoming first year Vassar student. It has information about different things the Office of Sustainability has done and many resources to students to take advantage of. It also includes information about how to live…
Senior Housing Compost Guide
This guide is all of the information you need to use the senior housing compost system successfully. There is information of how to compost, where, as well as how to get more materials.
Office of Sustainability Waste Audit Procedure
This procedure highlights how the Office of Sustainability Interns have completed waste audits by weight. This applies to past data collection. More recent data collection was completed using volume.
A Lighting Audit of Vassar’s Academic Buildings
To complete a lighting audit of Vassar's academic building, we gathered data from a random sample of 10 academic buildings, and in each did a weekend nighttime and weekday daytime audit. From our data, we then calculated the electricity usage and…
Carbon Sequestration on Vassar Campus
In a world increasingly plagued by anthropogenic heat due to airborne emissions, the mitigation of such emissions is all the more effective when carried out by entities with more sway. Moreover, trees provide a critical sink of greenhouse gases…
Vassar College Dormitory Lighting Audit
The production of electricity is known to be a gargantuan contributor to global climate change. In 2018, it was responsible for approximately 41% of all global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, amounting to a total of 13.6 billion tons of CO2 emissions…