Principia College Sustainability Department

Principia College Sustainability Department "To educate, promote, and inspire Principia College students, faculty and staff to become more responsible local and global environmental citizens."

Students took a tour of Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in Rutledge, MO to learn about this community based on shared values t...
05/10/2026

Students took a tour of Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in Rutledge, MO to learn about this community based on shared values that include minimizing consumerism and their ecological impact. Besides seeing a variety of building techniques (such as straw bail construction and Earthship), the students learned about how Dancing Rabbit does community design and governance, with lots of discussion about the intentional development of subcommunities, social architecture, management of common spaces and resources, parameters for consensus-based decision making, and how community rules evolve. Thank you Daniel for the amazing tour!

Here are some more photos from last weekend‘s Earth Day on campus. Our beautiful community came together to make paper a...
05/10/2026

Here are some more photos from last weekend‘s Earth Day on campus. Our beautiful community came together to make paper and jewelry, braid hair, and have conversations about sustainability. 🌎

Did you know Christian and Rabin run the bike shop together on campus? It is located behind Beeman Cottage. Whether you ...
05/09/2026

Did you know Christian and Rabin run the bike shop together on campus? It is located behind Beeman Cottage. Whether you want to rent a bike, need your bike fixed, or are looking for any information as to how to care for your bike, the bike shop is here to help you.

Earth Day 2026 🌎 Thank you to the Sustainability Club for their h...
05/07/2026

Earth Day 2026 🌎 Thank you to the Sustainability Club for their hard work to create such a beautiful and fun event to celebrate our planet and raise awareness for sustainability! 🌱

Earth day was so beautiful this past Saturday. The clothes closet displayed a selection of beautiful clothes, Erin Lane ...
05/07/2026

Earth day was so beautiful this past Saturday. The clothes closet displayed a selection of beautiful clothes, Erin Lane offered a yoga class, friends got together to make jewelry, the bio department brought their animals, Ronja made paper, Billy brought the solar car, and the picknick provided a delicious lunch. Thank you to the Sustainability Club for pulling this beautiful event together!

Medara presented his capstone on Beyond Fortress Conservation: Indigenous Commons Management.
04/29/2026

Medara presented his capstone on Beyond Fortress Conservation: Indigenous Commons Management.

Katlego presented his capstone on Regenerative Farming in Botswana as a Solution to Climate Change: Combining indigenous...
04/29/2026

Katlego presented his capstone on Regenerative Farming in Botswana as a Solution to Climate Change: Combining indigenous knowledge and climate-smart farming.

For her sustainability minor presentation, Kimbeley researched Fast Fashion and Consumerism and investigated how Princip...
04/29/2026

For her sustainability minor presentation, Kimbeley researched Fast Fashion and Consumerism and investigated how Principia College students think about fast fashion through a survey, which about a quarter of the students took.

Congratulations to sustainability majors Medara Udoekong and Katlego Nkwe and sustainability minor Kimbeley Peterson for...
04/29/2026

Congratulations to sustainability majors Medara Udoekong and Katlego Nkwe and sustainability minor Kimbeley Peterson for their informative capstone presentations tonight!

Students in SUS 250: Energy and Living Systems visited Alton’s wastewater treatment plant. Illinois American Water, the ...
04/25/2026

Students in SUS 250: Energy and Living Systems visited Alton’s wastewater treatment plant. Illinois American Water, the owner and operator of the plant, gave an excellent tour of all of the steps that go into treating the sewage before the water returns to the Mississippi. Students even got to see a tardigrade in a water sample being tested!

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