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A Changing of the Seasons
Checking in from Ithaca! The time for “see you laters!” and “safe travels home!” arrived fast, as our 2024 Cornell session came to a bittersweet end. On Thursday, we celebrated our teams’ hard-work on their start-up challenge with a hike in Watkins Glen. We explored beautiful shale stone and waterfalls, enjoyed lunch surrounded by pine… Read More
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Climate Leadership in Full Bloom
Greetings from Ithaca! Week 2 of Sustainable Summer shifts fully to challenge based learning, asking students to develop solutions to pressing environmental issues. Building off the exploration and knowledge gained in Week 1, the students put their experience into action, looking at climate challenges with a focus on solutions. The beginning of Sustainable Summer at… Read More
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Branching Out in Ithaca
Hello from Cornell! If we were to describe this weekend in three words, they would be fun, exploratory, and more fun! Our weekend got off to a strong start with jazz on the arts quad, followed by an intense round of sustainability jeopardy (shoutout to our winning team, Cinco!). We woke up on Saturday ready… Read More
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Taking Root at Cornell
Hello from Ithaca! Our team of sustainability innovators arrived on Sunday, ready to jump head first into programming! Days have been filled with fast forming friendships, workshops, exploring Cornell’s campus, and the completion of our social venture projects. One of our favorite parts of the past week has been getting to hear from accomplished and… Read More
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Climate Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Yale
What a whirlwind! Feels like we just arrived, and now we already have to say goodbye. The final days at Yale were FULL days – full of collaboration, hard work and a little bit of celebrating. Student groups spent their days finalizing their solutions to environmental and social problems. We spent a day at ClimateHaven, a… Read More
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Biting Off a Piece of The Big Apple
Hello from New Haven – and New York! Busy days have been flying by here at Yale and yesterday was our adventure into New York City. We started the day off bright and early on a morning train into Grand Central. After marveling at Grand Central’s iconic constellation filled ceiling, we hopped on the subway… Read More
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Welcome to Yale
The sweaty, swampy weather in New Haven has not slowed this group of sustainability leaders down! After a hot move-in day, we jumped right into orientation and got ready for a jam packed first day. What’s better than exploring Yale’s beautiful campus? Exploring Yale’s campus with new friends! Yesterday, students went on a scavenger hunt… Read More
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Program Guide to Dartmouth: A Student Perspective
Hi, I’m Watts! I participated in Sustainable Summer in 2019, at Dartmouth for the program Entrepreneurship and the Environment. I live in Colorado, but I’m graduating high school this spring, and then I’ll be heading to Connecticut for college. I’m going to Yale to study Environmental Engineering and Economics. My participation in Sustainable Summer helped… Read More
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Program Guide to Cornell: A Student Perspective
Hi, my name is Autumn, and I attended Sustainable Summer at Cornell in 2023. I currently live in Texas, but I’m graduating high school this spring, and then I’ll be heading to college. I’m planning on majoring in environmental science, and pursuing law school to become an environmental lawyer. Sustainable Summer gave me lasting… Read More
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Sustainable Summer at Dartmouth 2024 Update
We receive a lot of inquiries about our Dartmouth program and wanted to provide an explanation why we are not able to offer a session there for Summer 2024. Beginning in 2022 and expected to span 12 years, Dartmouth plans to renovate residence halls comprising roughly 60% of all student dorm beds. The current phase… Read More
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