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Program Guide to Dartmouth: A Student Perspective

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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

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  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
Sustainable Summer at Dartmouth 2024 Update

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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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Summer 2024
Summer 2024

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We will open our application for Summer 2024 sessions at Yale and Cornell on Friday Nov 17th at 5pm Eastern. Sc3 will begin accepting applications in early January. We will not be running a program at Dartmouth this summer due to extensive residence hall renovations that are impacting available summer housing. We expect to offer… Read More

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Final Pitches at Cornell

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Yesterday’s final pitches showcased the hard work our student teams have put in over the last three days as they worked through the challenge of developing an original idea for a solution to an environmental problem into a minimum viable product or program. Our panelists for the event were Cornell’s Director of Campus Sustainability and… Read More

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A Lovely Week at Cornell

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We’ve had a lovely week at Cornell to start of this Sustainable Summer program. In the classroom, we’ve been exploring energy while also learning a lot about innovative organizations working to address climate change. There has also been plenty of time for fun and some off-site excursions, including a trip to Treman State Park yesterday… Read More

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Final pitches and a recap of the weekend

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Today’s final pitches showcased the hard work our student teams have put in over the last three days as they worked through the challenge of developing an original idea for a solution to an environmental problem into a minimum viable product or program. Our panelists for the event were Cornell’s Sustainability Manager and Cornell’s Executive… Read More

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Welcome to Cornell

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Stormy weather, lost luggage, and epic flights delays can’t keep this group down. We are officially up and running at the 2023 Environmental Leadership Academy at Cornell. Kudos to everyone who powered through some tough times getting to campus and jumped right into the action. So far this week we’ve covered energy sources and uses;… Read More

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About The National Conservation Training Center

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Sustainable Summer runs the Sc3 program in partnership with the Green Schools Alliance and The National Conservation Training Center (NCTC). In this blog post, we’ll talk a bit about NCTC. NCTC is a unique training facility located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The center is operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and… Read More

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Summer 2023
Summer 2023

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We are now accepting applications for Summer 2023 programs. Please click here to start an application.

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