Sustainability
CC Students Head to UAE for COP28
Julia Fennell ’21
Eight CC students are in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, this month to attend the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) as part of the Block 4 COP28 in Dubai: Ethnographers of UN Climate Action Efforts course. COP28 takes places from Nov. 30 through Dec. 12. Students in the course will be in Dubai from Nov. 30 through Dec. 17.
Student Activist Shines During Summer Internship
Julia Fennell ’21
When Alex Weinman ’24 was applying for internships, he had no idea that lessons he learned from CC, like taking a stand for what he believes in, would be the driving force of his massively successful internship.
CC Leads the Way in Breaking Research Barriers
Miriam Roth
Dr. Christine Siddoway is aware that diverse student recruitment is a concern for polar science and is determined to study this further in her ongoing work with bedrock geology in Antarctica.
Alum Takes On Her State in Historic Trial… and Wins!
Megan Clancy ’07
The first-ever constitutional climate trial in United States history, led by a group of Montana youth, concluded in June. And the named plaintiff of the trial? CC’s own Rikki Held ’23.
NSO Class of ’27 students work on a service project at Food to Power on 8/24/23. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III / Colorado College. The cardboard is used as weed suppression for sheet mulching. The goal is to build up organic material for an orchid. 
Left to right, Jordan Barker, Sabrina Ng, and Adeline Turner during the NSO Class of ’27 service project at Food to Power on 8/24/23. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III / Colorado College. 
NSO Class of ’27 students work on a service project at Food to Power on 8/24/23. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III / Colorado College. The cardboard is used as weed suppression for sheet mulching. 
Luis Rios ’27 crumbles mushrooms during the NSO Class of ’27 service project at Food to Power on 8/24/23. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III / Colorado College. 
Left, Teddy Doggett and Chloe Jung carry cardboard during the NSO Class of ’27 service project at Food to Power on 8/24/23. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III / Colorado College. The cardboard is used as weed suppression for sheet mulching.
NSO Trip Works With Food to Power
A group of the newest Tigers spent their time during New Student Orientation serving Food to Power (formerly Colorado Springs Food Rescue). The organization knows that food is an essential source of everyone’s power to work, play, serve, and live. Their mission is to transform every aspect of our food system into co-powerment and equity. From food, to power.
Participation in NSO is a requirement of matriculation for all new and incoming CC students, including those who participate in other early arrival programs. This year, many new students worked with sustainability programs during their introduction to CC.
CC Sustainability in the News
Featured in the Colorado Sun, CC Environment Professor Miro Kummel’s recent class is a perfect example of how a CC course can yield lasting solutions. His class focus on microclimates has aided a Penrose farmer’s decision to grow grapes in the area.
Reported by CC’s Alexa Gromko, CC recently hosted the Net-Zero Collaboratory to showcase sustainability in action. Just three years after Colorado College became the first campus in the state to achieve carbon neutrality, it’s taking the lead in creating a clean energy future across Colorado.