BURNING AND GROWING Goshen College’s deep commitment to sustainability takes many forms, including a student-led composting initiative and the conversion of lawns to native landscaping. Natasha Weisenbeck (above), a senior public relations major from Clifton, Ill., is part of a team of student volunteers who daily collect food waste in the dining hall and help turn it into compost for use on campus. The native landscaping project also involves students. Last spring several acres of campus were intentionally burned by a team of students and faculty as part of a management plan to establish prairie grasses and control non-native weeds (below). In recent years, Goshen College has restored 12 acres of lawn to native landscaping. Photos by: Jodi H. Beyeler ’00
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