Augsburg Environmental Stewardship Committee

Hey Everyone! Our official Fall hours are here! We are open come by 🤩🍂

Love free stuff? Are you decking out your residence hall or need a fan? Come to the ShareShop!

ShareShop opens for fall semester today from 12-3pm and then again on Tuesday August 29th from 1-3pm. Regular fall hours start the week of the 4th: Mondays 3-5:30pm, Wednesdays 10am-12:30pm and Thursdays 3-5:30pm.

We’re located in Science Hall 8b. You can find free, gently-used furniture, clothes, room decor, kitchen equipment, school supplies, FANS!!, and more. Our Pop-up includes professional attire and is open in the Strommen Center from 9am to 3pm Monday through Friday. Campus Kitchen provides us with some snacks and you can go visit them at the Campus Cupboard (foodshelf) in the basement of Anderson Residence Hall, Room 26.

Come by to browse. Record what you take. Help to divert waste. Live more sustainably. Follow us on Instagram for updates, events, and ways to get involved.

For the past 11 months, Summer served as MN GreenCorps Member at Augsburg University. She connected quickly with students and neighbors whether it was in the garden, supporting ShareShop efforts, or working with them to advance positive systems change. Her flexibility and ability to think critically and holistically will leave a lasting impact on waste diversion, green transportation adoption, and climate data reporting at Augsburg. Thanks Summer for your service and we wish you all the best as your start graduate school this fall!

Amazing to hear .barany presenting her capstone as part of her summer scholars work with Early Leadership Initiative. It was incredible to hear about the impacts made and how Zoe is continuing to champion environmental justice work and positive social change within organizations. Well done! We’re all so proud of you

Today was a great day for gardening ! More produce for .augsburg Cupboard (on campus foodshelf) AND some very special volunteers from supporting graduates in a new way from their regular career-support to harvest the dry beans planted by our class of ‘22 & ‘23 Environmental Stewardship graduates. We love this community and enjoying these summer days together!

Our Environmental stewardship Team is checking out exhibit with .mn There’s still time to check it out and share your story of how water connects us! On through August 12th!

Today our team got to visit in Northfield. Our Environmental Stewardship Team had an incredible day learning about regenerative agriculture, “commoning”, land access, and SOR’s incredible community-led environmental work. We loved tasting herbs from , making perennial flower bouquets and seeing .t.farmsmn calves. Thank you for the tour !

Thanks First-years for coming to SOAR! We’re excited for the change you are and will be making on and off campus! (Ventura Visionaries did have the best sign… 🍎🌳)

Yesterday, past and current Environmental Stewardship team (ESC) members gathered in the Community Garden to celebrate this year's accomplishments, reminisce about fun times we've had together, eat local food, and reflect on what the work and team has meant to each of us. Thank you Alexa, Alyssa, Annabella, Elan, Elijah, Gigi, Grace, Malachi, Mercy, Summer, Wren, Yousra, and Zoe for your leadership, stewardship, and collective action.

In a tradition started this year, graduates from 2022 and 2023 ESC teams planted Arikara Yellows Beans. This planting acts as a symbol of the gifts each of our graduates, Alexa, Alyssa, Elan, Gigi, Grace, Mercy, and Zoe, have given to the work of advancing environmental sustainability at Augsburg and in our neighborhood. Read more on the Sabo Blog





https://www.augsburg.edu/sabo/2023/05/05/environmental-stewardship-team-celebrates-reflects/

On Tuesday April 25th from 4-9pm in the Community Garden, we are back again this year to gather around a bonfire to find unity in community. We bring our bodies, minds, and spirits together in poetry to listen to Mother Earth and to honor our home. Our hearts are on fire for justice that is rooted in healing our planet. The collective struggle for liberation depends on how we treat one another and our environment. Join us in celebrating the close of Earth Month with a bonfire to honor our commitment to ecological stewardship.

Location: Augsburg Community Garden

Contact: Maya Merritt, Environmental Action Committee Officer ([email protected])

THIS Friday is Bike, Walk, Roll to Augsburg Day. Celebrate Earth Month with us by taking an active, green mode of transportation to campus. DM us a picture of your commute to be shared on our social media for the chance to win a gift card to a local business. There are two other exciting active transportation events on Friday 4/21. Join Campus Ministry in Hoversten Chapel from 10:40-11 am for an Interfaith Blessing of the Bikes. Join CASUS and EAC in Murphy Square from 3:30-5:30 pm for a Bike Maintenance and Upcycle Workshop with a bike maintenance expert from Freewheel.