09/06/2013
Brand new bottle filling stations installed in Ellingson Hall during renovations!
Our vision is to work to bring about a positive policy change at St. Olaf College. We seek to elimin Why? In a recent taste test survey of St. No.
In the U.S., plastic bottles create 2.7 billion pounds of plastic waste per year, 86% of which ends up in the garbage or as litter. On the hill, single use plastic bottles contribute to our waste stream in trashes, recycling, and litter. There is an enormous cost in petroleum to transport bottled water, when we have it already free on campus out of the taps. It supports an industry that makes bill
09/06/2013
Brand new bottle filling stations installed in Ellingson Hall during renovations!
05/06/2013
It's official, we've made the St. Olaf website! http://wp.stolaf.edu/news/
04/25/2013
The TBTT newsletter announcing to the community of St. Olaf College the changes being made on campus next year.
Check your email from Greg Kneser this morning! Awesome news with Take Back the Tap--we are SO EXCITED! If you have any comments or questions you are welcome to post on our wall or email us at [email protected]! :) After we receive a lot of feedback we will begin compiling a FAQ for everyone. Thanks for all your hard work!
Exciting news guys! Today, Take Back the Tappers and St. Olaf admin including Greg Kneser, Peter Abrahmson and Pamela McDowell (among others) met with admin from Macalester college in St. Paul to see how they eliminated bottled water from their campus!
Take a look at this interesting video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se12y9hSOM0
08/25/2012
Awareness about plastic bottles at the Minnesota State Fair!
HEY OLES! As you're starting the good ol' packing adventure, don't forget to bring your super-awesome-personal-liquid-transportation-apparatus. :D
07/23/2012
The Monterey Bay Aquarium takes a stand against bottled water!
07/23/2012
A water bottle exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
06/15/2012
Check this out!
Colleges discourage single-use water bottles Local colleges and universities hope to make it easier and more environmentally friendly for students and staff to drink water on campus. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and St.