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LEARNING GARDEN FEATURED ON LOCAL NEWS STATION KMTR
April 22, 2009
The Learning Garden was featured on local news station KMTR during the Earth Day event on April 22, 2009. The Learning Garden offers students the opportunity to be actively involved in implementing sustainability measures on campus. Learning Garden volunteers get valuable hands-on experience through group activities. Click here to view the KMTR clip. Click here for more information about the Learning Garden.

LANE RANKS THIRTEENTH IN NATIONAL RECYCLING COMPETITION
April 21, 2009
Lane ranked thirteenth among 148 colleges and universities participating in the Waste Minimization Category of Recyclemania in 2009 with cumulative waste per person of 16.69 pounds over a ten-week period ending on March 28, 2009. This is Lane's second year participating in the RecycleMania competition. In 2008, Lane ranked fourth with cumulative waste per person of 26.6 pounds. Although Lane did not rank quite as high this year, the college reduced its per capita waste by 37% this year over last year and that is a huge accomplishment. Thank you to all Lane staff and students who helped the college do so well in RecycleMania by reducing, reusing, and recycling!

LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE RECEIVES FIRST EWEB GREENPOWER GRANT
April 18, 2009
Lane Community College received a $100,000 grant from EWEB to build a solar-powered electric vehicle charging station for students and the community. EWEB's Greenpower customers voted for the LCC project from among five local renewable energy and education projects.

The Greenpower grant will be combined with other funds to build the electric vehicle charging station. A grid of solar panels will be constructed, which will power 36 outlets to recharge plug-in electric or hybrid vehicles on the main LCC campus. Other funding will come from part of a recently passed LCC bond measure.

The LCC project will create opportunities for students to learn about how to install, repair and service the new solar array and vehicle charging station, will lower the community's carbon footprint, will generate renewable energy, and will help the community learn more about the emerging technology of plug-in vehicles.

Other finalists were Adams Elementary School, Climate Masters, Kalapuya High School and Northwest Youth Corps.

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