Examples of Sustainability
What the class of '09 is leaving behind
Kathryn Fulton
Issue date: 4/30/09 Section: News
The class of 2009 isn't quite the centennial class, but it saw some important events in the life of Messiah College. It was the first whole class to take Created and Called for Community (some, but not all, of the class of '08 piloted the course). It also saw the inauguration of Kim Phipps, Messiah College's first female president.
The college will also remember the class of 2009 by the projects they will leave behind. Among these are two examples of sustainable living right on campus: the Grantham Community Garden and the Solar Panel Pavilion.
The Grantham Community Garden can be found in the quarter-acre triangle next to the South Complex dorms. Seniors Francis Eanes and Daniel Webster, two of the garden's founders, can often be found in the gardens, digging, weeding, or harvesting, at least during the warmer months.
The Grantham Community Garden was started three years ago by seniors Eanes, Webster, Ryan Witmer, and Jennifer Asper. Adrian Wilson, who passed away last year, and many other volunteers also helped with the garden's founding.
The Grantham Community Garden began in the spring of 2006, when students began to plant on an unused quarter-acre of land next to the Mountain View residence.
Since that time, what used to be "a plot of ground that couldn't produce grass with fertilizer," has yielded thousands of pounds of produce, according to Eanes.
The garden is a community-supported agriculture (CSA) garden, Webster and Eanes say. This means it is financially supported by community members who in turn receive the food the garden produces.
Each year, professors, staff, and community members purchase shares in the garden for a one-time fee, Eanes explains. Every week throughout the summer, the shareholders receive a portion of whatever produce was harvested that week.
This year, things will be a little different, according to Eanes. Some of the garden's produce will go to a food bank each week.
The college will also remember the class of 2009 by the projects they will leave behind. Among these are two examples of sustainable living right on campus: the Grantham Community Garden and the Solar Panel Pavilion.
The Grantham Community Garden can be found in the quarter-acre triangle next to the South Complex dorms. Seniors Francis Eanes and Daniel Webster, two of the garden's founders, can often be found in the gardens, digging, weeding, or harvesting, at least during the warmer months.
The Grantham Community Garden was started three years ago by seniors Eanes, Webster, Ryan Witmer, and Jennifer Asper. Adrian Wilson, who passed away last year, and many other volunteers also helped with the garden's founding.
The Grantham Community Garden began in the spring of 2006, when students began to plant on an unused quarter-acre of land next to the Mountain View residence.
Since that time, what used to be "a plot of ground that couldn't produce grass with fertilizer," has yielded thousands of pounds of produce, according to Eanes.
The garden is a community-supported agriculture (CSA) garden, Webster and Eanes say. This means it is financially supported by community members who in turn receive the food the garden produces.
Each year, professors, staff, and community members purchase shares in the garden for a one-time fee, Eanes explains. Every week throughout the summer, the shareholders receive a portion of whatever produce was harvested that week.
This year, things will be a little different, according to Eanes. Some of the garden's produce will go to a food bank each week.
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