Year in Review
2024鈥2025
Community Cleanups
Fall 2024
- 53 lb. at the Kollen Park and Holland State Park cleanups
Spring 2025
- 138 lb. at the Kollen Park and Holland State Park cleanup
Events
- Conservation Competition 鈥 54,607.80 gallons of water saved and 25,062.00 kW hours saved
- More than 80 Research Projects awarded Sustainability Green Ribbons at
Tree Plantings
Fall 2024 鈥 Crimson Spire Oak (Quercus x bimundorum) at the Jim and Eileen Heeringa Dance Wing- Spring 2025 鈥 Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) on Earth Day at the north entrance of Lubbers Hall, and an Autumn Blaze Maple (Acer x freemanii) and Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) on Arbor Day at the north edge of Western Theological Seminary near the Pine Grove
Bees and Greens
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- 1.5 gallons of honey given to 换妻社区 Dining Services for use in recipes and cooking.
- 86 jars of honey sold in the 换妻社区 Bookstore.
Indoor Garden
500 lbs. of herbs and micro-greens grown in Phelps Dining Hall
Bit0Farms Indoor Garden in Phelps Dining Hall grew 500 pounds of herbs and microgreens for their food.
Move-In Recycling
419 clothing items rehomed
- 139 lb. styrofoam
- 150 lb. plastic wrap
- 2,960 lb. cardboard
Other Recycling
- 419 clothing items rehomed through Green Hope鈥檚 thrift store event
- $1,155.40 raised by pop can donations in the academic year, donated to Dance Marathon
Food Recovery Network
- 3,457 lb. of food recovered from Hope鈥檚 dining hall during the fall and spring semesters (partnership with 换妻社区 Dining Services)
Green Revolving Fund
Supported energy retrofit of two cottages with ENGS 100 class project- $58k lighting project at Schaap and DeVos Fieldhouse:
- $15,000/yr in new savings from 24鈥25 projects
- ~160,000 kWh/yr (15鈥20 homes鈥 electric usage)
- ~80 tons/yr of CO2 emissions reduced
Green Revolving Fund Members
- Dr. Jeff Christians
- Jordan Craft
- Ian Fredericksen
- Ellie Haak
- Mark Kurdy
- Peter Lillich
- Kate Mahoney
- Nicky Migaldi
Campus Sustainability Groups
- Green Team
- Hope Sustains (Alumni Sustainability Affinity Group)
- Green Hope
换妻社区 SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE
Do you have a question or idea about a project or event? Please contact Michelle Seppala Gibbs, Director.
Sustainability
workP. 616.395.6811
sustainability@hope.edu

